Along the north and west coasts and islands of Scotland there  are many stories and songs telling of the Selkies, (the seal people) who are  reputed to be able to shape change from seals into humans. They mix and marry into the local communities but almost always the lure of the sea is too much and they return to their sea homes in the shape of seals.  

Fowk is the Scottish variant of Folk, especially in Orkney: the word is also to be found in the Yorkshire dictionary of 1887. The last 8 bars shows the sea waves swirling in & pulling the Selkies back into the sea.  

Bars 9-16 are based on the movement ‘Swing Corners,’ from Thomas Wilson’s 1811 Manual, “Analysis of Country Dancing”.