[The Ballad of Per Tysson's daughters in [Lyrics: Tradititional, Translation: Blad]
Per Tyrsson's daughters in Oh how chilly their They were asleep a long time ago Whilst the woods burst into The youngest was the first one to She soon awoke the They sat themselves down upon beds and plaited the hair on each other's Then dressed in clothes of silk and made way to church When they came to Vnga they met three who held them still "Pray, you care to become robbers' wives? Or would you rather lose lives?" "We would not care to robbers' wives. We would much rather our lives." They their heads off on birch-wood stem and soon three wells sprung by them The bodies were dug in muddy ground, the clothes carried to Vnga town. As arrived in Vnga farm Fru came to greet them. "Say, would you care to buy clothes of that nine maidens knitted and crotcheted?" "Open bundles and let me see I know them, all three." Fru Karin quivers as before and runs to Per Tyrsson who stands by the "There are three robbers outside our they've rid of our daughters" Per Tyrsson grabs his sword and he to slay the two older men. He asked the third one he stroke "Who is your and mother?" "Our father Per in Vnge, our Fru Karin in Skrnge." Per Tyrsson went to the and forged himself iron his waist. "What our retribution be?" "We'll build a out of stone and lime." "Krna shall be its name" Oh how their woods "Oh, how willingly we will it ." Whilst the burst into leaf
[Per Tyrssons i Vnge] [Lyrics: Swedish Version]
Per dttrar i Vnge. var deras 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 varandras Sa togo de pa silkesklar sa de sig at kyrkan Nar som de pa Vnga lid dr de tre vallare "Sg viljen I bli eller viljen I mistra era liv?" "Ej vilja vi blie hellre vi miste unga liv." De hgg huvu'n pa bjrkestock, sa dr strax tre kllor opp Kropparna de ner i dy, buro de fram till by Nr som de kommo till Vnga ute fr dom fru Karin "Och I kpa silkessrkar, som nio jungfrur har och virkat?" "Ls upp knyten och lat mig se, jag knner dem alla tre." Fru sig fr brstet slar och upp till Per Tyrsson i hon gar. tre vallare pa var gard de haver gjort av med var." Per Tyrsson tar svrd i hand sa hgg han ihjl de tva Den tredje fraga han han slog: "Vad er fader och mor?" "Var Per Tyrsson ivnge, var fru Karin 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 av kalk och sten!" "Den kyrkan ska Krna." Kaller var deras "Den ska vi upp sa grna" skogen han lvas