Hjuringstev [English translation]

Poor little cowhand,

late to bed, on the floor outside.

The milk turned sour and blue,

from the cheese he got the smallest piece.1

The butter, he had never seen.

Poor shepherd who tends to the cattle,

in the rain and storm, he is cold and wet!

Poor shepherd, let him in

in the rain and storm, cold wind.

1. lit: small as a toe