Olaf Was a Viking Raider

Olaf Was A Viking Raider

(Originally written by James Clephane-Cameron)

Olaf was a Viking raider with the Danish fleet
Olaf was a Viking raider with the Danish fleet
Olaf was a Viking raider with the Danish fleet
And he ain't gonna raid no more

CHORUS
By the gods what a terrible way to die
When you're facing Draum berserkers
And you don't know how to fight
By the gods what a terrible way to die
And he ain't gonna raid no more

He went to Scandinavia to join the Danish lines...

And he ain't gonna raid no more

Chorus

They scraped him off his Dane-axe like a blob of strawberry jam...

And he ain't gonna raid no more

Chorus

They put him in a longboat but the tide just brought him back...

And he ain't gonna raid no more

Chorus

They put him in a wooden bowl and sent him home to mum...

And he ain't gonna raid no more

Chorus

She put him as a centre piece for all the world to see...

And he ain't gonna raid no more

Chorus

She put him in the pottage when the Hersir came to tea...

And he ain't gonna raid no more

Chorus

The Hersir tried to eat him but he only threw him up...

And he ain't gonna raid no more

She swept him in the corner but the dog just tried his turn

And he ain't gonna raid no more

Chorus

He took him to the garden and he buried him quite deep

And he ain't gonna raid no more

Chorus

Many years passed but then time-team dug him up

And he ain't gonna raid no more

Chorus

Now he is a centrepiece for London's great museums