The Great Silkie Lyrics - Singles - Adria

An earthly nurse sits and sings 

And aye she sings of lily-wean 

Saying "Little ken I my bairn's father 

Far less the land that he comes from" 

So he came one 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" 

And he had taken a purse of gold 

And he had placed it on her knee 

Saying "Give to me my little young son 

And take thee up thy nurse's fee 

For I am a man upon the land 

And I am a Silkie on the sea 

And when I'm far and far from land 

My home it is in Sule Skerry 

For 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 foam 

And ye shall marry a gunner good 

And a right fine gunner I'm sure he'll be 

And the very first shot that ever he shoots 

Will kill both my young son and me 

For I am a man upon the land 

And I am a Silkie on the sea 

And when I'm far and far from land 

My home it is in Sule Skerry"