[The Ballad of Per Tysson’s daughters in VГѓВ¤nge]
[Lyrics: Tradititional, Translation: Mathias Blad]
Per Tyrsson’s daughters in VГѓВ¤nge
Oh how chilly their woods
They were fast asleep a long time ago
Whilst the woods burst into leaf
The youngest was the first one to awake
She soon awoke the others
They sat themselves down upon their beds
and plaited the hair on each other’s heads
Then they dressed in clothes of silk
and made their way to church
When they came to VГѓВ¤nga hill
they met three robbers who held them still
«Pray, would you care to become robbers’ wives?
Or would you rather lose your lives?»
«We would not care to become robbers’ wives.
We would much rather lose our lives.»
They chopped their heads off on birch-wood stem
and soon three wells sprung forth by them
The bodies were dug down in muddy ground,
the clothes they carried to VГѓВ¤nga town.
As they arrived in VГѓВ¤nga farm
Fru Karin came to greet them.
«Say, would you care to buy clothes of silk
that nine maidens have knitted and crotcheted?»
«Open your bundles and let me see
maybe I know them, all three.»
Fru Karin quivers as never before
and runs to Per Tyrsson who stands by the door
«There are three robbers outside our farm
they’ve gotten rid of our daughters»
Per Tyrsson grabs his sword and then
he runs to slay the two older men.
He asked the third one before he stroke
«Who is your father and mother?»
«Our father Per Tyrsson in VГѓВ¤nge,
our mother Fru Karin in SkrГѓВ¤nge.»
Per Tyrsson went to the smithy
and forged himself iron round his waist.
«What shall our retribution be?»
«We’ll build a church out of stone and lime.»
«KГѓВ¤rna Church shall be its name»
Oh how chilly their woods
«Oh, how willingly we will build it .»
Whilst the woods burst into leaf
[Per Tyrssons DГѓВ¶ttrar i VГѓВ¤nge]
[Lyrics: Tradititional: Swedish Version]
Per Tyrssons dГѓВ¶ttrar i VГѓВ¤nge.
Kaller var deras skog.
De sovo en sГѓВ¶mn fГѓВ¶r lГѓВ¤nge.
Medan skogen han lГѓВ¶vas.
FГѓВ¶rst vaknad den yngsta,
sa vГѓВ¤ckte hon upp de andra
Sa satte de sig pa sГѓВ¤ngestock
sa flГѓВ¤tade de varandras lock
Sa togo de pa sina silkesklar
sa gingo de sig at kyrkan
Nar som de kommo pa VГѓВ¤nga lid
dГѓВ¤r mГѓВ¶tte de tre vallare
«SГѓВ¤g viljen I bli vallareviv
eller viljen I mistra era unga liv?»
«Ej vilja vi blie vallareviv
hellre vi miste vart unga liv.»
De hГѓВ¶gg deras huvu’n pa bjГѓВ¶rkestock,
sa rann dГѓВ¤r strax tre kГѓВ¤llor opp
Kropparna grovo de ner i dy,
klГѓВ¤derna buro de fram till by
NГѓВ¤r som de kommo till VГѓВ¤nga gard
ute fГѓВ¶r dom fru Karin star
«Och viljen I kГѓВ¶pa silkessГѓВ¶rkar,
som nio jungfrur har stickat och virkat?»
«LГѓВ¶s upp edra knyten och lat mig se,
kanhГѓВ¤nda jag kГѓВ¤nner dem alla tre.»
Fru Karin sig fГѓВ¶r brГѓВ¶stet slar
och upp till Per Tyrsson i porten hon gar.
Dethaller tre vallare pa var gard
de haver gjort av med dГѓВ¶ttrarna var.»
Per Tyrsson tar sitt svГѓВ¤rd i hand
sa hГѓВ¶gg han ihjГѓВ¤l de ГѓВ¤ldsta tva
Den tredje fraga han innan han slog:
«Vad heter er fader och mor?»
«Var fader Per Tyrsson ivГѓВ¤nge,
var moder fru Karin i SkrГѓВ¤nge.»
Per Tyrsson han gar sig at smedjan,
han lГѓВ¤t smida sig jГѓВ¤rn om midjan
«Vad ska vi nu gГѓВ¶ra fГѓВ¶r syndamen?»
«Vi ska bygga upp en kyrka av kalk och sten!»
«Den kyrkan ska heta KrГѓВ¤na.»
Kaller var deras skog
«Den ska vi bygga upp sa gГѓВ¤rna»
Medan skogen han lГѓВ¶vas
