"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] _The Young Swain and the Elves._ 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. I got me up from off the ground, And leaned my sword upon; The Elve-women danced in and out, All had they the Elve fashión. Since I her first saw. Had not fortune been to me so good, That the cock his wings clapped then, I had slept within the hill that night, All with the Elve-womén. Since I her first saw.[139] _Svend Faelling and the Elle-Maid._