The Grey Selkie Ukulele chords by Lady Maisery

Verse 1:

   C      Cmaj7      Gmaj7   G
In Norway land there lived a maid,
     C        Am           C
And "Hush, lully," she did sing,
     C        Cmaj7  Gmaj7   G
"Oh little know I my babe's father,
       C         D         C    G C G
Or the land that he dwells in."


Verse 2:

      C       Cmaj7 Gmaj7   G
Oh it happened on a certain day
          C         Am      C
When this maid fell fast asleep,
   C        Cmaj7  Gmaj7   G
Oh in there came a grey selkie
    C      D        C    G C G
And sat at her bed feet.

Verse 3:

   C      Cmaj7      Gmaj7      G
“Awake oh awake, my pretty fair maid,
    C       Am     C
How soundly you do sleep.
    C     Cmaj7    Gmaj7    G
For here am I your babe's father
    C       D        C      G C G
Who sits at your bed feet."


Verse 4:

     C     Cmaj7 Gmaj7   G
"For I am a man upon the land,
      C      Am       C
And a selkie upon the sea,
    C      Cmaj7    Gmaj7     G
And when I'm far and far from land
   C         D      C      G C G
My home's in Sule Skerry."


Verse 5:

        C         Cmaj7    Gmaj7   G
"But my dear, I'll wed thee with a ring.
       C      Am        C
With a ring I shall wed thee."
    C      Cmaj7     Gmaj7    G
"Oh you may wed with whom you will,
        C           D       C    G C G
For I'm sure you'll not wed me."


Verse 6:

   C       Cmaj7      Gmaj7        G
So she has nursed her little young son
    C       Am       C
And sat him upon her knee,
    C     Cmaj7   Gmaj7      G
And at the end of seven long years
       C             D       C    G C G
He's returned with a nursing fee.


Verse 7:

    C      Cmaj7   Gmaj7    G
And he has taken a purse of gold
    C         Am       C
And placed it upon her knee.
    C      Cmaj7  Gmaj7        G
"Oh give to me my little young son
      C           D           C    G C G
I'll teach him to swim in the sea."


Verse 8:

          C     Cmaj7     Gmaj7      G
"And I'll put a chain all around his neck
      C          Am      C
And a gold chain it will be.
    C          Cmaj7    Gmaj7  G
And if he ever comes to Norway land,
        C          D         C    G C G
You'll know which seal he'll be."


Verse 9:

     C         Cmaj7   Gmaj7  G
"And you shall marry a gunner good,
      C          Am           C
And a right fine gunner he'll be,
    C       Cmaj7   Gmaj7    G
And he'll go out one May morning
      C        D      C    G C G
And shoot our son and me."


Verse 10:

     C       Cmaj7   Gmaj7   G
Then she did marry a gunner good,
      C          Am         C
And a right fine gunner was he.
    C      Cmaj7   Gmaj7   G
And he went out one May morning
     C        D              C    G
And shot two seals from the sea,
    C           D       C
Her son and the Grey Selkie.


Verse 11:

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"Alas, oh alas this woeful fate
     C         Am      C
This world has laid on me."
    C      Cmaj7      Gmaj7   G
And as she sobbed and as she sighed
      C        D         C    G C
Her heart did break in three.