Your mother or nursemaid might have sung it to you, but that is still quite a long way to move, with or without an infant.

[ He kneels down as well, to get a better look at the dagger. ]

That's a very distinct style. It's not entirely unfamiliar, but I'm afraid I can't place it.

[ He's seen a lot of noble crests in his family's correspondence and records and the like, and more in his investigations into Gold Court dealings. He hasn't memorized every single defunct family in Courtlands history, though. ]

Perhaps you were placed far away to protect you from your family's enemies? That is what I would do, if I had a defenseless young relative.