A little extract from Child's headnotes.

'LL is peculiarly such a ballad as Orsino likes and praises: It is silly sooth, like old age. Therefore a gross taste has taken pleasure in parodying it, and the same with 'Young Beichan'. But there are people in this world who are amused even with burlesques of Orthello.'

There is also a lengthy footnote to go with this statement commenting on the lack of a burden, the cheerfulness of the tune in contrast to the text, and the like anomalies in Norwegian similar ballads.