Great Selchie Of Shule Skerry-Judy Collins

[ti:Great Selchie Of Shule Skerry] [ar:Judy Collins] [al:Awesome Moments of Music.] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Great Selchie Of Shule Skerry - Judy Collins [00:06.02]Written by：Traditional [00:12.04]In Norway there sits a maid [00:18.47] [00:19.02]By lou my baby she begins [00:26.32] [00:27.23]Little know I my child's father [00:33.40] [00:34.21]Or if land or sea he's livin' in [00:40.90] [00:44.85]Then there arose at her bed feet [00:51.13] [00:52.34]And a grumbly guest [00:54.70] [00:55.22]I'm sure it was he [00:58.75] [00:59.63]Saying here am I thy child's father [01:06.37] [01:07.29]Although that I am not comely [01:14.48] [01:18.98]I am a man upon the land [01:25.76]I am a selchie in the sea [01:31.88]And when I am in my own country [01:38.74] [01:39.55]I dwellin' is in shule skerry [01:48.70] [01:50.11]And he hath taken a purse of gold [01:56.97]He hath put it upon her knee [02:02.87]Saying give to me my little wee son [02:09.57] [02:10.34]And take thee up [02:13.21] [02:14.35]Thy nurse's fee [02:19.52] [02:20.24]And it shall come to pass [02:24.41]On a summer day [02:26.73] [02:27.75]When the sun shines hot [02:31.77] [02:32.40]On every stone [02:34.94] [02:35.64]That I shall take [02:39.07] [02:39.85]My little wee son [02:42.32] [02:42.91]And I'll teach him [02:45.05] [02:45.60]For to swim in the foam [02:51.00] [02:52.87]And you will marry [02:56.64]A gunner good [02:59.13] [02:59.96]And a proud good gunner [03:03.91]I'm sure he'll bev [03:06.85] [03:07.39]And he'll go out [03:10.97] [03:11.64]On a may morning [03:15.94]And he'll kill [03:18.83] [03:19.43]Both my wee son and me [03:25.95] [03:27.46]And lo she did marry [03:32.14]A gunner good [03:35.15] [03:35.68]And a proud good gunner [03:39.98]I'm sure it was he [03:43.56] [03:44.43]And the very first shot [03:47.85] [03:48.61]That ere he did shoot [03:52.71] [03:54.25]He killed the son [03:57.70] [03:59.14]And the great selchie [04:03.87] [04:14.23]In Norway there sits a maid [04:21.48] [04:22.49]By lou my baby she begins [04:30.34] [04:31.73]Little know I my child's father [04:38.04] [04:39.05]Or if land or sea [04:43.93] [04:44.99]He's livin' in