Аккорды Heather Dale - The Maiden And The Selkie

(Sing at 80bpm; play at 40bpm)
[Verse 1]
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Once a fair and handsome seal-lord lay his foot upon the sand
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For to woo the fisher's daughter and to claim her marriage hand.
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"I have come in from the ocean, I have come in from the sea,
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And I'll not go to the waves, love, lest ye come along with me."

[Verse 2]
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"Lord, long have I loved you as a selkie on the foam.
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"I would gladly go and wed ye and be Lady of your home
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But I cannot go into the ocean, I cannot go into the sea.
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I would drown beneath your waves, love, if I went along with ye."

[Verse 3]
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"Lady, long have I loved you: I would have you for my wife.
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I shall stay upon your shoreland though it robs me of my life.
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I will stay one night beside you, never go back to the sea,
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I will stay and be thy husband though it be the death of me."

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[Verse 4]
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"Lord, I cannot go and wed thee all to watch my lover die!
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Since I'll not be left a widow I have a plan for us to try:
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Let us speak with my grandmother who's ever dwelt beside the sea.
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She may know some trick or treasure that I may wed my fair selkie."

[Verse 5]
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So they've gone to her grandmother's little cottage by the sea
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To inquire how a maiden can be wed to her selkie.
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For the selkie's watery kingdom would surely rob her of her breath
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But to stay on land past midnight, it would surely be his death.

[Verse 6]
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"Lord, I know not how to aid you – you may never live on shore.
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For your kind to live 'til dawning has ne'er been seen before.
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But my mother had a seal-coat that she buried 'neath a tree
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For she told me that its wearer would become a fair selkie."

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[Verse 7]
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So they've journeyed farther inland, Though the seal-lord's getting weak
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And she's shouldering the shovel to unearth the thing they seek.
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At the rising of the full moon underneath the elfin oak
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She's unearthed that very treasure of which her grandmother spoke.

[Verse 8]
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And just before the stroke of midnight they have made it back to sea
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And she's donned that magic seal-coat and become a maid selkie.
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Now they've gone into the ocean, hand in hand into the sea,
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She has gone along -- a fair seal-bride for her selkie.

[Outro]
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