This painting is inspired by an old Swedish lullaby:
När trollmor har lagt
sin elva små trollen
och bundit fast dom i svansen,
då sjunger hon sakta för elva små trollen
de vackraste ord hon känner:
aj aj aj aj buff,
aj aj aj aj buff,
aj aj aj aj buff buff
aj aj aj aj buff!

English Translation:
When mother troll has put
her eleven small trolls to bed
and wrapped them up tight in her tail
then she sings to the eleven small trolls
the most beautiful words she knows:
aj aj aj aj buff,
aj aj aj aj buff,
aj aj aj aj buff buff,
aj aj aj aj buff!

My grandmother sang it to my mother, my mother sang it to me, and I sing it to my own little troll...

This is a 13.5 x 13.5 cm print of a watercolour painting on lovely thick 316gsm watercolour paper.