Pardon my friend Norris's question on the Carrickfergus thread, but he was referring to a song that I found on the "new" folk web site posted by Bill D. I went to the web site last night, and in wandering around the Scottish folk song lyrics, I found "The Great Silkie", with the first line..."An earthly norris sits and sings, and aye she sings ba lilly wean..." Does anyone know what the word "norris" refers to exactly in this song?

Alice, mt