Joan Baez - Silkie Lyrics
An earthly nurse sits and sings,And aye she sings a lily wean -"Little ken I my bairn's father,Far less the land that he dwells in."For he's come one night to her bed's footAnd a grumly guest I'm sure he'd be,Saying, "Here am I, thy bairn's father,Although I be not comely."I am a man upon the land,I am a silkie in the sea,And when I'm far and far from land,My home it is the sule skerrie."And he has ta'en a purse of gold,And he had placed it upon her knee,Saying, "Give to me my little young sonAnd take thee up thy nurse's fee."And I will come one summer's dayWhen the sun shine's 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 bold,And a right fine gunner I'm sure he'll be,And the very first shot that ever he shootsWill kill both my young son and me."