[Intro - Chant] Gleðilig jól, Jólablót, sing— (Lead) Gleðilig jól! (Chorus) Jólablót, hail the ring! [Verse 1] When north wind brings the salt and smoke, We gather low by iron spoke. Hearth bright with amber mead and flame, Runes scribed on bark call out each name. Ash and hoe, hamr shaped in night, The mead-hall swells with firelight. [Chorus ] Yulefire blaze, guide our way, Through the wheel of night to day. Freyr and Freyja, hear our call, Blót and mead for one and all. (Repeat — call: Yulefire blaze!) [Verse 2] Braid the wreath with mistletoe, Baldr’s sad tale we all well know. From Yggdrasil the branches sing, Roots that bind the worlds to ring. Horn of Freyr, gold-gleaming thread, Offerings laid for the quick and dead. [Chorus ] Yulefire blaze, guide our way, Through the wheel of night to day. Freyr and Freyja, hear our call, Blót and mead for one and all. (Chorus response: Blót and mead!) [Bridge ] Raise the blade, call names of old— Ancestors’ shadows, iron cold. Let the brazier smoke climb high, To gods and kin beneath the sky. Baldr’s mistletoe, a wreath of fate, We bind, we vow, we consecrate. [Verse 3] Drumbeats steady, tagelharpa rings, Goat-horn answers, fiddle sings. Women weave and men make oath, Hearth and hall uphold the growth. From deep-rooted Yggdrasil’s shade, New light wakes where vows were made. [Chorus - Final] Yulefire blaze, guide our way, Through the wheel that turns the day. Freyr and Freyja, stand with us all, Blót and mead till spring’s first call. (Last call — Yulefire blaze!) [Outro - Chant] We call the names of old tonight, Gleðilig jól, in flame and rite. Jólablót bound, by ash and horn, Spirit kept till new day’s dawn. [Arrangement Notes] Lead: Female voice with warm, clear tone; Chorus : mixed group call-and-response. Instrumentation: frame drum, tagelharpa/lyre, fiddle, goat-horn, low drone (hardanger bass), iron brazier percussion. Tempo & Feel: Mid-tempo folk groove, earthy and reverent; singable, with short repeating chorus hook.