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silkie

an earthly nurse sits and sings
and aye, she sings by lily wean
and little ken i my bairn’s father
far less the land where he dwells in

for he came on 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. ”

“i am a man upon the land
i am a silkie on the sea
and when i’m far and far frae land
my home it is in sule skerrie. ”

and he had ta’en a purse of gold
and he had placed it upon her knee
saying, “give to me my little young son
and take thee up thy nurse’s fee. ”

“and it shall come to p-ss on a summer’s day
when the sun shines bright on every stane
i’ll come and fetch my little young son
and teach him how to swim the faem. ”

“and ye shall marry a gunner good
and a right fine gunner i’m sure he’ll be
and the very first shot that e’er he shoots
will k!ll both my young son and me. ”

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child #113
“the great silkie of sule skerry” is one of numerous tales of
the silkies, or seafolk, known to the inhabitants of the orkney
islands and the hebrides. these enchanted creatures dwell in the
depth of the sea, occasionally doffing their seal skins to p-ss
on land as mortal men. legend has it that they then accept human
partners, and some families on the islands actually trace their
ancestry to such marriages. in more complete versions of the
ballad, the silkie’s forecast of the death of himself and his son
eventually come to p-ss. the tune is by dr. james waters of
columbia university. from “british ballads and folk songs from
the joan baez songbook. ”
@myth @ballad @love @animal
see also silkie2
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