An earthly nurse sits and sings, And aye she sings a lily wean - "Little ken I my bairn`s father, Far less the land that 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 in 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.
"And I will come one 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."
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