En gang sku hu Anne tel kjerka
En unge sku bli dft
Hu gjekk p ski ner Mannaskaret
Ei rett s fl og stri ei lype
Langt om lenge kom a seg ned
Men da mangla brtt ungen hue
I skinnpsa p ryggen hadde ungen vri
Kanskje deist borti ei gran eller i berja
"Som om han hadde hue da je drog hjemmantefr - men je veit det ligger hen".
Hennes ektemann
Dktig klein mot slutten
Bare lg der
"Men tel slutt sette je kneet i prsten p'n og finga i hlamotet, s kom den hellige Kuds fader og slokte pina".
Samuel, salig han var
Da'n fr satt tre svarte Kuds engler og gol
Som korper
Heller ville'n ikke i jorda
Kista vart bri fra skauen ned
Men da dem kom tel kjerka nr
Nekta hesta plent g
Det var nok'n Hnn-Erik som var p ferde ja.
[English translation:]
The Finn Hag
Once Anne had to go to the church
A child had to be baptized
She descended Mannaskaret on skis
A downhill run so dreadful and rapid
Finally she came down
But the child's head was missing
The child was in the skin-bag on her shoulders
Maybe it had hit a spruce or a rock
"As if he had the head from home - but I know where it is"
Her husband
Really sick at the end
Laid there
"But at the end I have put a knee on his breast and fingers around the throat, so came Holy God Father and extinguished the pain"
Samuel, he was happy
When he saw three black angels of God crow
Like ravens
And he wanted neither to be interred
The coffin was carried through the forest down
But when it came nearby the church
The horses refused absolutely to go on
It was for sure Old Nick in action
This lyric was posted anonymously. Not yet confirmed by Book of Metal.
