My Mother Told Me (Þat mælti mín móðir) - VIKINGS - cover by Anastasia

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My name is Anastasia Lee (Johnson) and according to my DNA test, I’m 25% Swedish, 12% Norwegian..... and 35% English/Northwestern European... among many other things. (My ancestors traveled a lot.) - So obviously at some point I had to learn a “song of my people”. - Please subscribe if you enjoyed it.

“Þat mælti mín móðir" is a poem by the Icelandic viking/skald Egill Skallagrímsson (904 - 995). Yes, the lyrics are over 1,000 years old.

Common questions:
How old are you? I’m 24 as of January 15.
What is your voice type? I’m a contralto.
How tall are you? 5’. On a good day I’m 5’1”.
Where do you live? Wisconsin, USA.
Where do you record? Well I recorded this in my dorm room. But typically, I record at Rock Garden Studio in Appleton, Wisconsin.

LYRICS:
My mother told me
Someday I would buy
Galleys with good oars
Sails to distant shores

My mother told me
Someday I would buy
Galleys with good oars
Sails to distant shores

Stand up high in the prow
Noble barque I steer
Steady course for the haven
Hew many foe-men
Hew many foe-men

Þat mælti mín móðir,
at mér skyldi kaupa
fley ok fagrar árar,
fara á brott með víkingum,

standa upp í stafni,
stýra dýrum knerri,
halda svá til hafnar
hǫggva mann ok annan,
hǫggva mann ok annan.

My mother told me
Someday I would buy
Galleys with good oars
Sails to distant shores