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    “There is a handful of performers…who, while deeply involved in tradition, make relevant connections with alternative styles.  Alyth McCormack is one of this handful.” The Irish Edition, Philadelphia

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This is a traditional song is from the Shetland Isles, this melody was written by Wendy Weatherby

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The Selkie

An earthly nurse she sits and sings,
And aye she sings baluly wain.
Little ken I my bairns faither,
Far less the land that she dwells in.

For he come one night to her bed fit
And a grumbly guest I’m sure was he.
Saying here I am thy bairns faither
Although that I be not comely.

I am a man upon the land.
I am a selkie in the sea,
and when I’m far and far frae land,
My dwelling is in Suilskery.

And he has tain a purse oh Goud.
And he has placed it on her knee.
Saying gie to me my little young son,
And take thee up thy nurse’s fee.

And it shall come on a summer’s morn,
When the sun shines bright on every stain.
I’ll come and fetch my little young son,
And teach him how to swim the faim.

And ye shall marry a gunner good.
And a very fine gunner I’m sure he’ll be.
And the very first shot that ere he shoots,
will shoot both my young son and me.

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from An Iomall (The Edge), released June 10, 2022

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Alyth McCormack Wexford, Ireland

“nothing short of mesmerizing.”

Alyth has earned acclaim for the matchless way she delivers the Gaelic songs on which she was raised & her diversity. Celebrated for her work with The Chieftains (she has been their featured singer for the 14 years) she has shared the stage with folk greats like Martin Carthy and Norma Waterson, jazz musician Edward Simon, Ry Cooder and country icon Trace Adkins. ... more

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