Song Description

Beware the heiland silkie.

Lyrics

DEEP WATER
©, Willie McCulloch, 2005
Beware o` the hieland deil,
She?ll eat you up an` take your soul
Down deep wit the lobster creels
Cold sweat an` imagination run
Run away while yer feet still can
She?ll come ashore and drag ye in
Way down tae her secret lair
Then eat your bones in?.
Deep Water Deep Water

In days of sacrifice
When druids chant an` virgin maids
Were cast in the boilin` sea
To make the barley strong an` gold
Was found by the mortal man
An` sailing ships were lost at sea
In the mouth of the big blue whale
An` disappear in?,
Deep Water Deep Water

Bridge
Its all just tricks upon the mind
An` fear of doun below
The chance there is another kind
Maybe weel never know
Why sailors disappear at sea
It?s such a mystery

On calm and moonlit nichts
A lonesome silkie calls yer name
Her beauty fills yer eyes
An` passion drives ye near insane
On a rock just out of reach
A silhouette of man?s desire
Her soulful beckonin`
Will pull ye intae?,
Deep Water Deep Water