[The Ballad of Per daughters in Vnge] [Lyrics: Tradititional, Translation: Mathias
Per Tyrsson's daughters in Oh how their woods They were fast a long time ago the woods burst into leaf The youngest was the one to awake She soon awoke the They sat themselves down upon beds and plaited the on each other's heads Then they in clothes of silk and made way to church When came to Vnga hill they met three robbers who held still "Pray, you care to become robbers' wives? Or you rather lose your lives?" "We would not care to become wives. We would much rather our lives." chopped their heads off on birch-wood stem and soon three wells forth by them The bodies were dug in muddy ground, the clothes they carried to town. As they arrived in Vnga Fru Karin to greet them. "Say, would you care to buy of silk that nine have 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 gotten rid of our daughters" Per Tyrsson his sword and then he runs to slay the two men. He asked the one before he stroke "Who is father and mother?" "Our father Per in Vnge, our mother Fru in Skrnge." Per Tyrsson went to the and himself iron round his waist. "What shall our be?" "We'll build a out of stone and lime." "Krna Church be its name" Oh how chilly their "Oh, how we will build it ." Whilst the woods burst into
[Per Dttrar i Vnge] Tradititional: 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 satte de sig pa sa de varandras lock 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 vart unga liv." De hgg huvu'n pa bjrkestock, sa dr strax tre kllor opp grovo de ner i dy, klderna buro de fram by Nr som de till Vnga gard ute fr dom fru star "Och I kpa silkessrkar, som nio jungfrur har och virkat?" "Ls upp knyten och lat mig se, jag knner dem alla tre." Fru Karin sig fr slar och upp Per Tyrsson i porten hon gar. Dethaller tre pa var gard de haver av med dttrarna var." Per Tyrsson tar sitt svrd i sa hgg han ihjl de tva Den tredje fraga han innan han "Vad er fader 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 av kalk och sten!" "Den ska heta Krna." Kaller var skog "Den ska vi upp sa grna" Medan han lvas