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Adria – The Great Silkie lyrics
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".
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