Liten Kersti [English translation]

There lived a farmer on Ostervalla moor

And o the little one

Daughters he had and so dear to him were they

In the royal stable she worked in secrecy

Children he had four, children he had five, but

Little Kersti was the dearest of them all

Little Kersti, she went to the tailor´s village

And there they made her new knight´s clothes

Little Kersti, she went to the shoemakers village

And there they made her new knight´s boots

By day she rode the horses in meadows green

By night she slept in the bed of the duke

By day she rode the horses to water

By night she slept in the arms of the duke

"Our stable boy has become so strangely heavy

That he can´t climb up in the saddle"

"Our stable boy has become so strangely fat

That he can´t ride when the sun shines hot"

When the queen through the stable door stepped

Little Kersti, she hid deep in stall

The Duke he spread out his cloak so blue

There she lay down and she birthed sons two

Maidens and princesses cried in despair

For now Little Kersti sleeps on the young king´s arm

Maidens and princesses are crying rivers

And o the little one

That he took a farmer´s daughter

In the royal stable she worked in secrecy