From the album Like a Bird on the Wing
Written (as "Song to the Seals") by Harold Boulton (1859-1935) and
Granville Bantock (1868-1946).
I learned this song from the singing of John MacCormack |
A Seamaid sings on yonder reef,
the spellbound seals draw near.
A lilt that lures beyond belief
Mortals, enchanted, hear.
Coira noira noira noiro
Coira noira noira neiro
Coira noira noira nei la luran
Coira noira noira neiro
eiro eiro
The wandering ploughman halts his plough,
the maid her milking stays
and sheep on hillside, bird on bough
pause and listen in amaze.
Was it a dream, were all asleep
or did she cease her lay?
For the seals with a splash dive into the Deep
and the world goes on again |