The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry (trad tune: if you don't know which tune, it's probably the Waters tune, not this one)
~ Song
Annotation
See also http://mainlynorfolk.info/steeleye.span/songs/greatsilkieofsulesskerry.html.
http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=31375 may be helpful in identifying a version of this song.
Annotation last modified on 2015-01-13 17:45 UTC.
Relationships
| lyricist and composer: | [traditional] (special purpose artist) |
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| part of: | Child Ballads (number: 113) (order: 65) Roud Folk Song Index (number: 197) (order: 118) |
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| other databases: | https://mainlynorfolk.info/steeleye.span/songs/greatsilkieofsulesskerry.html [info] |
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| Wikipedia: | en: The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry [info] |
| Wikidata: | Q7737934 [info] |
| later versions: | The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry (Jim Waters tune) The Selkie (Wendy Weatherby tune) |
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Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
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| recordings | ||||
| 1955-07 | The Grey Silkie | John Sinclair | 3:04 | |
| 2010-04 | The Great Selkie of Sule Skerry | June Tabor | 7:16 | |
| The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry | Paul Clayton | 5:03 | ||
| The Grey Selkie | Maz O’Connor | 5:08 | ||
| The Grey Selkie | Lady Maisery | 5:22 | ||
| The Grey Selkie of Sule Skerry | Landless | 6:08 | ||