Immigrant Song Lyrics

Lyric discussion by bostonrag 

Cover art for Immigrant Song lyrics by Led Zeppelin

It's about the waves of Viking invaders heading to Britain during the early Middle Ages (793 - 1066 AD would be the typical dates given).

A bit obscure of a topic to the American audience, but something every Brit would know about and understand from school.

Van Morrison also has a great song "Listen to the Lion" (1972) that references the same historical period, with the repeated lyrics...

"And we sailed, and we sailed, And we sailed, and we sailed, and we sailed... Away from Denmark Way up to Caledonia"

I think both songs are kind of a commentary on the decadence of modern society - people in the 1970s with all the amazing comforts of life complaining about this and that, when their forefathers literally sailed across a dangerous sea and invaded a hostile island to create a new society less than 1,000 years before...but that's just my take.

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