The Selkie
An earthly nourish sits and sings
And ay she sings by lily wean
Little ken I my bairn's father
Far less the land that he stops in
I am a man upon the land
I am a silkie in the sea
And when I'm far and far from land
My dwelling is in Sule Skerrie
It shall come to pass on a summer's day
As the sun shines hot on every stone
That I shall take my little young son
And teach him for to swim the foam
I am a man upon the land
I am a silkie in the sea
And when I'm far and far from land
My dwelling is in Sule Skerrie
"It was not well," said the maiden fair
"'Twas not well, indeed," said she
That the great Silkie of Sule Skerrie
Should have come and brought a bairn to me
And ay she sings by lily wean
Little ken I my bairn's father
Far less the land that he stops in
I am a man upon the land
I am a silkie in the sea
And when I'm far and far from land
My dwelling is in Sule Skerrie
It shall come to pass on a summer's day
As the sun shines hot on every stone
That I shall take my little young son
And teach him for to swim the foam
I am a man upon the land
I am a silkie in the sea
And when I'm far and far from land
My dwelling is in Sule Skerrie
"It was not well," said the maiden fair
"'Twas not well, indeed," said she
That the great Silkie of Sule Skerrie
Should have come and brought a bairn to me
Credits
Writer(s): Aine Minogue
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