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Thread #169112 Message #4086354
Posted By: RunrigFan
03-Jan-21 - 08:59 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Selkies Song (Andrew Huggan)
Subject: Lyr Add: Selkies Song
Written by Andrew Huggan
When I was a wee boy My aunty said to me Listen out my dear boy When you’re down there by the sea For when the sun goes down In the late hours of the town You may hear the selkies singing Like they used to sing to me
I walked out over the dunes Over golden, golden sand I walked out late in June When I heard the distant band As the light begins to fade And the day turns into shade Well I heard the selkies singing They were singing out to me
I heard the selkies I heard the selkies I heard the selkies’ song On the shores of the Dornoch Firth
I’ve been all over this land From east to west I’ve roamed Royal Tain to Barra’s sands Oh, I’ve done it all alone But that day remains with me And everywhere I go Well I hear the selkies singing And their singing out to me
I hear the selkies I hear the selkies I hear the selkies’ song On the shores of the Dornoch Firthx