"Wilt thou not tread the dance with me?" Breaketh day, falleth rime; "An evil shall I fix on thee." Sir Olof cometh home, When the wood it is leaf-green.
Sir Olof turned his horse therefrom, Breaketh day, falleth rime; Sickness and plague follow him home. Sir Olof cometh home, When the wood it is leaf-green.
Sir Olof to his mother's rode, Breaketh day, falleth rime; Out before him his mother stood. Sir Olof cometh home, When the wood it is leaf-green.
"Welcome, welcome, my dear son," Breaketh day, falleth rime; "Why is thy rosy cheek so wan?" Sir Olof cometh home, When the wood it is leaf-green.
"My colt was swift and I tardy," Breaketh day, falleth rime; "I knocked against a green oak-tree." Sir Olof cometh home, When the wood it is leaf-green.
"My dear sister, prepare my bed," Breaketh day, falleth rime; "My dear brother, take my horse to the mead." Sir Olof cometh home, When the wood it is leaf-green.
"My dear mother, brush my hair," Breaketh day, falleth rime; "My dear father, make me a bier." Sir Olof cometh home, When the wood it is leaf-green.
"My dear son, that do not say," Breaketh day, falleth rime; To-morrow is thy wedding-day." Sir Olof cometh home, When the wood it is leaf-green.
"Be it when it will betide," Breaketh day, falleth rime; "I ne'er shall come unto my bride." Sir Olof cometh home, When the wood it is leaf-green.[138]
I was a handsome young swain, And to the court should ride. I rode out in the evening-hour; In the rosy grove I to sleep me laid. Since I her first saw.
I laid me under a lind so green, My eyes they sunk in sleep; There came two maidens going along, They fain would with me speak. Since I her first saw.
The one she tapped me on my cheek, The other whispered in my ear: "Stand up, handsome young swain, If thou list of love to hear." Since I her first saw.
They led then forth a maiden, Whose hair like gold did shine: "Stand up, handsome young swain, If thou to joy incline." Since I her first saw.
The third began a song to sing, With good will she did so; Thereat stood the rapid stream, Which before was wont to flow. Since I her first saw.
Thereat stood the rapid stream, Which before was wont to flow; And the hind all with her hair so brown, Forgot whither she should go. Since I her first saw.