Certain English and Scottish ballads such as False Knight on the Road (Child #3) have their analogue in Scandinavian folk music. Did bilingual sailors take these songs across the North Sea, or did the Anglo-Saxons bring these song traditions to England from Scandinavia?
by /u/Vladith in /r/AskHistorians
Upvotes: 15
Favorite this post:
Mark as read:
Your rating:
Add this post to a custom list