The Mermaid of Ontario
Shel Silverstein

Oh, the [C] Mermaid [G7] of On-[C]-tario      Had [G7] long green stringy [C] hair-e-o
And a [G7] seaweed gown to [C] wear-e-o      But she [G7] had no one to [C] marry-o

Oh, the [C] Mermaid [G7] of On-[C]-tario   Loved a [G7] big mouth bass named [C] Larry-o
Who [G7] lived 'neath Lake St. [C] Claire-o   Under-[G7]-neath the St. Claire [C] ferry-o

Oh, the [C] Mermaid [G7] of On-[C]-tario Sent a [G7] seagull emis-[C]-sary-o
To [G7] ask that big bass [C] Larry-o If [G7] he'd consent to [C] marry-o

Oh [C] no, no, no [G7] said [C] Larry-o My [G7] life I will not [C] share-e-o
I'd [G7] rather play soli-[C]-tarie-e-o And sit a-[G7]-round in my under-[C]-wear-e-o
And read [G7] books from the fish li-[C]-brary-o

And [C] you're so [G7] ordi-[C]-nary-o    And [G7] I'm extra ordi-[C]-nary-e-o
And I [G7] dress so debon-[C]-air-e-o And I have a [G7] fine vocabu-[C]-lary-o
Cause I [G7] memorized the fishes' diction-[C]-ary-o

And be-[C]-fore I'd marry [G7] you, I'd [C] marry-o A [G7] Guernsey cow from the [C] dairy-o
Or [G7] eat a poison [C] berry-o    And wind [G7] up with fishes' dysen-[C]-tery-o

The poor [C] Mermaid [G7] of On-[C]-tario It was [G7] more than she could [C] bear-e-o
So she [G7] cried for a day then [C] swam away With a [G7] yuppie little guppie named [C] Gary-o

Now [C] they're a [G7] happy [C] pair-e-o   Cause [G7] he's a million-[C]-aire-e-o
On his [G7] yacht 'neath Lake St. [C] Claire-e-o They [G7] cuddle in a cozy [C] chair-e-o
And [G7] listen to his underwater [C] stereo

And that [C] big mouth bass [G7] named [C] Larry-o [G7] Married a cow from the [C] dairy-o
She [G7] fed him a poison [C] berry-o And he [G7] wound up in the fishes' ceme-[C]-tery-o

And [G7] that's the whole sce-[C]-nario