Aethelred - Svartsot

Som Ælfthryth sønnen barsled'

Da såedes skæbnens sæd

En halv snes år var han, da

Englands højsæde rømmet stod

Dog kun den yngst' kongsemne

Hans moder kunn' ej dy

Hos rådmænd råd hun søgte

Den ældst' mått' ryddes af vej

Ædel-råd var det, han hed

Af væsen ej helt sandt

På hans skatte og hans arv

Ville andre gøre krav

Vikinger våged' agtsomt

Havde set hans verden før

Iagttog med ivrigt øje

Indkaldt' mænd og sejled' did

Ti tusinde pund rent sølver

For at trække os fra hans kyst

Næste gang vi rider bølgen

Skal vi have tyve tusinde mere

Ej på slagmark vandt han sejr

Selv om han prøved' længe

Hans bravest' og hans bedste

Blev sorte ravnes rov

Men riget reddes skulle

Og gode råd var dyre

Hans råd tilråded' gælden

At dæmpe danskens rasen

Og dansken kom til kongen

Med fordringer til kamp

(Men) med skibe fyldt med skatte

Loved' de at sejle bort

Ti tusinde pund han gav dem

Af skærest' sølvertøj

Da dansken atter landed'

Fik de tyve tusinde mere

Ti tusinde pund rent sølver

For at trække os fra hans kyst

Næste gang vi rider bølgen

Skal vi have tyve tusinde mere

«Indfries én gang gælden»

Sagde rådets mænd så tit

«Indfries danegælden

Bli’r vi aldrig dansken kvit»

Ti tusinde pund rent sølver

For at trække os fra hans kyst

Næste gang vi rider bølgen

Skal vi have tyve tusinde mere

As Ælfthryth's son gave birth '

Then the seed of fate was sown

He was half a dozen years old then

England's high seat escaped stood

However, only the youngest 'king subject

His mother can not die

At councilors advice she sought

The oldest 'mat' is cleared of road

Noble counsel was what he was called

Of being not entirely true

On his treasures and his inheritance

Would others make demands

Vikings dared 'carefully

Had seen his world before

Watched with eager eye

Summoned 'men and sailed' did

Ten thousand pounds of pure silver

To pull us off his shore

Next time we ride the wave

Shall we have twenty thousand more

Not on battlefield did he win victory

Although he tried 'long

His bravest 'and his best

Became the prey of black ravens

But the kingdom was to be saved

And good advice was expensive

His advice advised 'the debt

To dampen the race of the Danes

And the Dane came to the king

With demands for battle

(But) with ships full of treasures

They promised to sail away

Ten thousand pounds he gave them

Of cutest 'silverware

When the Dane landed again '

Got the twenty thousand more

Ten thousand pounds of pure silver

To pull us off his shore

Next time we ride the wave

Shall we have twenty thousand more

«Once the debt is repaid»

Said the men of the council so often

«The Danish debt is repaid

Will we never get rid of the Dane »

Ten thousand pounds of pure silver

To pull us off his shore

Next time we ride the wave

Shall we have twenty thousand more