Prelude
Sure, here on this lone rock in the sea am I… (Cailleach)
Pillow’d on the sea wrack brown am I… (Seal-Woman, Seal-Sister)
Was I sleeping or dreaming, or did I hear the Seal-Women singing? (Cailleach)
Iuraibh o hi... / For the isles my heart is weary, ho ro… (Fishermen)
But short the time ere ebbing tide… (Islesman, Fishermen)
Shall I again upon this isle behold the vision… (Islesman)
Bheir mi ò ro bham o… (Islesman)
Ionn da, Ionn do… (Seal-Woman, Seal-Sister, Cailleach, Fishermen)
Far sails the boat… (Seal-Sister, Seal-Woman)
Avore, my love! Avore, my joy! (Water-Kelpie)
Strange longings have I and forebodings on me tonight... (Seal-Woman, Seal-Sister)
Sleep beneath the foam o’ the waves… (Seal-Sister)
Sea enchantment! Loveliest blood-drop! (Islesman, Seal-Sister, Seal-Woman)
O pale dark woman of the sea… (Islesman, Seal-Woman, Seal-Sister)
The sea calls me deep from its purple ridges… (Seal-Woman, Seal-Sister, Islesman)
Interlude: ‘An Eriskay Lullaby’ (Taladh Eirisgeach)
Ho Dhilsead! To the Kyles and the ships o’ Dhiarmad! (Fishermen, Cailleach)
Mach keel yoro, heeree ahoo-o... (Cailleach, Fishermen)
Ailean Duinn, thou lure o’ liltin’... (Cailleach) / Swan o’ the west... (Swan-Maidens)
Horororo, far o’er the sea... (Cailleach)
My thousand blessings on thee, Cailleach… (Islesman)
O Mhairead Òg! (Islesman)
Mind’st thou, Cailleach, that fateful night… (Islesman)
Welcome art thou, dame… (Seal-Woman, Cailleach, Fishermen, Islesman)