Nio år [English translation]

The first gift she received from her stepmother

For nine years you must go with your unborn child

Kari, she asked sir Peder

How long should a woman with her unborn child go

My lonely sorrows wake me

Forty weeks it surely is,

So did Mary with Jesus Christ

When the ninth year arrived

She wanted to go home to her father

Sir Peder said to his young pages

To go and saddle his grey mare

Go quietly through the village

So that you don’t wake any dogs and make a din

Go quietly over the bridge

So that you don't wake any men and cause trouble

When she arrived to her father's home

There her father stood waiting for her

Dear me, dear me what do I see now?

I see my daughter coming to me

My dear father don't happy to see me

For no happiness has followed me

When I left I was young

Now I come back again, now I am so heavy

When I left I was a maiden

Now I come back again, now I will die