[The Ballad of Per Tysson's in Vnge] [Lyrics: Tradititional, Translation: Mathias
Per Tyrsson's daughters in Oh how their woods They fast asleep a long time ago the woods burst into leaf The youngest was the first one to She soon the others They sat themselves upon their beds and the hair on each other's heads Then they dressed in clothes of and their way to church When they came to hill they met robbers who held them still "Pray, would you care to robbers' wives? Or you rather lose your lives?" "We would not to become robbers' wives. We would rather lose our lives." They chopped their heads off on birch-wood and soon wells sprung forth by them The bodies were dug in muddy ground, the clothes carried to Vnga town. As arrived in Vnga farm Fru Karin came to them. "Say, would you to buy clothes of silk nine maidens have knitted and crotcheted?" "Open your and let me see maybe I them, all three." Fru Karin quivers as before and runs to Per who stands by the door "There are three robbers outside our gotten rid of our daughters" Per Tyrsson his sword and then he runs to the two older men. He asked the third one he stroke "Who is your and mother?" "Our Per Tyrsson in Vnge, our Fru Karin in Skrnge." Per Tyrsson went to the and forged iron round his waist. "What shall our be?" "We'll build a church out of and lime." "Krna Church be its name" Oh how chilly woods "Oh, how we will build it ." Whilst the woods burst into
[Per Tyrssons i Vnge] [Lyrics: Tradititional: Version]
Per dttrar i Vnge. var deras skog. De en smn fr lnge. Medan han lvas. vaknad 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 kommo pa lid dr mtte de tre "Sg viljen I bli eller viljen I era unga liv?" "Ej vilja vi vallareviv hellre vi miste unga liv." De hgg deras pa bjrkestock, sa rann dr tre kllor opp Kropparna de ner i dy, klderna buro de fram 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 Per Tyrsson i porten hon gar. Dethaller tre pa var gard de haver av med dttrarna var." Per Tyrsson tar svrd i hand sa hgg han de ldsta tva Den fraga han innan han slog: "Vad heter er och mor?" "Var fader Per 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 kyrka av och sten!" "Den kyrkan ska Krna." Kaller var deras "Den ska vi upp sa grna" skogen han lvas