The Mermaid

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 It was Friday morn when we set sail 
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 And we were not far from the land 
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 When the captain, he spied a mermaid so fair 
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 With a comb and a glass in her hand  
 
 
 
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 And the ocean's waves do roll and the stormy winds do blow
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 And we poor sailors are skipping to the top 
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 While the landlubbers lie down below, below, below 
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 While the landlubbers lie down below 
 
 
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 And up spoke the captain of our gallant ship
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 And a fine spoken man was he
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 This fishy mermaid has warned me of our doom
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 We shall sink to the bottom of the sea
 
 
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 Then up spoke the cabin boy of our gallant ship
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 And brave young lad was he
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 Sayin' I have a sweetheart in Salem by the sea 
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 And tonight she'll be weepin' for me 
 
 
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 And up spoke the cook of our gallant ship 
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 And a crazy old butcher was he 
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 I care much more for my pots and my pans 
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 Than I do for the bottom of the sea 
 
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 Then three times around spun our gallant ship 
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 And three times around spun she 
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 And three times around spun our gallant ship 
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 And she sank to the bottom of the sea  
 
 
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