Norwegian ballad which retells the story of the chanson de Roland. Also referred to as Roland og Magnus Kongen.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_og_Magnus_kongen Wikipedia EntryThere are two tunes , The more common is Faroese in origin and has a refrain (tune 1). The other tune (tune 2) was collected in Norway prior to 1850
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http://www.visearkivet.no/pdf_filer/norske_ballader/2_5_Rolandskvadet.pdfTune 1
http://folk.uio.no/hege/Sanger/Rolandskvadet.htmlTune 2
http://books.google.com/books?id=MKMKAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA873&img=1&zoom=3&hl=en&sig=ACfU3U034cY8yQQP-Z2DnLLU2UCv-_cBPw&ci=29%2C188%2C829%2C511&edge=0 From Google Books - Norske folkeviser By Magnus Brostrup Landstad, Olea Styhr Crøger, Ludvig Matthias Lindemann p 873 text on pp 169 cf