Sule Skerry

[INTRO:] G

[VERSE 1:]
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An earthly nooris sits and spins
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And aye she sings ba lilley wain
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Sayin', "Little ken I my bairn's 
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father
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Far less the land that he bides in"


[VERSE 2:]
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And he was there at her bedfoot
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And a grumlie guest, I'm sure, 
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'twas he
         C       G      F    
Sayin', "Here am I, thy bairn's 
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father
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Although I be not comely"


[VERSE 3:]
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"I am a man upon the land
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And I am a Silkie in the sea
    C        G       F        G
But when I'm far and far frae land
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My home it is in Sule 
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Skerry____"


[VERSE 4:]
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Then he's taen oot a purse o' gold
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And he has thrown it upon her knee
         C      G     F         G
Sayin', "Gi tae me my bonny wee son
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And tak' thee up thy nooris 
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fee___"


[VERSE 5:]
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"For it'll come to pass on a 
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summer's day
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When the sun shines bright on every
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 stane
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That I'll come and tak' my bonny 
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wee son
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And teach him how to swim the fame"


[VERSE 6:]
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"And you shall marry a gunner good
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And a proud gunner, I'm sure he'll 
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be
        C          G         F   
But the very first shot that e'er
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 he fires
      F         C          F      
He'll kill both your young son and 
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me"


[VERSE 7:]
        F            G
"I am a man upon the land
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And I am a Silkie in the sea
    C        G       F        G
But when I'm far and far frae land
   F       C     F        G
My home it is in Sule Skerry____"