Текст песни: The Great Selkie of Sule Skerry + перевод

An earthly nourris sits and sings

And aye she sings, «Ba lilly wean

Little ken I, my bairns father

Far less the land that he staps in.»

Then ane arose at her bed fit

And a grumly guest I’m sure was he

Saying «Here am I, thy bairns father

Although I am not comely.»

I am a man upon the land

I am a silkie in the sea

And when I’m far frae every strand

My home it is in Sule Skerry."

€œIt was na weelâ€, the maiden cried

€œIt was na weel, indeed†quo she

€œFor the Great Silkie of Sule Skerrie

To hae come and aught a bairn to me!â€

Then he has taken a purse of gold

And he has laid it on her knee

Saying, «give to me, my little young son

And take thee up thy nouriss fee

It shall come to pass on a summer’s day

When the sun shines hot on every stone

That I shall take my little young son

And teach him for to swim the foam

And thou shalt marry a proud gunner

And a very proud gunner I’m sure he’ll be

And the very first shot that e’re he shoots

He’ll kill both my young son and me."

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