[The Ballad of Per Tysson's daughters in Tradititional, Translation: Mathias Blad]
Per daughters in Vnge Oh how chilly their They fast asleep a long time 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 on each other's heads Then they in clothes of silk and their way to church When they came to Vnga they met three robbers who them still "Pray, would you to become robbers' wives? Or would you rather lose lives?" "We would not care to robbers' wives. We much rather lose our lives." They chopped their off on birch-wood stem and soon three sprung forth by them The bodies were dug in muddy ground, the they carried to Vnga town. As they arrived in farm Fru Karin to greet them. "Say, would you care to buy of silk nine maidens have knitted and crotcheted?" "Open your 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 and then he runs to the two older men. He asked the third one before he "Who is your and mother?" "Our father Per in Vnge, our mother Fru in Skrnge." Per Tyrsson to the smithy and forged iron round his waist. "What our retribution be?" "We'll build a out of stone and lime." "Krna Church be its name" Oh how chilly their "Oh, how willingly we will it ." Whilst the woods burst leaf
Tyrssons Dttrar i Vnge] [Lyrics: Tradititional: Version]
Per dttrar i Vnge. var deras skog. De en smn fr lnge. skogen han lvas. Frst den yngsta, sa hon upp de andra Sa de sig pa sngestock sa fltade de varandras Sa de pa sina silkesklar sa gingo de sig at Nar som de kommo pa lid dr mtte de tre "Sg viljen I bli viljen I mistra era unga liv?" "Ej vilja vi blie hellre vi miste vart liv." De hgg deras pa bjrkestock, sa rann dr tre kllor opp Kropparna de ner i dy, buro de fram till by Nr som de kommo till Vnga ute fr dom fru star "Och I kpa silkessrkar, som nio har stickat och virkat?" "Ls upp knyten och lat mig se, kanhnda jag dem alla tre." Fru sig fr brstet slar och upp till Per Tyrsson i hon gar. Dethaller tre vallare pa var de haver gjort av med var." Per Tyrsson tar sitt svrd i sa hgg han de ldsta tva Den tredje fraga han han slog: "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 kyrka av och sten!" "Den kyrkan ska Krna." Kaller var deras "Den ska vi upp sa grna" skogen han lvas