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The Great Selkie
Cйcile Corbel
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An earthly nurse sits and sings
And aye, she sings, "Ba lily wean
Saying, little ken, I my bairn's father
Far less the land where he dwells in"
For he came on night to her bed feet
And a grumbly guest I'm sure was he
Saying, "Here am I thy bairn's father
Although I be not comely"
I am a man upon the land
I am a Silkie on the sea
And when I'm far and far frae land
My home it is in Sule Skerry
And he had taken a purse of gold
And he had placed it upon her knee
Saying, "Give to me, my little young son
And take thee up thy nurse's fee"
It shall come to pass on a summer's day
When the sun shines bright on every stone
I'll come and fetch my little young son
And teach him how to swim the faem
I am a man upon the land
I am a Silkie on the sea
And when I'm far and far frae land
My home it is in Sule Skerry
Ye shall marry a gunner good
And a fine gunner, I'm sure he'll be
And the very first shot that he shoots
Will kill both my young son and me
I am a man upon the land
I am a silkie on the sea
And when I'm far and far frae land
My home it is in Sule Skerry
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