[The Ballad of Per Tysson's daughters in Tradititional, Translation: Mathias Blad]
Per daughters in Vnge Oh how chilly their They were fast a long time ago Whilst the woods burst into The was the first one to awake She soon the others They sat themselves down upon their and plaited the hair on each other's Then they in clothes of silk and their way to church they came to Vnga hill they met three robbers who them still "Pray, would you care to robbers' wives? Or would you rather your lives?" "We would not care to become wives. We would rather lose our lives." They chopped their heads off on birch-wood and soon three wells sprung forth by The bodies were dug down in ground, the clothes carried to Vnga town. As they in Vnga farm Fru Karin to greet them. "Say, would you care to buy clothes of that nine have knitted and crotcheted?" "Open bundles and let me see maybe I them, all three." Fru Karin quivers as before and runs to Per Tyrsson who by the door "There are three robbers our farm gotten rid of our daughters" Per Tyrsson grabs his sword and he to slay the two older men. He asked the third one before he "Who is father and mother?" "Our father Per in Vnge, our Fru Karin in Skrnge." Per Tyrsson to the smithy and forged himself round his waist. "What shall our be?" "We'll a church out of stone and lime." "Krna shall be its name" Oh how chilly their "Oh, how willingly we build it ." Whilst the woods burst into
[Per Tyrssons i Vnge] [Lyrics: Tradititional: Swedish
Per Tyrssons i Vnge. Kaller var skog. De en smn fr lnge. Medan han lvas. vaknad den yngsta, sa vckte hon upp de Sa satte de sig pa sa fltade de lock Sa togo de pa sina sa gingo de sig at Nar som de pa Vnga lid dr de tre vallare "Sg I bli vallareviv eller viljen I era unga liv?" "Ej vilja vi vallareviv hellre vi miste vart liv." De hgg huvu'n pa bjrkestock, sa rann dr strax tre opp grovo de ner i dy, klderna buro de fram by Nr som de kommo till gard ute fr dom fru star "Och I kpa silkessrkar, som nio har stickat och virkat?" "Ls upp knyten och lat mig se, kanhnda jag dem alla tre." Fru sig fr brstet slar och upp till Per i porten hon gar. Dethaller tre vallare pa var de haver av med dttrarna var." Per tar sitt svrd i hand sa hgg han de ldsta tva Den tredje fraga han han slog: "Vad heter er och mor?" "Var Per Tyrsson ivnge, var fru Karin i Skrnge." Per han gar sig at smedjan, han lt sig jrn om midjan "Vad ska vi nu gra fr syndamen?" "Vi ska bygga upp en av kalk och sten!" "Den ska heta Krna." var deras skog "Den ska vi upp sa grna" Medan han lvas