>When I was a wee boy
My aunty said tae me
Listen out, my dear boy
When you’re down there by the sea
For when the sun goes down
In the late hours of the town
You may hear the selkies singing
Like they used to sing tae me
I walked out over the dunes
Over golden, golden sand
I walked out late in June
When I heard the distant band
As the light begins tae fade
And the day turns in tae shade
Well I heard the selkies singing
They were singing out tae me
I heard the selkies
I heard the selkies
I heard the selkie’s song
On the shores of the Dornoch Firth
I’ve been all over this land
From east to west I’ve roamed
Royal Tain to Barra’s sands
Oh I’ve done it all alone
But that day remains with me
And everywhere I go
Well I hear the selkies singing
And their singing out tae me
I hear the selkies
I hear the selkies
I hear the selkie’s song
On the shores of the Dornoch Firth
I hear the selkies
I hear the selkies
I hear the selkie’s song
On the shores of the Dornoch Firth
On the shores of the Dornoch Firth
On the shores of the Dornoch Firth
On the shores of the Dornoch Firth
