One man rode the way through the woods<br />
Down to Asa bay<br />
Where dragon ships had sailed to sea<br />
More times than one could say<br />
To see with own eyes the wonder<br />
People told of from man to man<br />
The God of all almightyness<br />
Had arrived from a foreign land<br />
<br />
The rumours told of a man<br />
Who had come from the other side the seas<br />
Carrying gold cross around neck in chain<br />
And spoke in strange tongue of peace<br />
He had come with strange men in armour<br />
Dressed in purple shirts and lace<br />
Smelling not of beer but flowers<br />
And with no hair in face<br />
<br />
And the bold man carrying cross<br />
Had told all one of Asa bay<br />
The God of all man woman child had come<br />
To them all save<br />
And to thank Lord of Heaven<br />
One should build to God a house<br />
And to save one's soul from Hell<br />
One should be baptised and say vows<br />
<br />
A man of pride with the Hammer told new God<br />
To build his house on own<br />
And spoke loud of the Gods of their fathers<br />
Not too long time gone<br />
The rumours said the man with a beard like fire<br />
And the Hammer in chain<br />
By men in armour silenced was and by<br />
Their swords was slain<br />
<br />
Those who did not pay the one coin<br />
Of four to man of new God<br />
Whipped was twenty and put in chains then locked<br />
By their neck to the log (To the log...)<br />
And so all of Asa bay did build<br />
A house of the cross<br />
Every hour of daylight they did sweat<br />
Limbs ached because faith does cost<br />
<br />
And on the day two hundred<br />
There it stood white to the sky<br />
The house of the God of the cross<br />
Big enough to take two dragon ships inside<br />
And all of Asa bay did watch<br />
The wonder raise to the sky<br />
Now must the God of the cross be pleased<br />
And satisfied<br />
<br />
Just outside the circle of the crowd<br />
One old man did stand<br />
He looked across the waters<br />
And blotted the sun out of his eyes with one hand<br />
And his old eyes could almost see<br />
The dragon ships set sail<br />
And his old ears could almost hear<br />
Men of great numbers call out Oden's hail<br />
<br />
And though he did know already<br />
Though he turned face towards sky<br />
And whispered silent words forgotten<br />
Spoken only way up high<br />
Now this house of a foreign God does stand<br />
Now must they leave us alone<br />
Still he heard from somewhere in the woods<br />
Old crow of wisdom say<br />
... people of Asa land, it's only just begun...