Perpålsa [English translation]

Perpålsa the gnome lived in a rock

in Nordland, in Nordland

And Henry The Swede was fleeing on his legs

he was running from the sheriff* in the valley

Henry The Swede ran, and he ran

in Nordland, in Nordland

And the sheriff* came just behind with cuffs

he will never get away

Far away he saw something he believed to be

in Nordland, in Nordland

The rock where Perpålsa lived

and the sheriff's* breath was close behind

He threw himself behind that rock he had seen

in Nordland, in Nordland

He pounded and knocked frantically and strongly

fortunately, Perpålsa was at home

The door opened slightly ajar

in Nordland

Henry The Swede got in

"Now I shall sleep tight"

It was a gnome's rock!