Folque "Sinclair vise" lyrics

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Sinclair vise

Herr Sinclair dro over salten hav,til Norig hans kurs monne stande.blandt Gudbrands klipper han fandt sin grav,der vanket så blodig en panne.

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Ved Romsdals kyster han styrte til land,erklærte seg for en fiende.han fulgte fjorten hundre mannsom alle hadde ondt i sinne.

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De skjændte og brente hvor de dro frem,all folkeret monne de krenkeog oldingens avmakt rørte ei dem,de spottet den gråtende enke.

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Barnet blev drept i moderens kjød,så mildelig det enn smilte.men ryktet om denne jammer og nødtil kjernen av landet ilte.

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Og baunen lyste og budstikken løpfra grande til nærmeste grandeog dalens sønner i skjul ei krøp,det måtte herr Sinclair sande.

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De bønder fra Vågå, Lesja og Lommed skarpe økser på nakkei bredebygd tilsammen kom,med skotten ville de snakke.

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Frem bønder, frem i norske mennslå ned, slå ned for fote!da ønsket seg skotten hjem igjen,han var ei rett lystig til mote.

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Ei noen levende sjel kom hjem,som kunne sin landsmann fortellehvor farlig det er at besøke demder bor i blandt Norigs fjelde.

Vel opp før dag,de kommer vel over den hede.

Sinclair’s ballad

Lord Sinclair crossed the salty sea,to Norway his course was set.among Gudbrand's cliffs he found his grave,where a bloody brow awaited.

Up before the break of day,They'’re coming across the heath.

By Romsdal's coast he came ashore,declared himself an enemy,followed by fourteen hundred menall with evil intent.

Up before the break of day,They'’re coming across the heath.

They pillaged and burned wherever they came,all rights they trampled.the frailty of age, it moved them not,they scorned the weeping widow.

Up before the break of day,They'’re coming across the heath.

The child was slain in its mother's lap, (womb/flesh)no matter how sweetly it smiled.but tidings of this sorrow and woeto the heart of the nation travelled.

Up before the break of day,They'’re coming across the heath.

The beacon flared and the messenger ran,from each neighbour to the next,the sons of the dale sought not to hideas Lord Sinclair must avow.

Up before the break of day,They'’re coming across the heath.

The farmers of Våge, Lesje and Lom,with sharpened axes shouldered,got together in the broad villagewith the Scot, they wanted to talk.

Up before the break of day,They'’re coming across the heath.

Forward, farmers! Norwegian men, Advance!strike down, strike down and slaughter them!then longed the Scot for home again,his lust for battle gone.

Up before the break of day,They'’re coming across the heath.

No living soul came home again,to tell his countrymen,how perilous it is to visit themwho dwell among Norway's hills.

Up before the break of day,They'’re coming across the heath.

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