Who are you warlike men

Wearing grey armour that is stained by rust?

Breaking the ocean surge

Warden of deserted shores

Stands on his abandoned coast

Leading troops over the sea

None of them have landed yet

One last sleep 'till the end



Mother ocean, spread your arms around me

Mother ocean, let your children come towards me

Under my lonely sky

He is no common man

And when the raven died

I stared into his cold eyes

I saw it all unfold

And saw what this life was about



Beneath my wings my brothers lie

When the fierce winds hurtle by

On either side and 'neath my breast

Our sons have known no other rest



(William Sharp)



O' mighty father, lead us far

With hope and songs of love and war

Over the black sea and white foam

From here their children will find home

Remember days from long ago

Slowly we wander to and fro

But now dead winds that blur the light

Pierce deep our feathers thin and light