MERMAID, THE

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Song Title
MERMAID, THE
Writers
Silverstein, Friedman
Publisher
HOLLIS MUSIC, INC. (BMI)
% Publisher Controls
100%
Territory Controlled
WORLD
Themes/Keywords
Decieve, Fantasy, Fishing, Love, Mermaid, Ocean, Swim
Lyrics
When I was a lad in a fishing town an old man said to me,
You can live a life, a jolly life, just a sailin’ on the sea.
You can search the world for pretty girls till your eyes are weak and dim,
But don’t go swimmin’ with a mermaid, son, if you don’t know how to swim,
If you don’t know how to swim.

For her hair is green as sea-weed and her eyes are blue and pale,
But I’ll tell you now before you start, you may love that girl with all your heart,
But you’re just gonna love the upper part, you’re not gonna like the tail.

So I signed onto a whaling ship and my very first day at sea
I seen a mermaid in the waves a reachin’ out to me
Come live with me in the sea, said she, and down on the ocean’s floor
I’ll show you a thousand wondrous things you’ve never seen before,
You’ve never seen before.

So over I jumped and she pulled me down, down to a seaweed bed
And a pillow made of tortoise shell, she placed beneath my head
She served me shrimps and caviar upon a silver dish
She was just my taste right down to the waist but the rest
Of her was fish, the rest of her was a fish.

Yes, her hair was green as seaweed and her eyes were blue and pale
And her face it was a work of art but I only gave her half my heart
‘Cause tho’ I loved the upper part I could not love that tail.

And then one day when I looked up I saw a sailin’ ship
And I met the stare of a millionaire out on a fishin’ trip
A diamond ring he tired to a string and lowered it down in the water
And my love divine, she went for his line, and that was
The way he caught ‘er that was the way he caught ‘er.

So into the tide I sat and cried and I sang to the clams and whales
How I missed her eyes and her seaweed hair and the silvery shine of her scales.
Just then her sister, she swam by and set my heart a-whirl
For her upper part was an ugly fish but the bottom part
Was girl, yes the bottom part was girl.

On her toes are round and rosy and her knees are slim and pale
Her legs they are a work of art and I love that girl with all my heart
And I don’t give a damn ‘bout the upper part and that’s how I end my tale!

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