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The Silkie of Skule Skerrie

from Heart of the Hills Vol. 1 by Mardell McCombs

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    In these ballads, dating mainly from the 1600 to 1700’s you will find the following tales:

    The ghost of a dearly departed summoned from the grave gives doleful warnings.

    A fair maid receives nocturnal visitations from a shape-shifting sea creature.

    Plus a serial killer, murder most foul, infanticide, love, lust, betrayal and the mother-in-law from hell!

    Not to mention the curious case of the Little Pig.

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THE SILKIE OF SKULE SKERRIE traditional

In Norway there sits a maid
Byloo my baby she begins
Little know I my child's father
Or if land or sea he's living in

Then there arose at her bed's feet
Ain grumely guest I'm sure it was he
Saying here am I thy child's father
Although that I'm not comely

I am a man upon the land
And I am a Silkie in the sea
And when I'm in my own country
My dwelling is in Skule Skerrie

Then he has taken a purse of gold
And he has put it upon her knee
Saying give me my little wee son
And I'll teach him for to swim in the sea

And lo you will marry a gunner good
And a proud good gunner I'm sure he will be
And the very first shot that ere he does shoot
He will kill both my young son and me

And lo she did marry a gunner good
And a proud good gunner I'm sure it was he
And the very first shot that ere he did shoot
He killed the son and the Great Silkie

In Norway there sits a maid
Byloo my baby she begins
Little know I my child's father
Or if land or sea he's living in

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from Heart of the Hills Vol. 1, released September 15, 2019

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