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She the shield maiden

Hair of black and shaved both sides,

Like a long flat Mohican

She wears warrior clothes with pride,

She the shield maiden

Standing on the mountain side,

Looks at all her longboats

Fill with men who for her,

They are willing to give all their lives

Full of Icelandic Viking pride,

They sail their ships far and wide

To fight and they are wild,

No more so than the shield maiden

Who always fights at their sides,

And you can see the passion

In her beautiful but deadly eyes,

And silver is their valued prize

And when they begin to fight,

She uses both her sword and shield

To defend herself so she won’t die,

She fights like an animal wild

She the shield maiden,

Full of Icelandic Viking pride.