The Mermaid - The Clancy Brothers/Tommy Makem

作词：Traditional

作曲：Traditional

It was Friday morn when we set sail

And we were not far from the land

When the captain he spied a mermaid so fair

With a comb and a glass in her hand

And the ocean's waves do roll and the stormy winds do blow

And we poor sailors are skipping at the top

While the landlubbers lie down below below below

While the landlubbers lie down below

And up spoke the captain of our gallant ship

And a fine old man was he

This fishy mermaid has warned me of our doom

We shall sink to the bottom of the sea

And the ocean's waves do roll and the stormy winds do blow

And we poor sailors are skipping at the top

While the landlubbers lie down below below below

While the landlubbers lie down below

Then up spoke the mate of our gallant ship

And a fine spoken man was he

Said I have a wife in Brooklyn by the sea

And tonight a widow she will be

And the ocean's waves do roll and the stormy winds do blow

And we poor sailors are skipping at the top

While the landlubbers lie down below below below

While the landlubbers lie down below

Then up spoke the cabin-boy of our gallant ship

And a brave young lad was he

Oh I have a sweetheart in Salem by the sea

And tonight she'll be weepin' for me

And the ocean's waves do roll and the stormy winds do blow

And we poor sailors are skipping at the top

While the landlubbers lie down below below below

While the landlubbers lie down below

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's waves do roll and the stormy winds do blow

And we poor sailors are skipping at the top

While the landlubbers lie down below below below

While the landlubbers lie down below

Then three times round spun our gallant ship

And three times round spun she

Three times round spun our gallant ship

And she sank to the bottom of the sea

And the ocean's waves do roll and the stormy winds do blow

And we poor sailors are skipping at the top

While the landlubbers lie down below below below

While the landlubbers lie down below