Viking Song

DESCRIPTION: "Clang, clang, clang on the anvil, In the smithy by the dark North Sea; Is it Thor that is smiting with the hammer, Is it Odin with the leather on his knee? Clang, clang, clang on the anvil There are steel ships wanted on the sea!"
AUTHOR: Words:David McKee Wright (1867-1928) / Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) (source: sheet music)
EARLIEST DATE: 1911 (sheet music published by J. Curwen & Sons Ltd.)
KEYWORDS: work ship
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 86, "Clang, clang, clang on the anvil" (1 text)
Roud #25506
NOTES [33 words]: It is quite a surprise to find this in Ireland; David McKee Wright was a writer primarily associated with New Zealand, responsible for "Amelia Jane," "Shearing," and "Shearing's Coming Round." - RBW
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File: KSUC086A

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