Silkie

Silkie - Joan Baez (瓊·貝茲)

An earthly nurse sits and sings

And aye she sings a lily wean -

"Little ken I my bairn's father

Far less the land where he dwells in "

For he's come one night to her bed's foot

And a grumly guest I'm sure he'd be

Saying "Here am I thy bairn's father

Although I be not comely

"I am a man upon the land

I am a silkie on the sea

And when I'm far and far from land

My home it is the sule skerrie "

And he has ta'en a purse of gold

And he had placed it upon her knee

Saying "Give to me my little young son

And take thee up thy nurse's fee

I will come to pas on a summer's day

When the sun shine's bright on every stane

I'll come and fetch my little young son

And teach him how to swim the faem

"And ye shall marry a gunner bold

And a right fine gunner I'm sure he'll be

And the very first shot that ever he shoots

Will kill both my young son and me "