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



Per Tyrssons döttrar i Vänge.

Kaller var deras skog.

De sovo en sömn för länge.

Medan skogen han lövas.



Först vaknad den yngsta,

sa väckte hon upp de andra



Sa satte de sig pa sängestock

sa flätade de varandras lock



Sa togo de pa sina silkesklar

sa gingo de sig at kyrkan



Nar som de kommo pa Vänga lid

där mötte de tre vallare



"Säg viljen I bli vallareviv

eller viljen I mistra era unga liv?"



"Ej vilja vi blie vallareviv

hellre vi miste vart unga liv."



De högg deras huvu'n pa björkestock,

sa rann där strax tre källor opp



Kropparna grovo de ner i dy,

kläderna buro de fram till by



När som de kommo till Vänga gard

ute för dom fru Karin star



"Och viljen I köpa silkessörkar,

som nio jungfrur har stickat och virkat?"



"Lös upp edra knyten och lat mig se,

kanhända jag känner dem alla tre."



Fru Karin sig för bröstet slar

och upp till Per Tyrsson i porten hon gar.



Dethaller tre vallare pa var gard

de haver gjort av med döttrarna var."



Per Tyrsson tar sitt svärd i hand

sa högg han ihjäl de äldsta tva



Den tredje fraga han innan han slog:

"Vad heter er fader och mor?"



"Var fader Per Tyrsson ivänge,

var moder fru Karin i Skränge."



Per Tyrsson han gar sig at smedjan,

han lät smida sig järn om midjan



"Vad ska vi nu göra för syndamen?"

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



"Den kyrkan ska heta Kräna."

Kaller var deras skog

"Den ska vi bygga upp sa gärna"

Medan skogen han lövas



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Per Tyrsson's daughters in Vänge

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 Vänga 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 Vänga town.



As they arrived in Vänga 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 Vänge,

our mother Fru Karin in Skränge."



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."



"Kärna Church shall be its name"

Oh how chilly their woods

"Oh, how willingly we will build it ."

Whilst the woods burst into leaf