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Thread #98805 Message #1960683
Posted By: oldhippie
07-Feb-07 - 10:22 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Newfoundland Mermaid song
Subject: Lyr/Chords Add: THE MERMAID SONG
Could this be it?
The Mermaid Song words and music Traditional
Twas Friday morn when we set sail And we were not far from the land When the captain, he spied a lovely mermaid With a comb and a glass in her hand
O the ocean's waves will roll And the stormy winds will blow While we poor sailors go skipping to the top And the landlubbers lie down below (below, below) And the landlubbers lie down below
And up spoke the captain of our gallant ship And a well-spoken man was he I have me a wife in Salem by the sea And tonight she a widow will be
And up spoke the cookie of our gallant ship And a red hot cookie was he Saying I care much more for my pots and my pans Than I do for the bottom of the sea
Then up spoke the cabinboy, of our gallant ship And a nasty little lad was he. I'm not quite sure I can spell "mermaid" But I'm going to the bottom of the sea.
Then three times around went our gallant ship And three times around went she Three times around went our gallant ship And she sank to the bottom of the sea