Chords for Heather Dale - The Maiden and the Selkie

_ _ _ _ _ _ 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 you come along with me.
_ Lord, how have I loved you as a selkie on the foam?
I would gladly go and wed you and be lady of your home,
[B] But I cannot go into the ocean, I cannot go into the sea,
I would drown beneath the waves, [Bm] love, if I went along with you.
Lady, long have I loved you, I [A] would have you for my wife,
[Bm] I will stay upon your shore land, [B] though it robs me of my life,
I will stay one night beside you, never [Bm] go back to the sea,
I will stay and be thy husband, though it be the death of me.
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Lord, I cannot go and wed thee, all [B] to watch my lover die,
Since I'll not be left a widow, I have a plan [F#] for us to try,
Let us speak with my grandmother, who's ever dwelt beside the sea,
She [Bm] may know some trick or treasure, but I may let my fair selkie.
So they fondle her grandmother, use a little cottage by the sea,
To inquire how a maiden can be wed [F#] to her selkie,
For the selkie's watery kingdom would surely rob her of her [B] life.
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 you're kind to live till dawning, as ne'er been seen before,
But [F#] my mother had a seal coat that she buried beneath a tree,
And [B] she told me that his wearer would become a fair selkie. _ _ _
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_ _ _ [B] _ So they've journeyed farther inland, though the seal lord's getting weak,
[Bm] And she's shouldering the shovel to unearth the thing they seek,
At the rising of the full moon underneath the elfin [Bm] oak,
She's unearthed that very treasure which her grandmother's kept.
_ Just before [B] the stroke of midnight, they have made it back to sea,
And she's donned that magic seal coat and become a maid selkie.
Now they've gone into the ocean and in hand and tipsy,
She has gone along, _ _ _ fair seal bride for selkie. _ _ _
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