Long ago in the land of vikings and trolls
In the kongelig fylke known as Valdres
The most famous of all the gnomes
was known as the Beitogubben.
He lived in the skog
On the edge of the fjell
And only came out
When darkness fell
Hans met him one dark cold night
In the vinter
When there is no light
And the gubben said to Hans
"don't be afraid I am a nice gammel troll
but I get moody in the darkness of vinter...
in exchange for your baked kringle
I will protect all of the children"
That evening there was a grand old tog
Hans brought his Norwegian old-world kringler
The local barna sat with the old troll
And they all feasted on fresh baked kringler, pølser and rolls
A bonfire was burning
The children were singing
And the gnarlig old troll proclaimed to hanskringler
There has never been anything so crisp and flakey
It is utrolig herlig. . . gourmet and delicious
I will make you the king of Danish
And perhaps one day
You will be famous.
