Det bodde en frue ved Kjerraten
"Fattera sommersvane"
To deilige dtre hadde hun
"De vente, de vente, vr velkommen hjem"
Til den yngste gikk beilere hver dag
Det kunne ei den eldste fordra
Den yngste trdte ut p bred ei bro
Den eldste kom etter i falske sko
Sster sster hjelp meg i land
S skal du f min gullspenne
Nei jeg vil ikke redde deg i land
Fr du gir meg din festemann
Nei fr du skulle min festemann f
Fr vil jeg synke under bljan bl
Og der kom vr og vestavind
Og frte liket p stranden inn
Der kom to spillemenn gende frem
De s liket der det l p strand
Kom la oss g opp p den store grd
Der hvor det store bryllup skal st
De spilte for det frste
Vr brud har druknet sin sster
Bruden hun tok en gullring av sin arm
Den ga hun til de spillemenn
Vi str her et par fulle menn
Slett ingen m tro vre ord er sanne
Da de spilte for det tredje
Begynte bruden grte
Om aftenen satt hun p brudebenk
Om morgenen l hun p blet brent
[English translation:]
The Two Musicians
It lived a maiden by Kjerraten
"faralal summer swan"
Two delicious daughters she had
"They awaited, they awaited, be welcomed home"
Every day suitors went to the youngest
The eldest could not take it anymore
The youngest was walking on a broad bridge
The eldest came after with false step
Sister, sister help me to reach the bank
So you shall have my golden buckle
No, I won't save you reaching the bank
Before you give me your betrothed
No, before you shall have my betrothed
I will sink under the blue waves
There came the storm and the western wind
And led the corpse ashore
Two musicians were coming along
They saw the corpse lying on the shore
Come one let's go to the big farm
Where the big marriage shall take place
They played first
Our bride has drowned her sister
The bride took a golden ring from her arm
She gave it to the two musicians
We stay here a couple of drunken men
Right never you have to believe our words are true
Then they play third
The bride began to cry
In the evening she was sitting on the bride bench
In the morning she was burnt on the stake
This lyric was posted anonymously. Not yet confirmed by Book of Metal.
