DILLAN BAY by Jamie Shilling

Jamie Shilling (1953); Alaska. She sung “Dillan Bay” by Gordon Bok to her son during pregnancy. It would always quiet him when he was a newborn. Sleep comes to Jamie in a blue color. “Sleep comes slowly breathing, sometimes moving as a song in my mind.”

Dillan Bay, laddie-o,

Dillan Bay, laddie-ay,

Dillan Bay, laddie-o,

All the boats are gone.

Gone away, laddie-o,

Gone away, laddie-ay,

Gone away, laddie-o,

With their topsails high.

Topsails high, laddie-o,

Topsails high, laddie-ay,

Topsails high, laddie-o,

When the wind's away,

Wind's away, laddie-o,

Wind's away, laddie-ay,

Wind's away, laddie-o,

Down in Dillan Bay.

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