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the petted damsel

In her home long time was growing,

In the home of her great father,

In her tender mother’s dwelling,

And five chains wore out completely,

And six rings she wore out likewise;

For her father’s keys she used them,

Which around her waist were hanging.

And she wore out half the threshold,

With her skirts as she was passing,

And she half destroyed the rafters

Where she hung her silken ribands,

And she half destroyed the door-posts

As her fine sleeves rubbed against them,

And the planking of the flooring

Wore away beneath her slippers.

Marjatta the petted damsel

Was a very little damsel,

And was always pure and holy,

And was ever very modest,

And she fed on fish the finest,

And the soft bark of the fir-tree,