The Mermaid - Frankie Laine

作曲：F. Peck

Ship ahoy

Ship ahoy

I once went fishin' and I caught a mermaid

Told that she was neptunes daughter

I could probuck for a buck and a quarter

Sold them a pen for writing under

The water

Water

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So I told her pappy

That we could be happy

Pappy said listen here you bounder

You can na keep her just 'cause you founder

She is engaged to a very wealthy

Flounder

Flounder

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Begged her to marry she didn't tarry

I slipped the finger upon flipper

We sailed away on a yankee flipper

Soon we were blessed with an eight bouncing

Dipper

Dipper

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Thought her shy one but she was a sly one

First I thing knew she took to swinging

Slippin' around and never caring

Cuddlin' with every Tom and Dick

Harry

Harry

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She just got slyer and no one a liar

Spare all maloon or gin and splurgin

Liken a face without no urgin

Specially when she said she was a

Sturger

Sturger

So I learned my lesson my lesson and now

I'm confessin' confessin'

I'm ain't gonna miss that mermaid squawkin'

She no ain't no good for walkin'

Who needs the half that's always busy

Talkin'

Talkin'

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