Of Viking blood, the raiders came
From Rurik’s land, empire to build
Giving a choice to all they met
Join us, or fight and be killed
Led by Sviatpolik, Rurik’s own
They fought their way through forests tall
Finally reaching the River Don
Built fresh ships and sailed right on
Sviatpolik, he was no fool
His Galdr, though blind
Could read the Runes
By fingertip he was in tune
With Odin and the Aesir Gods
One night his Galdr called out
The Gods say that the Runes are ready
Listen to what they say this night
Their knowledge will serve you steady
Delving into the runic sack,
With one grasp he selected nine
On the ground he let them fall
Prepared for all he had to know
Eight proud Runes lay upside down
Symbol hidden from the Galdr’s touch
Only Atholl showed its truth
The time had come to build a town
To this day the town remains
Monument to the men before
Made a Princedom for Sviatpolik’s son
Vladimir did make Kiev, a Kingdom strong
Kiev changed hands so many times
A borderland does not get peace
Poles, then Swedes, Lithuanian Lords
Likewise Germans, French and all
Russian eyes did return,
Cossack and bread to gain
But an natural brotherhood formed
By those who lived in the Ukraine
Stalin starved them, millions gone
Yet their spirit carried on
Finally escaping the Russian joke
A nation formed hat was no joke
A borderland does not get peace
Former Soviet leader charged
Them all to be traitors, to his cause
Wanting Genocide not peace
Protesting world can be ignored
There is one final Runic throw
Urging every nation to go
And give aid to the Ukrainian Alamo
Ansus Lagus Uraz Tyr Wunjo Ukraine Ansus Lagus Uraz
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