[00:10.22]An earthly nurse sits and sings
[00:15.04]And aye she sings by lily wean
[00:20.13]Saying, “Little ken I my bairn's father
[00:25.08]Far less the land where he dwells in”
[00:29.77]For he came on night to her bed feet
[00:34.61]And a grumbly guest i'm sure was he
[00:39.59]Saying, "Here am I thy bairn's father
[00:44.63]Although I be not comely"
[00:49.78]"I am a man upon the land
[00:54.76]I am a silkie on the sea
[00:59.70]And when I'm far and far frae land
[01:04.66]My home it is in sule skerrie"
[01:18.88]And he had ta'en a purse of gold
[01:23.87]And he had placed it upon her knee
[01:28.83]Saying, "Give to me my little young son
[01:33.66]And take thee up thy nurse's fee"
[01:38.38]"And it shall come to pass on a summer's day
[01:43.57]When the sun shines bright on every stane
[01:48.29]I'll come and fetch my little young son
[01:53.16]And teach him how to swim the faem"
[01:58.44]"I am a man upon the land
[02:03.39]I am a silkie on the sea
[02:08.31]And when I'm far and far frae land
[02:13.28]My home it is in sule skerrie"
[02:18.25]"And ye shall marry a gunner good
[02:22.90]And a right fine gunner I'm sure he'll be
[02:27.81]And the very first shot that e'er he shoots
[02:32.78]Will kill both my young son and me"
[02:37.98]"I am a man upon the land
[02:42.96]I am a silkie on the sea
[02:47.89]And when I'm far and far frae land
[02:52.85]My home it is in sule skerrie"