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Sjuguttmyra

from Sjuguttmyra by Myrkgrav

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Features Bernt Fjellestad on clean vocals, Erlend Antonsen on bass guitar and Olav L. Mjelva on Hardanger fiddle.

lyrics

Ei ta døm største Ringsmyra,
noko nord om Lauvliseter
fekk engong Sjuguttmyra te namn
etter noko grufullt hadde hendt

Sju gutter hadde stevna hinaen
fra setrer rundtom på skauen
Døm vart itte eni’ på ansles vis
enn om å sliss te blodet rann

Døm skyra greiner ta
ei furu like ved
Så spissa døm staura te
og rauk sammen og slogs

Da kampen var over
låg seks daue att på myra
Med innvolla i henda
drog nummer sju seg hem

Så gjekk det itte bere
hell at'n døe etter ei stynn
Da'n væl var heme og hadde fortelt
om slaget som hadde tii stad

Seia detta hendte
i år sekstenhundreogno'
Har sju staure fått stå i myra
som et minne ifrå gammal ti'

Alt som står i myra
blir svart som bek og hardt som stål
Drar te seg jernet fra lendet rundt
eller blodet te sju gutter under torva

One of the largest Ring-marshes
a stone’s throw north of Lauvliseter
was once named Sjuguttmyra
after something terrible happened there

Seven young shepherds had summoned each other
from different farms around the forest
Seems they couldn’t come to an agreement any other way
than to fight until rivers of blood would flow

They cut branches off
an old pine nearby
Then they sharpened their spears
and clashed together and fought

When the battle was over
six of them laid dead on the marshlands
With his own guts in his hands
the seventh crawled home

It didn’t end better
than that he died after a while
Just shortly after he came home
and told about the battle that had been fought

Ever since this happened
sometime in the sixteen-hundreds
Seven poles have stood in the marsh
as a memory of times which have long since passed

Everything that stands in the marsh
turns pitch-black and hard as steel
Draws iron from the soil around
or the blood of seven boys six feet under

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from Sjuguttmyra, released February 21, 2013

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Myrkgrav Turku, Finland

One man folk metal project from Norway, founded by Lars Jensen in 2003. Myrkgrav's lyrical and visual theme is deeply rooted in folklore and local history from Lars' home village in Ringerike.

The project often features guest artists from a wide range of other musical genres, for instance Olav L. Mjelva playing the traditional Norwegian instrument Hardanger fiddle.
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