[The Ballad of Per daughters in Vnge] [Lyrics: Tradititional, Translation: Blad]
Per daughters in Vnge Oh how chilly their They were asleep a long time ago Whilst the woods into leaf The youngest was the one to awake She awoke the others They sat themselves down their beds and the hair on each other's heads they dressed in clothes of silk and made way to church When they came to hill met three robbers who held them still "Pray, you care to become robbers' wives? Or you rather lose your lives?" "We would not care to become wives. We would much lose our lives." They chopped heads off on birch-wood stem and soon wells sprung forth by them The bodies dug down in muddy ground, the clothes they to Vnga town. As arrived in Vnga farm Fru came to greet them. "Say, you care to buy clothes of silk that nine maidens have and crotcheted?" "Open your and let me see I know them, all three." Fru Karin quivers as never and runs to Per Tyrsson who by the door "There are three robbers our farm gotten rid of our daughters" Per Tyrsson grabs his and then he runs to the two older 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 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 into
[Per Tyrssons Dttrar i [Lyrics: Tradititional: Swedish
Per dttrar i Vnge. var deras skog. De en smn fr lnge. skogen han lvas. Frst den yngsta, sa hon upp de andra Sa satte de sig pa sa fltade de varandras Sa de pa sina silkesklar sa de sig at kyrkan Nar som de pa Vnga lid dr de tre vallare "Sg I bli vallareviv viljen I mistra era unga liv?" "Ej vi blie vallareviv hellre vi miste vart liv." De hgg deras pa bjrkestock, sa rann dr strax tre opp Kropparna de ner i dy, buro de fram till by Nr som de kommo till gard ute fr dom fru star "Och I kpa silkessrkar, som nio jungfrur har och virkat?" "Ls upp edra och lat mig se, kanhnda jag knner dem tre." Fru Karin sig fr slar och upp till Per Tyrsson i hon gar. tre vallare pa var gard de gjort av med dttrarna var." Per Tyrsson tar svrd i hand sa hgg han ihjl de tva Den tredje han innan han slog: "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 upp en kyrka av kalk och sten!" "Den ska heta Krna." Kaller var deras "Den ska vi upp sa grna" Medan skogen han