The Mermaid

It was Friday mornin’, when we set sail

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 waves do roll

The stormy winds do blow

We young sailors are skippin' at the top

While the landlubbers lie down

Below, below, below

Landlubbers lie down below

Then up spoke the captain of our gallant ship

And a fine spoken man was he

He said: this fishy mermaid has warned me of our doom

And we’ll sink to the bottom of the sea

And the ocean waves do roll

The stormy winds do blow

We young sailors are skippin' at the top

While the landlubbers lie down

Below, below, below

Landlubbers lie down below

Then up spoke the first mate of our fine ship

And a brave young fellow was he

He said: I have a wife oh in Boston by the sea

And a lonely widow she will be

And the ocean waves do roll

The stormy winds do blow

And we young sailors are skippin' at the top

While the landlubbers lie down

Below, below, below

Landlubbers lie down below

The ocean waves do roll

The stormy winds do blow

And we young sailors are skippin' at the top

While the landlubbers lie down

Below, below, below

Landlubbers lie down below

And the ocean waves do roll

The stormy winds do blow

Oh and we young sailors are skippin' at the top

While the landlubbers lie down

Below, below, below

Landlubbers lie down below

And the landlubbers lie down below

Below, below, below

Landlubbers lie down below