llustration] [Music: dotted-quarter note = 116 SANDOY.]

[Lyric:
Arngrimur | eigir | eina | borg, hon | stendur a | hoegum
| fjalli, :||
ellivu | eigir hann | synir | saer og | tolvti er | riddarin
| snjalli.

(Refrain)
Nu | fellur | ri | man | yvir tann]
breietha | fjoereth; | har | liggur ein | bon- | di |
deyethur i | doekkari | joerd! | Nu | fellur | ri- | man. ||]

_Variations of Refrain of The Ballad of Arngrim's Sons_

(1) I SORVAGI.

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(2)

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(3) KVALBO.

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(4)

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THE BALLAD OF ARNGRIM'S SONS.

1. High on a lofty mountain
Does Arngrim his castle hold;
He has eleven noble sons,
And his twelfth is a champion bold.

Refrain: _Noble men are sailing now from Norway,
And a fair breeze bears them o'er the wave._

2. He has eleven noble sons,
Each skilled to wield his brand;
And mightiest of all is Angantyr
Who comes from Bjarnaland.

3. He has eleven noble sons,
Beneath oak-trees live they;
And Angantyr lives with them there
And a warrior bold is he.

4. Arngrim and the Earl's lady,
Children so fine had they--
Their daughter was named Hervik,
Who governed land and fee.

5. This maiden was named Hervik,
'Fore all men I declare,
She tilted in the tourney
When the lads were playing there.

6. She tilted in the tourney
Among the lads so strong.
Then blood was up and blood was shed
Ere she had played her long.

7. Down then sat the lads there;
Angry were they each one.--
"Better than fighting us so fiercely
Go 'venge thy father anon!"

8. Water she cast on her armour;
She list no longer to fight,
But went and stood before her mother,
With cheeks all red and white.

9. "O hearken, hearken my Mother dear,
The truth from thee would I know.--
Was my father slain in battle
Or did he die on straw?"

10. "No truer tale can I tell to thee,
My daughter whom I love:
He fell before the bold Oervarodd
To the South in Isan's Grove.

11. "I can tell thee no truer, my daughter dear
Than I tell as here I stand;--
He fell before the bold Oervarodd