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
