Valhalla Lyrics

Way down in Valhalla

Where fallen heroes lie

Stood the mighty King of Oda

The old man of the thorns

Prayed Freya, Hild and Bjorn

While the war raged over Midgard

Barbarians at the gate

Fellow vikings to the fight

Many years ago

He conquered far and he conquered lo

Getting richer with the years

The king grew confident

Blind to the resentment

His fortunes kindled in his peers

Barbarians at the gate

Fellow vikings to the fight

When civil war broke out

Friend was foe overnight

King Magnus had to take that fight

But there were no winning sides

In a war that claimed so many lives

The tombs stretched out for miles

Barbarians at the gate

Fellow vikings to the fight

So when the English ship landed

His strength was but exhausted

He gathered his last companions

And on the shores of Kristiansand

Where the King made his last stand

The vikings cried in unison

And they said barbarians at the gate

Barbarians at the gate

Barbarians at the gate

Fellow vikings to the fight