Ho-ya, ho-ya, ho-ya, ho-ya Ho-ya-ya, ho-ya-ya Ho-ya-ya, ho-ya-ya Ho-ya-ya, ho-ya-ya, ho-ya-ya Ice grips the fjord in silence Blue still water, white and still Oars bite slow through frozen morning Frost climbs iron and will No fire warms the open sea No mercy in the gale Only three carved names before me Cut deep into the keel Ho-ya-ya, ho-ya-ya, ho-ya-ya Odin, give me wisdom Tyr, give me justice Thor, give me strength in storm So that I may still stand Three names carved in oak and bone Three gods bound to sea and foam Wisdom when the path is thin Justice when the blood runs thin Strength when iron splits the shield Their names carved into my keel Ho-ya-ya, ho-ya-ya, ho-ya-ya, ho-ya-ya Odin, for the mind in darkness When doubt creeps cold and slow Let my eye see through the storm Where weaker men won't go Tyr for oath and measured hand When right must cut through wrong Let my blade fall clean and true Let honor keep it strong Thor for thunder in my arm When shields begin to break Let my strength outlast the gale For my kin's and children's fate Odin, give me wisdom Tyr, give me justice Thor, give me strength in storm So that I may still stand Three names carved in oak and bone Three gods bound to sea and foam Wisdom when the path is thin Justice when the blood runs thin Strength when iron splits the shield Their names carved into my keel Ho-ya-ya, ho-ya-ya, ho-ya-ya If the fjord swallows my body If frost takes breath from me Let it be said I did not bend I held the line at sea Not for gold nor plunder Not for crown nor throne But for hard-fired smoke behind me And children not yet grown Three names carved in oak and bone Three gods bound to sea and foam Wisdom guide my sight within Justice steady my hand in sin Strength until the storm is still Their names carved into my keel Carved into my keel