'Twas on a Sunday mornin',
down 'cross the Southern Sea,
Our Ship she lay at anchor,
while awaitin' for a breeze.
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Singin', blow ye winds in the mornin',
Blow, ye winds, heigh-ho!
Clear away your runnin' gear,
And blow, me bully-boys, blow!
The cap'n he wuz down below,
the men at their work about,
When under our bow we heard a splash,
an' then a lusty shout.
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"Man overboard!" the lookout cried,
an' for'ard we all ran,
An' hangin' to our larboard chains
wuz a bluff, ol' green merman.
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His hair wuz blue, his eyes wuz green,
his mouth wuz big as three,
An' the long green tail that he sat on
was wigglin' in the sea.
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"Hello!" cried the Mate, as bold as brass,
"What-ho! shipmates", cried he.
"Oh, I want ter speak ter yer Ol' Man,
I've a favour to ask, ye see."
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"I've bin out all night on a ruddy sea-fight
at the bottom of the deep blue sea,
I've just come home and find that ye
have caused a hell o' a spree."
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"Oh, ye've dropped yer anchor afore me house,
an' blocked me only door,
An' me wife's blocked in an' she can't git out,
nor me babes who number four."
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"The anchor shall be hove at once,
an' yer wife an' yer babes set free,
But I never saw a scale from a sprat to a whale
till now that could speak to me."
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"Yer figgerhead is a sailor's bold,
an' ye speak like a human man,
But where did you git such a ruddy big tail,
answer me that if yer can."
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"A long time ago from the ship Hero
I fell overboard in a gale,
An' away down below where the seaweeds grow,
I met a gal with a tail."
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"She saved me life, an' I made her me wife,
an' me legs changed instantly,
An' now I'm married to a sweet mermaid
at the bottom of the deep blue sea."
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"So I'll stay here for the rest o' me life,
with never a worry nor care.
Goodbye to the trade of a sailor bold,
my lot with the fishes I'll share."
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