[The Ballad of Per Tysson's daughters in Tradititional, Translation: Mathias Blad]
Per daughters in Vnge Oh how chilly their They were fast asleep a time ago Whilst the woods burst into The was the first one to awake She soon awoke the They sat themselves down upon beds and plaited the hair on other's heads Then they in clothes of silk and made way to church When they to Vnga hill they met three robbers who held still "Pray, would you care to become robbers' Or would you rather your lives?" "We would not care to robbers' wives. We would much rather our lives." They chopped their heads off on birch-wood and soon three wells sprung by them The bodies were dug down in ground, the clothes they carried to town. As arrived in Vnga farm Fru Karin to greet them. "Say, you care to buy clothes of silk that nine maidens have and crotcheted?" "Open your and let me see maybe I them, all three." Fru Karin quivers as never and runs to Per Tyrsson who by the door "There are three robbers our farm they've rid of our daughters" Per grabs his sword and then he runs to slay the two men. He asked the one before he stroke "Who is father and mother?" "Our Per Tyrsson in Vnge, our Fru Karin in Skrnge." Per Tyrsson to the smithy and forged himself iron his waist. "What shall our be?" "We'll build a out of stone and lime." "Krna shall be its name" Oh how chilly their "Oh, how willingly we will it ." Whilst the woods burst leaf
[Per Tyrssons Dttrar i [Lyrics: Tradititional: Swedish
Per dttrar i Vnge. Kaller var skog. De en smn fr lnge. Medan han lvas. vaknad den yngsta, sa vckte hon upp de Sa de sig pa sngestock sa de varandras 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 eller viljen I era unga liv?" "Ej vilja vi blie hellre vi miste vart liv." De hgg deras pa bjrkestock, sa rann dr tre kllor opp grovo de ner i dy, klderna buro de fram by Nr som de kommo till 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 brstet och upp till Per Tyrsson i hon gar. Dethaller tre pa var gard de gjort av med dttrarna var." Per tar sitt 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 sig jrn om midjan "Vad ska vi nu gra fr syndamen?" "Vi ska bygga upp en kyrka av och sten!" "Den ska heta Krna." Kaller var skog "Den ska vi upp sa grna" Medan han lvas