Finnish Arts; Or, Sir Thor and Damsel Thure, a Ballad

Transcribed from the 1913 Thomas J. Wise pamphlet by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org. Many thanks to Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library, UK, for kindly supplying the images from which this transcription was made.
by GEORGE BORROW
London: printed for private circulation 1913
Copyright in the United States of America by Houghton , Mifflin & Co. for Clement Shorter .
Sir Thor was a knight of prowess tried, The son of a king he was beside.
He was a knight excelled by none, At home such deeds of might he’d done.
And not alone in his native home, But manhood had he displayed at Rome.
He faithfully served the emperor, And hatred to all his foes he bore.
King of Norroway was his sire, His fame spreads over the world entire.
He was a King both aged and grey, So he summoned his son from Rome away.
He summoned his son from Rome away, To help him Norway’s land to sway.
As soon as the tidings reached Sir Thor, He hied to the Roman Emperor.