“That’s very fine, no doubt,” interrupted the girl; “but he’s got a kjærste (sweetheart) for all that, and I’ll tell you what he sings to her:—

Oh! hear me, my pretty maid,

What I will say to thee,

I’ve long thought, but was afraid;

I would woo thee,

Wilt thou have me?

Meadows I have so fair,

And cattle and corn good store,

Of dollars two or three pair,

Then don’t say me nay, I implore.”