Great Selchie Of Shule Skerry

G F G F G F G In Norway, there sits a maid Am F G C For you, my baby, she begins G F G Little know I my child's father Dm F G F G Or if land or sea he's livin' in F G Then there arose at her bed-feet Am F G And a grumbly guest, I'm sure it was he C G F G Saying, here am I, thy child's father Dm F G F G Although that I am not comely F G I am a man upon the land Am F I am a selchie in the sea C G F G And when I am in my own country Dm F G F G My dwellin' is in Shule Skerry F G And he hath taken a purse of gold Am F G He hath put it upon her knee C G F G Saying give to me my little wee son Dm F G F G F And take thee up thy nurse's fee G F G And it shall come to pass on a summer day F Am G When the sun shines hot on every stone C G F G That I shall take my little wee son Dm F G And I'll teach him for to swim in the foam F G And you will marry a gunner good F G And a proud good gunner I'm sure he'll be C G F G And he'll go out on a May morning Dm F G And he will k**l both my wee son and me F G And lo, she did marry a gunner good F G And a proud good gunner I'm sure it was he C Bm F G And the very first shot that ere he did shoot Dm F G F G F G He killed the son and the great selchie F G In Norway, there sits a maid C F Am G C For you, my baby, she begins G F G Little know I my child's father Dm F G Bm C F G Or if land or sea he's livin' in