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A Lad.
[To the Fiddler, as he flies past, holding a Girl by
the hand.]
To it now, Guttorm, and don't spare the fiddle-*strings!
The Girl.
Scrape till it echoes out over the meadows!
Other Girls.
[Standing in a ring round a lad who is dancing.]
That's a rare fling!
A Girl.
He has legs that can lift him!
The Lad.
[Dancing.]
The roof here is high,[1] and the walls wide asunder!
The Bridegroom.
[Comes whimpering up to his Father, who is standing
talking with some other men, and twitches his
jacket.]
Father, she will not; she is so proud!
His Father.
What won't she do?
The Bridegroom.
She has locked herself in.
His Father.
Well, you must manage to find the key.
- ↑ To kick the rafters is considered a great feat in the Halling-dance.
The boy means that, in the open air, his leaps are not
limited even by the rafters.
