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Judy Collins( Judith Marjorie Collins )
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Great Selchie of Shule Skerry (Remastered)
in norway, there sits a maid by lou, my baby, she begins little know i my child's father or if land or sea he's livin' in Then there arose at her bed feet and a grumbly guest i'm sure it was he saying here am i thy child's father although that i am not comely I am a man upon the land i am a selchie in the sea and when i am in my own country my dwellin' is in shule skerry and he hath taken a purse of gold he hath put it upon her knee saying give to me my little wee son Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com and take thee up thy nurse's fee And it shall come to pass on a summer day when the sun shines hot on every stone that i shall take my little wee son and i'll teach him for to swim in the foam and you will marry a gunner good and a proud good gunner i'm sure he'll bev and he'll go out on a may morning and he'll kill both my wee son and me And lo, she did marry a gunner good and a proud good gunner i'm sure it was he and the very first shot that ere he did shoot he killed the son and the great selchie
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