[ti:The great Selkie]
[ar:Cécile CORBEL]
[al:SongBook Vol. 2]
[by:]
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[00:00.00]The great Selkie - Cécile Corbel
[00:10.50]An earthly nurse sits and sings
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[00:15.41]And aye she sings by lily wean
[00:20.21]Saying  "Little ken I my bairn's father
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[00:25.25]Far less the land where he dwells in"
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[00:29.94]For he came on night to her bed feet
[00:35.35]And a grumbly guest i'm sure was he
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[00:39.65]Saying  "Here am I thy bairn's father
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[00:45.14]Although I be not comely"
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[00:50.06]"I am a man upon the land
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[00:54.84]I am a silkie on the sea
[00:59.85]And when I'm far and far frae land
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[01:04.68]My home it is in sule skerrie"
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[01:18.82]And he had ta'en a purse of gold
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[01:24.00]And he had placed it upon her knee
[01:28.79]Saying  Give to me my little young son
[01:33.92]And take thee up thy nurse's fee
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[01:38.75]"And it shall come to pass on a summer's day
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[01:43.71]When the sun shines bright on every stane
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[01:48.54]I'll come and fetch my little young son
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[01:53.72]And teach him how to swim the faem"
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[01:58.67]"I am a man upon the land
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[02:03.54]I am a silkie on the sea
[02:08.54]And when I'm far and far frae land
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[02:13.35]My home it is in sule skerrie
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[02:18.21]"And ye shall marry a gunner good
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[02:23.24]And fine gunner I'm sure he'll be
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[02:28.17]And the very first shot that e'er he shoots
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[02:33.24]Will kill both my young son and me
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[02:38.32]"I am a man upon the land
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[02:43.28]I am a silkie on the sea
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[02:48.09]And when I'm far and far frae land
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[02:52.98]My home it is in sule skerrie"