Song of the Selkie
When the wind does blow
Up she goes
Dances beside the twinkling shores
Shrugs off her seal coat
Knows there's more
As she hears the village
Above the ocean's roar
She sings of the Time
And says, "he is mine"
But he's bound her
To him too
He hides her coat, the Seal
Queen lost
Above the sea
At highest cost
No more the sea's weeds
Thread her hair
Left her husband's silky lair
Those living nearby do not play fair
But she'll
Go back someday
She'll live a Time by water's deep
Enmeshed with those
Who play for keeps
Raises her young with the man
She meets
But once she finds her coat,
Her feet
Will take her back home
She'll go back
She'll go back
Up she goes
Dances beside the twinkling shores
Shrugs off her seal coat
Knows there's more
As she hears the village
Above the ocean's roar
She sings of the Time
And says, "he is mine"
But he's bound her
To him too
He hides her coat, the Seal
Queen lost
Above the sea
At highest cost
No more the sea's weeds
Thread her hair
Left her husband's silky lair
Those living nearby do not play fair
But she'll
Go back someday
She'll live a Time by water's deep
Enmeshed with those
Who play for keeps
Raises her young with the man
She meets
But once she finds her coat,
Her feet
Will take her back home
She'll go back
She'll go back
Credits
Writer(s): Deborah Stokol
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