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2 6 SWEDISH SONG GAMES
V
Ready and eager then spake his men, "We’ve followed where’er thou hast led.
With thee, O king, we fear no foe, nor steepest billows dread." Chorus.
VI
Boldly a youth from the mountain sprang; his bow only giants could bend.
"Jarlen1 of Ringerike2, Sire, me to thee now doth send." Chorus.
VII
Then said the king to the youthful knight — with joy in his heart answered he,
"What is the name they call thee by? Tell it, my lad, to me." Chorus.
VIII
"Ejnar3, O king, is the name I bear, and well do I know how to fight.
Tambar I call my trusty bow; swift are its bolts as light." Chorus.
IX
Down then they went to the salt sea strand, the liegemen so bold and the king;
Dragged the great ship across the sand; they made the whole earth ring.
Chorus.
X
Silken the sails that they flung aloft to drive Ormen Lange to sea;
Olaf the king did steer the ship, — so all the songs agree.
1 Jarlen (yär’len).
2 Ringerike nng e rl’ke).
3 Ejnar (ai’nar).
47. Once in My Youth
A?ii?nato
O once in my youth A maid - en I knew, Her cheeks were like
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