The Grey Selkie lyrics

In Norway land, there lived a maid

And hushed, slowly she did sing

"O little know I my babe's father

Or the land that he dwells in"

O it happened upon a Saturday

This maid fell fast asleep

And in there came a grey selkie

And sat at her bed feet

"Awake, awake, my pretty fair maid

How soundly you do sleep

For here am I, thy babe's father

Who sits at your bed feet"

For I'm a man upon the land

And a selkie in the sea

And when I'm far and far from land

My home's in Sule Skerry"

But my dear, I'll wed thee with a ring

With a ring I shall wed thee"

"O you may wed with whom you will

I'm sure you'll not wed me"

So she has nursed her little young son

And sat him upon her knee

And at the end of seven long years

He's returned with a nursing fee

And he has taken a purse of gold

And placed it upon her knee

"O give to me my little young son

I'll teach him to swim in the sea

And I'll put a chain around his neck

And a gold chain it will be

And if he ever comes to Norway land

You'll know which seal he'll be

And you shall marry a gunner good

And a right fine gunner he'll be

And he'll go out one May morning

And shoot our son and me"

So she has married a gunner good

And a right fine gunner was he

And he went out one May morning

And he shot two seals from the sea

The son and the grey selkie

"Alas, o alas, this woeful fate

This world has laid on me"

And as she sighed, and as she sat

Her heart did break in three

• Artist:Lady Maisery
• Album:Mayday