Fal lal lal la.
Another.
Baby, rest thee in thy bed,
Mother she’s spinning blue thread,
Brother’s blowing on a buck’s horn,
Sister thine is grinding corn,
And father is beating a drum.
She then started off with a stave full of satirical allusions to the swains of the neighbourhood, showing how Od was braw, and Ola a stour prater (stor Pratar), Torgrim a fop, and Tarjei a Gasconader—
But Björn from all he bore the bell,