The Maiden and the Selkie Chords by Heather Dale

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