1/22/2020 One of my favorite traditional Irish, Scottish, Scandinavian folklore stories, The Silkie is a story song that touches my own soul very deeply. When I perform this for audiences of children and adults I "tell" the story first, Then I sing it. The result is predictable. People of all …
Songs about the Sea
279 I Am The Humpback Whale
This is a song I wrote with Mr. Pulcare's 5th Grade class at Uriah Hill School in Peekskill NY... It's strange to think that those kids are now grown ups out in the world doing whatever... How did 1997 get to be such a "long time ago?" I wanted to expose the kids to the idea of writing a song or a …
296 The Silkie
296 The Silkie (BU CD) by Mark Shepard About This Song: (lyrics below) This song is part of my CD, "Breathing Underwater: Drums, Songs & Stories About The Sea". Traditional Irish stories abound of the magical seals that come to shore, and take off their seal skins to become human. If a …