The Maiden And The Selkie

Song: The Maiden And The Selkie
Artist: Heather Dale
Album: The Green Knight

Once a fair and handsome Seal Lord
Lay his foot upon the sand
For to woo the fisher's daughter
And to claim her marriage hand

I have come in from the ocean
I have come in from the sea
And I'll not go to the waves, love
Lest ye come along with me

Lord, long have I loved you
As a Selkie on the foam
I would gladly go and wed ye
And be lady of your home

But I cannot go into the ocean
I cannot go into the sea
I would drown beneath the waves, love
If I went along with thee

Lady, long have I loved you
I would have you for my wife
I will stay upon your shoreland
Though it robs me of my life

I will stay one night beside you
Never go back to the sea
I will stay and be thy husband
Though it be the death of me

Lord, I cannot go and wed thee
All to watch my lover die
Since I'll not be left a widow
I have a plan for us to try

Let us speak with my grandmother
Who has ever dwelt beside the sea
She may know some trick or treasure
That I may wed my fair Selkie

So they've gone to her grandmother's
Little cottage by the sea
To inquire how a maiden
Can be wed to her Selkie

For the Selkie's watery kingdom
Would surely rob her of her breath
But to stay on land past midnight
It would surely be his death

Lord, I know not how to aid you
You may never live on shore
For your kind to live till dawning
It has never been seen before

But my mother had a seal coat
That she buried beneath the tree
And she told me that its wearer
Would become a fair Selkie

So they've journeyed farther inland
Though the Seal Lord's getting weak
And she's shouldering the shovel
To unearth the thing they seek

At the rising of the fullmoon
Underneath the elfen oak
She has unearthed that faery treasure
Of which her grandmother spoke

Just before the stroke of midnight
They have made it back to sea
And she has donned the magic seal coat
And become a maid Selkie

Now they've gone into the ocean
Hand in hand into the sea
She has gone along
A fair seal bride for a Selkie

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[TheClockworkQuill]

It took me about 10 seconds to fall totally in love with this song.

[TruBeliever4Life]

heather dale is so good at songs that tell stories

[RootedGoddess]

Original Selkie clan here! Macdubhsidhe cúis bhróid! 

[MysticDragonPrincess]

I can't get this song out of my dead

[MsAnimegirl2]

Selkies were real... why? cuz in the Medevil times in Brittian and Ireland a woman or a man having bad troubles in that time would hire two people to find a big seal skin the same size as them they'd cut it open and put small slits in the eyes so you can only see the human Pupiles and then they'd get into the seal skin jump on to a boat they found or buyed and live on the rocks near the sea..

[Nika022]

beautiful <3

[pqanomonpomipt]

a selkie song with a happy ending. YES!

[SacataWarrior]

The 1 dislike was a girl that didnt have a seal coat.

[floatingtophatprd]

I get chills every time I listen to this song <3

[Leafheart12]

WOOH 0 DISLIKES

[AmazingAnimeGirl]

This reminds me of the movie 'Ondine'

[AnnabellaChase]

Forget mermaids. I want to be a SELKIE!!!!!

Great song. Thanks for posting.

<3