[The Ballad of Per daughters in Vnge] Tradititional, Translation: Mathias Blad]
Per Tyrsson's in Vnge Oh how their woods They were fast asleep a long ago Whilst the woods into leaf The youngest was the first one to She awoke the others They sat themselves upon their beds and plaited the hair on each heads Then dressed in clothes of silk and their way to church When they came to hill they met three who held them still "Pray, would you care to robbers' wives? Or would you lose your lives?" "We would not to become robbers' wives. We would rather lose our lives." They chopped their off on birch-wood stem and soon three wells forth by them The bodies dug down 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 nine maidens have knitted and crotcheted?" "Open bundles and let me see maybe I them, all three." Fru quivers as never before and to Per Tyrsson who stands by the door "There are three robbers our farm they've rid of our daughters" Per Tyrsson grabs his sword and he runs to the two older men. He asked the third one he stroke "Who is father and mother?" "Our father Per in Vnge, our Fru Karin in Skrnge." Per Tyrsson to the smithy and forged iron round his waist. "What shall our be?" "We'll build a church out of and lime." "Krna shall be its name" Oh how chilly woods "Oh, how willingly we build it ." Whilst the woods burst leaf
[Per Tyrssons i Vnge] Tradititional: Swedish Version]
Per dttrar i Vnge. Kaller var skog. De en smn fr lnge. Medan han lvas. Frst den yngsta, sa vckte hon upp de Sa de sig pa sngestock sa fltade de lock Sa togo de pa silkesklar sa gingo de sig at Nar som de kommo pa lid dr de tre vallare "Sg viljen I bli viljen I mistra era unga liv?" "Ej vilja vi blie hellre vi miste vart liv." De hgg huvu'n pa bjrkestock, sa rann dr tre kllor opp grovo de ner i dy, klderna buro de fram by Nr som de kommo Vnga gard ute fr dom fru Karin "Och I kpa silkessrkar, som nio jungfrur har och virkat?" "Ls upp edra och lat mig se, jag knner dem alla tre." Fru Karin sig fr slar och upp till Per Tyrsson i hon gar. tre vallare pa var gard de haver av med dttrarna var." Per Tyrsson tar svrd i hand sa hgg han ihjl de tva Den tredje fraga han innan han "Vad heter er 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." Kaller var deras "Den ska vi upp sa grna" Medan han lvas