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| Mermaid |
| I signed on to a whalin' ship, and my very first day at sea, I spied a mermaid in the waves, a-reachin' out to me. Come live with me in the sea, she said, and down on the Ocean's floor, I'll show you a million wond'rous sights you've never seen before! So I jumped right in and she pulled me down, down to her seaweed bed, A pillow she made of tortoise shells, and placed beneath my head. She fed me shrimp and caviar, from a silvery dish, She was just my taste (down to her waist), but the rest of her was a fish! Her hair was green as seeweed, Her face was a work of art. But I only gave her half my heart, Cause I loved her Upper part! I did - not - like the tail! And then one day, when I looked up, I saw a sailing ship. And I met the stare of a Millionaire, out on a fishing trip. A diamond ring he tied on a string, and lowered it down to her, And my Love, divine,, she went for the line! She went for the usual lure! And so I sighed, in the rolling tide, and cried out to the clams and whales, How I miss her hair and her sea-green eyes, I miss the shine of her scales. Just then, her sister swam on by, and set my heart on a whirl! Her upper part was an ugly old fish, but the -bottom- half was a girl! Her toes are round and rosey! Her legs are slim and pale! Her face might not be a work of art, But I love that girl with all my heart an I don give a damn 'bout the upper part! That's how I'll end my tale, ('cause now I'm getting tail!) the Lord Lyricaen Owns stock in the Red Lobster Restaurant chain. |
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