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The Mermaid
Words traditional
Music traditional: "The Mermaid"
It was Friday morn when we set sail and the ship not far from the land
When our captain he spied a mermaid so fair with a comb and a glass in her hand
And the ocean waves do roll and the stormy winds do blow
And we poor sailors were up and up aloft
And the landlubbers lying down below, below, below
And the landlubbers lying down below.
Then up spoke the captain of our gallant ship and a fine old man was he.
This fishy mermaid has warning of our doom, we shall sink to the bottom of the sea.
And the ocean waves do roll and the stormy winds do blow ...
Then up spoke the mate of our gallant ship and a fine spoken man was he.
Saying: "I have wife in Brooklyn by the sea and tonight a widow she we'll be".
And the ocean waves do roll and the stormy winds do blow ...
Then up spoke the cabin boy of our gallant ship and a brave young man was he.
Oh, I have a sweetheart in Salem by the sea and tonight she'll be weeping for me.
And the ocean waves do roll and the stormy winds do blow ...
Then up spoke the cook of our gallant ship and a crazy old butcher was he.
I care much more for my pots and my pans than I do for the bottom of the sea.
And the ocean waves do roll and the stormy winds do blow ...
Then three times round spun our gallant ship and three times round spun she.
Three times around spun our gallant ship and she sank to the bottom of the sea.
And the ocean waves do roll and the stormy winds do blow ...
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