Here's another "The Mermaid"

I looked in the digitrad and this one isn't in there. However, every singing sailor that I know knows this song as do a lot of landlubbers. It has no relation to the Lorelie, in fact, it is cxonsidered to be slightly humerous. It goes along with the legend that if a member of a ship's crew spies a mermaid, the ship is doomed. In this song, it's the Capt. who sees the mermaid. I have this observation to make, If the Captain of your vessel spies a mermaid, you are, indeed, in deep trouble.

THE MERMAID (traditional)

I
'Twas Friday morn' when we set sail and we were not far from the land
When our Captain spied a pretty mermaid with a comb and glass in her hand

(chorus)
Oh the ocean waves, they roll and the stormy wind it blows.
While we poor sailors go skippin' to the tops
And the landlubbers lie down below, below, below
And the landlubbers lie down below.

II
Then up spake the Captain of our gallant ship and, a fine stalwart man was he.
"I care much more for my wife and my children than I do for the bottom of the sea".

(repeat chorus)

III
Then up spake the Boatswain of our gallant ship, and, a well spoken man was he
"I care much more for my riggin' and my sails than I do for the bottom of the sea"

(repeat chorus)

IV
Then up spake the cook of our gallant ship, and, a rotten little bastard was he.
I care much more for my pots and my pans than I do for the bottom of the sea.

(repeat chorus)

V
Then three times around spun our gallant ship, three times around spun she.
Three times around spun our gallant ship and then it sunk to the bottom of the sea

(repeat chorus)


Wolfgang: Every time I read one of your posts I think to myself, "I'd like to meet that man someday"

And then, there's, "The Keesper of the Eddystone Light", which is about a lighthouse keeper who's mother is a mermaid. I'll see if it's in the digitrad and follow this with another post.

Jody Gibson