Silkie — текст песни (Joan Baez)

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."