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by Per Sivle (1857 - 1904)

Tord Foleson
Language: Norwegian (Nynorsk) 
Dei stod paa Stiklestad,
fylka til Strid,
den gamla og so
den nya Tid,
      det, som skulde veksa,
      mot det, som skulde siga,
      det, som skulde falla,
      mot det, som skulde stiga.

So drog dei Sverdi
i sama Stund,
den bjarte Kong Olav
og den graa Tore Hund.
      Og Herropet dunde,
      so Jordi ho dirra,
      og Spjoti dei suste,
      og Pilarne svirra.

Men so er det sagt,
at ein gasta Kar,
Tord Foleson, Merket
hans Olav bar.
      Og denne Tord Merkesmann,
      honom me minnast,
      solenge i Noreg
      Merkesmenn finnast.

Daa Tord han kjende,
han Banasaar fekk,
der fram i Striden
med Merket han gjekk,
      daa støyrde han Stongi
      so hardt han kunde,
      i Bakken ned,
      fyrr han seig innunde.

Og gamla Soga,
ho segjer so,
at Tord han stupa,
men Merket det stod.
      Og soleis maa enno
      Mannen gjera,
      skal Framgangs-Merke
      i Noreg han bera.

Mannen kann siga;
men Merket det maa
i Noreg si Jord
som paa Stiklestad staa.
      Og det er det stora,
      og det er det glupa,
      at Merket det stend,
      um Mannen han stupa. 

Text Authorship:

  • by Per Sivle (1857 - 1904), "Tord Foleson" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Geirr Tveitt (1908 - 1981), "Tord Foleson", op. 166 no. 2 (1957) [voice and orchestra], from Sju Sivlesongar, no. 2. [
     text not verified 
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-09-13
Line count: 48
Word count: 178

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