Mermaid

Hey when I was a lad in fishing town an old man said to meYou can spend your life your jolly life just sailing on the seaNow you can search the world for pretty girls till your eyes are weak and dimBut don't go swimming with the mermaid son if you don't know how to swimIf you don't know how to swimFor her hair is green as seaweed and her skin is blue and paleAnd I tell you now before you start you can love that girl with all your heartBut you're just gonna love the upper part you're not gonna like the tailSo I signed onto a whaling ship and my very first day at seaI seen a mermaid in the waves reaching out to meCome live with me in the sea said she and down on the ocean's floorI'll show you a million wonderous things you never seen beforeOh you never seen beforeSo over I jumped and she pulled me down down to her seaweed bedAnd the pillow made of tortoise shell she placed beneath my headShe fed me shrimps and caviar upon the silver dishFrom her head to her waist she was my taste but the bottom part was a fishOh her bottom part was a fishOh her hair were green as seaweed her eyes were blue and paleAnd I loved that girl with all my heart I vowed we'd never partBut I knew the back was not too smart cause I did not like the tailAnd then one day when I looked up I saw a sailin' shipAnd I met the stare of a millionaire out on a fishing tripA diamond ring he tied to a string and lowered it down to the waterAnd my love divine she went for his line and that was the way he caught herYes that was the way he caught herSo I sat and cried to the tide same to the clams and whalesHow I missed my love her seaweed hair and the silvery shine of her scales.Just then her sister swam on by, and set my heart awhirlFor her upper part was an ugly old fish but the bottom part was girlYes the bottom part was girlYes her knees are pink and rosy and her toes are small and frailHer body it's a work of art and I love that girl with all my heartAnd I don't give a damn about the upper part and that's how I end my tale