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The Grey Selchie
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Solas
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In Norwa there sits a maid
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"Byloo, my baby," she begins
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"Little know I my child's father
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For if land or sea he's living in"
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Then there arose at her bed feet
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A grumbly guest, I'm sure it was he
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Saying, "Here am I, thy child's father
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Although that I am not comely
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I am a man upon the land
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I am a selchie in the sea
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And when I am in my own country
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My dwelling is in Suleskerry"
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Then he had taken a purse of gold
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And he hath put it upon her knee
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Saying, "Give to me my little wee son
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And take thee up thy nurse's fee
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It shall come to pass on a summer's day
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When the sun shines hot on every stone
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That I shall take my little wee son
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And teach him for to swim in the foam
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You will marry a gunner good
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And a proud good gunner I'm sure he will be
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But he'll go out on a May morning
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And kill both my wee son and me"
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Loath she did marry a gunner good
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And a proud good gunner, I'm sure it was he
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The very first shot that he did shoot
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He killed the son and the gray selchie
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In Norwa there sits a maid
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"Byloo, my baby," she begins
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"Little know I my child's father
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For if land or sea he's living in"
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In Norwa there sits a maid...
Jamie Duffy - Solas (Official Video)
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