[]When I was a lad in a fishing town, an []old man said to []me,you can
[]spend your []life, your []jolly life, just []sailing on the []sea,
you can []search the world for pretty girls, till your []eyes are weak and
[]dim, but []don t go swimming with a []mermaid, son, if you []don t
know how to []swim.
[]Cause her []hair is green as []seaweed and her []skin is blue and
[]pale, and I ll []tell you now be[]fore you start, you can []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 on with a whaling ship, and my []very first day at []sea, I
[]seen a mermaid []in the waves a []reaching out to []me, come []live
with me in the sea said she, and []down on the ocean []floor, I ll []show
you a million []wondrous things, you ve []never seen be[]fore.
[]So over I jumped and she pulled me down, []down to her seaweed []bed,
and a []pillow made of []tortoise shell []she placed beneath my
[]head, she []fed me shrimps and caviar, []upon a silver []dish, from
her []head to her waist she was []just my taste, but the []rest of her
was A []fish.
Her []hair was green as []seaweed and her []skin was blue and []pale,
and her []face it was a []work of art,and I []loved that girl with []all
my heart, but I []only liked the []upper part, I []did not like the
[]tail.
[]And then one day she swam away, and I []sang to the clams and []whales,
how I []missed her fins and her []seaweed hair, and the []silvery shine
of her []scales, but []then her sister, she swam by and []set my heart a
[]whirl, cause her []upper part was an []ugly fish, but the []bottom
part was a []girl.
[]Her []toes are pink and []rosy, and her []knees are smooth and
[]pale, and her []legs they are a []working part, and I []love that
girl with []all my heart, and I []don t give a damn about the []upper
part, and []that s how I end my []tail.
