[ Предположительная тональность: C ] Joan Baez, on Joan Baez Vol.2, Vanguard 79595-2 and on The Joan Baez Ballad Book, ed. Italiana Orizzonte, Ricordi, AORL 28344, first released on Joan Baez Vol.2, Vanguard 1961. Tune: the one composed by James Waters in the late 1950s. Chords (from the Joan Baez Songbook) G(D) F(C) G(D) An earthly nurse sits and sings F(C) G(D) And aye, she sings by lily wean - C(G) G(D) F(C) G(D) And little ken I my bairn's father F(C) Am(Em) Dm(Am) G(D) Far less the land where he dwells in An earthly nurse sits and sings And aye, she sings by lily wean - And little ken I my bairn's father Far less the land where he dwells in For he came on night to her bed feet And a grumbly guest, I'm sure was he Saying - Here am I, thy bairn's father Although I be not comely I am a man upon the land I am a silkie on the sea And when I'm far and far frae land My home it is in Sule Skerrie And he had 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 it shall come to pass on a summer's day When the sun shines 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 good And a right fine gunner I'm sure he'll be And the very first shot that e'er he shoots Will kill both my young son and me