The Oxonian in Thelemarken, volume 2 (of 2) / or, Notes of travel in south-western Norway in the summers of 1856 and 1857. With glances at the legendary lore of that district.

by Frederick Metcalfe

Tirreli, Tirreli Tove,

Twelve men met in the grove;

Twelve men mustered they,

Twelve brands bore they.

The goatherd they did bang,

The little dog they did hang,

The stour steer they did slay,

And hung the bell upon a spray,

And now they will murder me,

Far away on the wooded lea.