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Silkie (Traditional)

An earthly nurse sits and sings,
And aye she sings aye-lily wean -
"And little ken I my bairn's father,
Far less the land where he dwells in."

For he came one night to her bed feet
And a grumbly guest I'm sure was he,
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 fra' land,
My home it is in sule skerrie."

And he had 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 if shall come to pass on a summer's day
When the sun shines 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 good,
And a right fine gunner I'm sure he'll be,
And the very first shot that e'er he shoots
Will kill both my young son and me."
Сверил с фонограммой
словарик "староанглийских" слов
bairn		baby
e'er		ever
faem		foam
fra'		from
ken		know
stane		stone
ta'en		taken