Assoc for Scottish Literature on Nostr: To Noroway, to Noroway, To Noroway o’er the faem; The king’s daughter o’ ...

To Noroway, to Noroway,
To Noroway o’er the faem;
The king’s daughter o’ Noroway,
’Tis thou maun bring her hame…

The ballad “Sir Patrick Spens” is probably based on the 1290 mission to Norway to fetch the 7-year-old princess Margaret, heir to the Scottish crown, following the death of Alexander III

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