Battle Anthem of Valgarin warriors

Valgard! Valgard! Family, clan and land!
Valgard! Valgard! For ye I take my stand!
Valgard! Valgard! Sword, maul and axe I raise!
Valgard! Valgard! For Yrsa, honour, praise!

From loch t’ glen t’ mountain peak
One land, one people proud
Come freezing clime or battle’s heat
Ye’ll see us stand unbowed
Whate’er we face, whoe’er shall come
We’ll do so unafraid
With strength of heart, will, mind, and limb
Our history shall be made

Valgard! Valgard! Tallest, strongest, free!
Valgard! Valgard! Valley, mountain, sea!
Valgard! Valgard! Land of ice and snow!
Valgard! Valgard! To war for you we go!

Berserker fierce and rider strong
No foe our charge can face
Our swelling horde, our mighty throng
Shall soon our foe erase
And then we’ll raise a drink of ale
Our wounds we’ll show with pride
Then home to clan, to hill and vale
Til next to war we ride

Yrsa! Yrsa! Warrior without peer!
Yrsa! Yrsa! To us who call come near!
Yrsa! Yrsa! Come now to battle meet!
Yrsa! Yrsa! Crush them beneath our feet!

But even when all hope is dead
And death itself comes near
Still will we war with fury dread
Our foe, not we, shall fear
For when we fall, if fall we must
To Yrsa we belong
With her we’ll live, in her we trust
Our deeds shall live in song

Yrsa! Yrsa! In your eternal hall!
Yrsa! Yrsa! Accept us when we fall!
Yrsa! Yrsa! We struggle, strive and try!
Yrsa! Yrsa! For you we live and die!

Nobody knows who composed this anthem or when. Valgarin warriors have sung it from time immemorial, often when going into battle, with pipe and drum accompaniment. Where no instruments are present, warriors will often strike the edge of their shields with their weapons to create the rhythm. Can also be sung at Valgarin gatherings, as a symbol of that which binds the different clans together. Alternatively, when the drink is flowing freely and there are foreigners present (say at an international gathering of some kind), Valgarins have been known to strike up the anthem, almost as a dare to the other races to respond. In volume at least, there are few songs or singers of other lands that can compete with the massive lungs of a group of Valgarins, beating time on the tables as they sing!

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