Biography:
Heather Dale is a Canadian recording artist with Celtic roots, whose original music embraces the power of myth and legend. Tapping into the continuing evolution of Celtic peoples worldwide, Heather cheerfully disregards the typical limits for both folk singer-songwriters and Celtic balladeers, and fuses the folk tradition with a healthy mix of modern blues, jazz and world music influences. Her original music “is powerful stuff... with a depth and resonance rooted in its mythic sources" (Vancouver Sun)
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Song by Emily Holbert Kellam
Arrangement by Heather Dale
[Verse 1]
Am C G
Once a fair and handsome seal-lord lay his foot upon the sand
Am C G
For to woo the fisher’s daughter and to claim her marriage hand
C G C G
I have come in from the ocean, I have come in from the sea
Am C G Am
And I’ll not go to the waves, love, lest ye come along with me
[Verse 2]
Am C G
Lord, long have I loved you as a selkie on the foam
Am C G
I would gladly go and wed ye and be lady of your home
C G C G
But I cannot go in to ocean, I cannot go into the sea
Am C G Am
I would drown beneath you waves love if I went along with thee
[Verse 3]
Am C G
Lady, long have I loved you: I would have you from my wife
Am C G
I shall stay upon your shore land though it robs me of my life
C G C G
I’ll never go back to the ocean, never go back to the sea
Am C G Am
I shall stay one night beside you though it be the death of me
[Verse 4]
Am C G
Lord I cannot go and wed thee all to watch my lover die
Am C G
Since I’ll not be left a widow I have a plan for us to try
C G C G
Let us speak with my grandmother who’s ever dwelt beside the sea
Am C G Am
She may know some trick or treasure that I may wed my fair selkie
[Verse 5]
Am C G
So they’ve gone to her grandmother’s little cottage by the sea
Am C G
To inquire how the maiden could be wed to her selkie
C G C G
For the seal-lord’s watery kingdom’d surely rob her of her breath
Am C G Am
But to stay on land past midnight, that would surely be his death
[Verse 6]
Am C G
Lord I know not how to aid you, you may never live on shore
Am C G
For your kind to live past dawning has never been seen before
C G C G
But my mother had a seal coat that she buried ‘neath a tree
Am C G Am
For she told me any wearer would become a fair selkie
[Verse 7]
Am C G
So they’ve journeyed farther inland though the seal-lord’s getting weak
Am C G
And she’s shouldering a shovel to unearth that thing they seek
C G C G
And at the rising of the full moon, underneath the elfin oak
Am C G Am
She’s unearthed that very treasure of which her grandmother spoke
[Verse 8]
Am C G
So just before the stroke of midnight they have made it back to sea
Am C G
And she’s donned that magic seal-coat and become a maid selkie
C G C G
Now they’ve gone into the ocean, hand in hand into the sea
Am C G Am
She has gone along, a fair seal-bride for her selkie
Arrangement by Heather Dale
[Verse 1]
Am C G
Once a fair and handsome seal-lord lay his foot upon the sand
Am C G
For to woo the fisher’s daughter and to claim her marriage hand
C G C G
I have come in from the ocean, I have come in from the sea
Am C G Am
And I’ll not go to the waves, love, lest ye come along with me
[Verse 2]
Am C G
Lord, long have I loved you as a selkie on the foam
Am C G
I would gladly go and wed ye and be lady of your home
C G C G
But I cannot go in to ocean, I cannot go into the sea
Am C G Am
I would drown beneath you waves love if I went along with thee
[Verse 3]
Am C G
Lady, long have I loved you: I would have you from my wife
Am C G
I shall stay upon your shore land though it robs me of my life
C G C G
I’ll never go back to the ocean, never go back to the sea
Am C G Am
I shall stay one night beside you though it be the death of me
[Verse 4]
Am C G
Lord I cannot go and wed thee all to watch my lover die
Am C G
Since I’ll not be left a widow I have a plan for us to try
C G C G
Let us speak with my grandmother who’s ever dwelt beside the sea
Am C G Am
She may know some trick or treasure that I may wed my fair selkie
[Verse 5]
Am C G
So they’ve gone to her grandmother’s little cottage by the sea
Am C G
To inquire how the maiden could be wed to her selkie
C G C G
For the seal-lord’s watery kingdom’d surely rob her of her breath
Am C G Am
But to stay on land past midnight, that would surely be his death
[Verse 6]
Am C G
Lord I know not how to aid you, you may never live on shore
Am C G
For your kind to live past dawning has never been seen before
C G C G
But my mother had a seal coat that she buried ‘neath a tree
Am C G Am
For she told me any wearer would become a fair selkie
[Verse 7]
Am C G
So they’ve journeyed farther inland though the seal-lord’s getting weak
Am C G
And she’s shouldering a shovel to unearth that thing they seek
C G C G
And at the rising of the full moon, underneath the elfin oak
Am C G Am
She’s unearthed that very treasure of which her grandmother spoke
[Verse 8]
Am C G
So just before the stroke of midnight they have made it back to sea
Am C G
And she’s donned that magic seal-coat and become a maid selkie
C G C G
Now they’ve gone into the ocean, hand in hand into the sea
Am C G Am
She has gone along, a fair seal-bride for her selkie
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