Great Selchie of Shule Skerry [Child #113] chords by Judy Collins
Verse 1
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[Chorus]
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In Norway, there sits a maid
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By lou, my baby, she begins
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Little know I my child's father
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Or if land or sea he's livin' in
Verse 2
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Then there arose at her bed feet
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And a grumbly guest
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I'm sure it was he
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Saying here am I thy child's father
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Although that I am not comely
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Verse 3
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I am a man upon the land
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I am a selchie in the sea
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And when I am in my own country
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My dwellin' is in Shule Skerry
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And he hath taken a purse of gold
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He hath put it upon her knee
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Saying give to me my little wee son
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And take thee up thy nurse's fee
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And it
Verse 4
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shall come to pass
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On a summer day
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When the sun shines hot
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On every stone
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That I shall take my little wee son
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And I'll teach him for
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to swim in the foam
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And you will marry a gunner good
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And a proud good gunner I'm sure he'll bev
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And he'll go out on a May morning
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And he'll kill both my
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wee son and me
Verse 5
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And lo, she did marry a gunner good
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And a proud good gunner
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I'm sure it was he
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And the very first shot that ere
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he did shoot
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He killed the son
and the great selchie
Outro 1
[Chorus]
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Great Selchie of Shule Skerry [Child #113]
Judy Collins
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