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The Great Selkie Of Sule Skerry chords by 
June Tabor
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Verse 1
G
C
Am
G
Am
G
C
D
In nor'way land
G
Em
C
there lived a maid
G
Em
D
G
"Hush ba lu lilly" she did sing
C
G
For little ken I my baby's father
C
G
Em
C
Nor yet the land that he
D
C
dwells in
Verse 2
D
G
Em
It happened on a certain day
C
D
G
As this fair maid lay fast
Em
G
asleep
D
G
C
That day there came a grey
D
G
selkie
C
And sat him down at her bed feet
G
Awake,
Verse 3
C
D
Em
Am
awake, my pretty maid
C
Em
G
C
G
It's oh how soundly you do sleep
C
G
For here am I your baby's father
C
D
G
C
Sitting here at your bed feet
D
I pray you tell
Verse 4
Em
C
to me your name
G
C
And where your dwelling it may be?
G
D
My name is Good Hale Mariner
G
C
I earn my living out at sea
G
I am a man
Verse 5
Em
upon the land
D
G
C
G
I am a selkie in the sea
C
G
C
And when I'm far and far from land
G
C
G
C
My home it is in Sule Skerry
G
Oh woe
Verse 6
D
G
C
alas this weary fate
G
C
This weary fate that's laid on me
G
That a man should come
D
from the west of Hoy
G
Em
G
C
And father his ain child on me
G
My dear, I'll wed you
Verse 7
Em
C
with a ring
G
C
Em
With a ring my dear I'll wed with thee
G
C
You may go to the wedding
Em
with whom you will
C
G
Am
I'm sure we'll never married be
C
G
And she has nursed
Verse 8
C
Am
his little wee son
C
G
Am
For seven years all at her knee
C
G
Em
And when seven years
C
were past and gone
G
He's come with gold
C
G
C
and white money
G
C
And now my dear, will you
Verse 9
take the ring?
G
C
Em
Will you take the ring and wed with me?
C
G
You may go to the wedding
C
with whom you will
D
Em
G
D
Dsus4
D
I'm sure you'll never marry me
C
D
I'll put a gold chain
Verse 10
C
G
Am
round his neck
C
G
D
C
G
And a gay gold chain I'm
Em
C
sure it will be
G
Em
And if e'er he comes to the
nor'way land
C
Am
C
G
He'll know for sure that it is he
Verse 11
G
Em
G
C
And you will marry a gunner good
G
Em
Am
And a gay good gunner he will be
C
Am
C
And he'll go out on a May morning
G
Am
C
G
Am
And he'll shoot your son and he'll shoot me
Em
G
C
G
C
G
D
Em
Am
C
Em
Verse 12
G
C
G
C
And the selkie took the little boy in
Em
his arm s
And they went away and
G
C
over the hill. And in time
As the selkie had prophesied,
G
she did marry a gunner
D
G
Who went out on a May morning
and shot two seals
C
D
Am
A big bull male and a young male
C
Dsus4
D
with a gold chain
Dsus4
Around his neck
G
Oh woe, alas, this
Verse 13
C
weary fate
G
Em
This weary fate that's laid on me
C
G
And so she cried and so she sighed
C
G
C
And her tender heart
G
C
G
it broke in three
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