Per Tyrssons Dã¶ttar I Vã¤nge Lyrics - Falconer

[The Ballad of Per Tysson's daughters in Vnge] 

[Lyrics: Tradititional, Translation: Mathias Blad] 

Per Tyrsson's daughters in Vnge 

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 Vnga 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 Vnga town. 

As they arrived in Vnga 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 Vnge, 

our mother Fru Karin in Skrnge." 

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." 

"Krna 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 Dttrar i Vnge] 

[Lyrics: Tradititional: Swedish Version] 

Per Tyrssons dttrar i Vnge. 

Kaller var deras skog. 

De sovo en smn fr lnge. 

Medan skogen han lvas. 

Frst vaknad den yngsta, 

sa vckte hon upp de andra 

Sa satte de sig pa sngestock 

sa fltade de varandras lock 

Sa togo de pa sina silkesklar 

sa gingo de sig at kyrkan 

Nar som de kommo pa Vnga lid 

dr mtte de tre vallare 

"Sg viljen I bli vallareviv 

eller viljen I mistra era unga liv?" 

"Ej vilja vi blie vallareviv 

hellre vi miste vart unga liv." 

De hgg deras huvu'n pa bjrkestock, 

sa rann dr strax tre kllor opp 

Kropparna grovo de ner i dy, 

klderna buro de fram till by 

Nr som de kommo till Vnga gard 

ute fr dom fru Karin star 

"Och viljen I kpa silkessrkar, 

som nio jungfrur har stickat och virkat?" 

"Ls upp edra knyten och lat mig se, 

kanhnda jag knner dem alla tre." 

Fru Karin sig fr brstet slar 

och upp till Per Tyrsson i porten hon gar. 

Dethaller tre vallare pa var gard 

de haver gjort av med dttrarna var." 

Per Tyrsson tar sitt svrd i hand 

sa hgg han ihjl de ldsta tva 

Den tredje fraga han innan han slog: 

"Vad heter er fader och mor?" 

"Var fader Per Tyrsson ivnge, 

var moder fru Karin i Skrnge." 

Per Tyrsson han gar sig at smedjan, 

han lt smida sig jrn om midjan 

"Vad ska vi nu gra fr syndamen?" 

"Vi ska bygga upp en kyrka av kalk och sten!" 

"Den kyrkan ska heta Krna." 

Kaller var deras skog 

"Den ska vi bygga upp sa grna" 

Medan skogen han lvas