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B:Singing Together, Summer 1974, BBC Publications
T:The Mermaid
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w:One_ Fri -day morn_ when we_ set_ sail And our ship not far from_land.
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w:We_ there did es-py_ a_ fair_ pret-ty maid,
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w:With a comb and a glass_ in her hand, her hand, her hand,
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w:With a comb and a glass_ in her hand.
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w:While the ra-ging seas_ did_ roar, And the storm-y winds did_ blow,
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w:And_ we jol-ly sail-or boys were| up,_ up a-loft,
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w:And the land lub-bers ly-ing down be-low be-low be-low
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w:And the land lub-bers ly-ing down be-low.
W:One Friday morn when we set sail
W:And our ship not far from land,
W:We there did espy a fair pretty maid,
W:With a comb and a glass in her hand, her hand, her hand,
W:With a comb and a glass in her hand.
W:
W:Chorus:
W:While the raging seas did roar,
W:And the stormy winds did blow,
W:And we jolly sailor boys were up, up aloft,
W:And the land lubbers lying down below, below, below.
W:
W:Then up spoke the captain of our gallant ship,
W:Who at once did our peril see,
W:'I have married a wife in fair London town,
W:And this night she a widow will be, will be, will be,
W:And this night she a widow will be.'
W:
W:And then up spoke the little cabin boy,
W:And a fair hair'd boy was he;
W:'I've a father and mother in fair Portsmouth town,
W:And this night they will weep for me, for me, for me,
W:And this night they will weep for me.'
W:
W:Then three times round went our gallant ship.
W:And three times round went she;
W:For the want of a lifeboat they both went down,
W:As she sunk to the bottom of the sea, the sea, the sea,
W:As she sunk to the bottom of the sea.
W: