The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry

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HELLO FOLKS! I am back. • Finally. • So, new video! Enjoy it! Like! Subscribe! Share! • Resources: • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grea... • http://www.orkneyjar.com/folklore/sel... • http://www.contemplator.com/child/sil... • LYRICS: • An earthly nourris sits and sings • And as she sings, Ba lilly wean • Little ken I, my bairns father • Far less the land that he steps in. • Then in steps he to her bed fit • And a gromly guest I'm sure was he • Sang Here am I, thy bairns father • Although I be not comely • I am a man upon the land • And I am a silkie in the sea • And when I'm far and far from land • My home it is in Sule Skerry • Ah, tis not well, the maiden cried • Ah, tis not well, alas cried she • That the Great Silkie from Sule Skerry • Should have come and brought a bairn to me • Then he has taken a purse of gold • And he has laid it on her knee • Saying, git to me, my little young son • And take me up thy nouriss-fee. • It shall come to pass on a summer's day • When the sun shines hot on every stone • That I shall take my little young son • And teach him for to swim the foam • And thou shalt marry a proud gunner • And a proud gunner I'm sure he'll be • And the very first shot that ever he'll shoot • he'll kill both my young son and me. • Alas, Alas, the maiden cried • This weary fate's been laid for me • And then she said and then she said • I'll bury me in Sule Skerry.

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