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The Silkie

by Lynn Craig

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The Silkie (or Selkie) are mythological sea creatures from legends of the Scottish Northern Isles, which can shift between human form and that of a seal. Male Selkies were reputed to be especially attractive to human females, especially those whose husbands were regularly away with the fishing boats...

The photo of Lynn was taken by David Jevons in 1966 at Parkgate in the Wirral.

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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 grumbly 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 taen a purse of gold,
And set it softly on 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 stone,
I'll come and take my little young son,
And teach him how to swim the foam”

“And ye shall marry a gunner good
And a right fine gunner I’m sure he’ll be
And the very first shot that ere he shoots
Will kill both my young son, and me.”

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released April 21, 2018
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Lynn Craig Scotland, UK

Lynn’s first gig was as a teenager in 1966, singing with Liverpool folk-rock group The Bo-Weevils. Early shows included a talent contest at Ken Dodd’s Merseyside Artiste’s Association; where the Bo-Weevils came 3rd out of 26 acts that included comics, jugglers, crooners and a circus strongman!

Lynn sings solo & in the Border Rebels, living with Martin & 3 dogs in a remote part of rural Scotland.
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