CAPTAIN JACK AND THE MERMAID (Meg Davis)
PART ONE
Captain Jack was a young man when he went to sea.
Oh me young ladies go and kiss him goodbye.
He was barely a child, only twenty and three,
Oh tell him young ladies, go and tell him for me,
He can marry the mermaid that lives in the sea.

Now I loved my Jackie, his bride I would be,
Oh me young ladies go and kiss him goodbye.
We were soon to be wedded, my Jackie and me,
Oh tell him young ladies go and tell him for me,
He can marry the mermaid that lives in the sea.

Now his ship was in need of a captain one day,
Oh me young ladies, go and kiss him goodbye.
He took charge of the rigging and soon sailed away.
Oh tell him young ladies go and tell him for me,
He can marry the mermaid that lives in the sea.

But my Jackie was not there when I went to sea,
Oh me young ladies, go and kiss him goodbye.
And this is the tale, the crew told to me.
Oh tell him young ladies, go and tell him for me,
He can marry the mermaid that lives in the sea.

PART TWO
It was almost eight bells and Jack had the watch,
He was finning and scaling the fish he had caught,
When out of the sea there rose such a tune,
As he had not heard by the light of the moon.

He looked o'er to the watr and what saw he there,
But a beautiful maiden with gold in her hair,
She had a gown made of seaweed and a crown on her head,
As he stared at the Memaid she quietly said,

"I have followed your ship for many a mile.
One day the sea reflected your smile.
And I'll give you my kingdom, eternally,
If you'll marry this Mermaid who lives in the sea."

Well, Jack was in love with the beautiful girl
He jumped over the side into the watery swirl.
She then took his arm and she led him away
And we circled those waters 'till dawn the next day.

We tolled the bell loud, we tolled the bell long,
And the looks on our faces were saddened and drawn,
When, out of the sea, Jackie rose like a King,
And this is the message he begged us to bring.

" I have long loved the Lady who lives on the land,
But my life with the mermaid is ever so grand,
Won't you go to my Lady, go and ask her for me,
May I marry this mermaid who lives in the sea?"

And that was the tale I heard from the crew.
My tears they were many, my choices were few.
I went down to the sea, the ship's bell to ring
And this is the song that I was heard to sing,

PART THREE
"Captain Jack was a young man when he went to sea.
Oh, me young ladies, go and kiss him goodbye.
He was barely a child, of twenty and three,
Oh tell him young ladies, go and tell him for me,
He can marry the mermaid that lives in the sea,
Tell him young ladies, go and tell him for me,
He can marry the mermaid that lives in the sea."
There are three parts to this song with different melodies and I think modulated in key. The third ppart is the same as the first. SM
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