Never
UlrikaYou who so despise meMock me and chastise meYou who call me harlot and whoreYou make me strong again
Righteous congregationPillars of the nationI am in your debt evermoreYour scorn is my salvation
Here, they laugh, they point, they turn awayHere I die by inches every dayDying of sermons, dying of judgementsGuilty as charged. Let justice be done.
Never shall my girl oblige a pleasure seekerNot like me, the one they call UlrikaUlrika - "The Happy One"
Men came in the darknessScratching at my windowMen I know by sight - and by nameThey bought their share of me
Councillors and churchmenHow they came a-wooingStealing home in silence and shameTheir shame is my renewing
Here I find my path, I see my aimHere my steel is tested in the flameI swear I'll take youFar from their laughterNow and hereafter,I'll see it done
Never shall they scorn youAs they've scorned your motheryou will know your joys like any otherAs God is my witnessNever - NeverSo swears Ulrika - "The Happy One"