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One man rode the way through the woods |
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Down to Asa bay |
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Where dragon ships had sailed to sea |
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More times than one could say |
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To see with own eyes the wonder |
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People told of from man to man |
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The God of all almightyness |
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Had arrived from a foreign land |
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The rumours told of a man |
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Who had come from the other side the seas |
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Carrying gold cross around neck in chain |
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And spoke in strange tongue of peace |
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He had come with strange men in armour |
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Dressed in purple shirts and lace |
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Smelling not of beer but flowers |
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And with no hair in face |
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And the bold man carrying cross |
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Had told all one of |
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Asa bay The |
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God of all man woman child had come |
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To them all save |
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And to thank |
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Lord of Heaven |
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One should build to |
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God a house |
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And to save one's soul from |
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Hell One should be baptised and say vows |
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A man of pride with the |
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Hammer told new |
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God To build his house on own |
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And spoke loud of the |
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Gods of their fathers |
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Not too long time gone |
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The rumours said the man with a beard like fire |
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And the Hammer in chain |
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By men in armour silenced was and by |
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Their swords was slain |
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Those who did not pay the one coin |
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Of four to man of new |
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God Whipped was twenty and put in chains then locked |
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By their neck to the log (To the log...) |
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And so all of |
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Asa bay did build |
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A house of the cross |
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Every hour of daylight they did sweat |
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Limbs ached because faith does cost |
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And on the day two hundred |
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There it stood white to the sky |
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The house of the |
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God of the cross |
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Big enough to take two dragon ships inside |
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And all of |
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Asa bay did watch |
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The wonder raise to the sky |
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Now must the |
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God of the cross be pleased |
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And satisfied |
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Just outside the circle of the crowd |
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One old man did stand |
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He looked across the waters |
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And blotted the sun out of his eyes with one hand |
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And his old eyes could almost see |
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The dragon ships set sail |
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And his old ears could almost hear |
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Men of great numbers call out |
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Oden's hail |
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And though he did know already |
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Though he turned face towards sky |
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And whispered silent words forgotten |
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Spoken only way up high |
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Now this house of a foreign |
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God does stand |
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Now must they leave us alone |
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Still he heard from somewhere in the woods |
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Old crow of wisdom say ...people of |
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Asa land, it's only just begun... |