Shel Silverstein Mermaid Lyrics:
Hey when I was a lad in fishing town an old man
said to me You can spend your life your jolly life
just sailing on the sea Now you can search the
world for pretty girls till your eyes are weak and
dim But don't go swimming with the mermaid son if
you don't know how to swim If you don't know how
to swim For her hair is green as seaweed and her
skin is blue and pale And I tell you now before
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 onto a whaling ship and my very first
day at sea I seen a mermaid in the waves reaching
out to me Come live with me in the sea said she
and down on the ocean's floor I'll show you a
million wonderous things you never seen before Oh
you never seen before So over I jumped and she
pulled me down down to her seaweed bed And the
pillow made of tortoise shell she placed beneath
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my head She fed me shrimps and caviar upon the
silver dish From her head to her waist she was my
taste but the bottom part was a fish Oh her bottom
part was a fish Oh her hair were green as seaweed
her eyes were blue and pale And I loved that girl
with all my heart I vowed we'd never part But I
knew the back was not too smart cause I did not
like the tail

And then one day when I looked up I saw a sailin'
ship And I met the stare of a millionaire out on a
fishing trip A diamond ring he tied to a string
and lowered it down to the water And my love
divine she went for his line and that was the way
he caught her Yes that was the way he caught her
So I sat and cried to the tide same to the clams
and whales How 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 awhirl For her
upper part was an ugly old fish but the bottom
part was girl Yes the bottom part was girl Yes her
knees are pink and rosy and her toes are small and
frail Her body it's a work of art 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 tale
Lyrics: Mermaid, Shel Silverstein [end]