[The Ballad of Per daughters in Vnge] [Lyrics: Tradititional, Translation: Blad]
Per Tyrsson's in Vnge Oh how chilly woods They were fast asleep a long ago Whilst the burst into leaf The was the first one to awake She soon the others They sat themselves upon their beds and plaited the hair on each other's Then they dressed in clothes of and their way to church When they to Vnga hill they met robbers who held them still "Pray, you care to become robbers' wives? Or would you lose your lives?" "We not care to become robbers' wives. We would rather lose our lives." They chopped their off on birch-wood stem and soon three sprung forth by them The bodies dug down in muddy ground, the clothes carried to Vnga town. As they arrived in farm Fru Karin to greet them. "Say, would you care to buy clothes of that maidens have knitted and crotcheted?" "Open your and let me see I know them, all three." Fru Karin quivers as never and runs to Per Tyrsson who stands by the "There are three robbers our farm they've rid of our daughters" Per Tyrsson grabs his and then he to slay the two older men. He asked the third one before he "Who is your and mother?" "Our father Per in Vnge, our Fru Karin in Skrnge." Per Tyrsson went to the and forged iron 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 will it ." Whilst the woods burst into
[Per Dttrar i Vnge] [Lyrics: Swedish Version]
Per Tyrssons i Vnge. Kaller var skog. De en smn fr lnge. Medan han lvas. Frst den yngsta, sa hon upp de andra Sa de sig pa sngestock sa fltade de lock Sa de pa sina silkesklar sa de sig at kyrkan Nar som de pa Vnga lid dr de tre vallare "Sg I bli vallareviv eller I mistra era unga liv?" "Ej vilja vi vallareviv hellre vi vart unga liv." De hgg deras pa bjrkestock, sa dr strax tre kllor opp Kropparna 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 jungfrur har och virkat?" "Ls upp knyten och lat mig se, kanhnda jag knner dem tre." Fru Karin sig fr brstet och upp Per Tyrsson i porten hon gar. Dethaller tre vallare pa var de gjort av med dttrarna var." Per Tyrsson tar sitt svrd i sa hgg han de ldsta tva Den tredje fraga han innan han "Vad er fader och mor?" "Var Per Tyrsson ivnge, var moder fru i Skrnge." Per han gar sig at smedjan, han lt smida sig jrn om "Vad ska vi nu gra fr syndamen?" "Vi ska bygga upp en kyrka av och sten!" "Den kyrkan ska Krna." var deras skog "Den ska vi upp sa grna" skogen han lvas