Chords:
{t:Silkie}
{artist:Joan Baez}
{key: D}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zZy2Q3QY0Q
{c: Thanks to Dave Potts }
[D] An earthly [C] nurse sits and [D] sings
[D] And Oh she [C] sings la li [D] ly,
[D] And [G] little ken [D] I my [C] bairns fa-[D]ther
far [C] less [Em] the land that [C] he dwells [D] in
[D] For he came one [C] night to her bed [D] feet
[D] and a grumbly [C] guest I'm sure was [D] he
[D] Saying [G] here am [D] I your [C] bairns fa-[D]ther
Al-[C]though [Em] I be not [C] come-[D]ly.
[D] I am a [C] man upon the [D] land
[D] I am a [C] Silkie on the [D] sea
[D] and [G] when I'm [D] far and [C] frae from [D] land
my [C] home it [Em] is in [C] Sule Ske-[D]rry
{c:extra verse}
[D] It was no [C] well cried the maiden [D] fair
[D] I was no [C] well indeed quo' [D] she
[D] That the [G] Great [D] Silkie of [C] Sule Ske-[D]rry
Should [C] have [Em] come and brought a [C] bairn to [D] me
[D] And he has [C] taken a purse of [D] gold
[D] and he has [C] laid it upon her [D] knee
[D] Saying [G] give to [D] me my [C] little young [D] son
[D] and [C] take thee [Em] up thy [C] nurses [D] fee
[D] And it shall come to [C] pass on a summers [D] day
[D] when the sun shines [C] bright on every [D] stane
[D] I'll [G] come and [D] fetch my [C] little young [D] son
and [C] I'll [Em] teach him how to [C] swim the [D] faem
[D] And ye shall [C] marry a gunner [D] good
[D] And a right fine [C] gunner I'm sure he'll [D] be
[D] And the [G] very first [D] shot that [C] ere he [D] shoots
will [C] kill both [Em] my young [C] son and [D] me
{c:extra verse}
[D] Oh woe is [C] me cried the maiden [D] fair
[D] such a grimly [C] fate is laid for [D] me
[D] and [G] when I'm [D] dead an [C] in my [D] grave
I'll [C] bury me in Sule Ske-[D]rry
