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Great Selchie Of Shule Skerry by Judy Collins
Great Selchie Of Shule Skerry
Capo:5th fret
[Intro]
G F G F G
[Verse 1]
F G
In Norway, there sits a maid
Am F G C
For you, my baby, she begins
G F G
Little know I my child's father
Dm F G F G
Or if land or sea he's livin' in
[Verse 2]
F G
Then there arose at her bed-feet
Am F G
And a grumbly guest, I'm sure it was he
C G F G
Saying, here am I, thy child's father
Dm F G F G
Although that I am not comely
[Verse 3]
F G
I am a man upon the land
Am F
I am a selchie in the sea
C G F G
And when I am in my own country
Dm F G F G
My dwellin' is in Shule Skerry
[Verse 4]
F G
And he hath taken a purse of gold
Am F G
He hath put it upon her knee
C G F G
Saying give to me my little wee son
Dm F G F G F
And take thee up thy nurse's fee
[Verse 5]
G F G
And it shall come to pass on a summer day
F Am G
When the sun shines hot on every stone
C G F G
That I shall take my little wee son
Dm F G
And I'll teach him for to swim in the foam
[Verse 6]
F G
And you will marry a gunner good
F G
And a proud good gunner I'm sure he'll be
C G F G
And he'll go out on a May morning
Dm F G
And he will kill both my wee son and me
[Verse 7]
F G
And lo, she did marry a gunner good
F G
And a proud good gunner I'm sure it was he
C Bm F G
And the very first shot that ere he did shoot
Dm F G F G F G
He killed the son and the great selchie
[Verse 8]
F G
In Norway, there sits a maid
C F Am G C
For you, my baby, she begins
G F G
Little know I my child's father
Dm F G Bm C F G
Or if land or sea he's livin' in
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