My father was the keeper of the Eddystone light
He married a mermaid one fine night
From this union there came three
A porpoise and a porgy and the other was me
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Yo Ho Ho !
The wind blows free
Oh for a life on the rolling sea
One night as I was trimming the glim
Singing a verse of the evening hymn
A voice from starboard shouted "Ahoy!"
There was me mother sitting on a buoy
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Oh what has become of my children three
My mother she then asked of me
One was on exhibit as a talking fish
The other was served on a chafing dish
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The phosphorous flashed in her seaweed hair
I looked again but me mother wasn't there
A voice came echoing out of the night
To the devil with the keeper of the Eddystone light!
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My father was the keeper of the Eddystone light
He married a mermaid one fine night
From this union there came three
A porpoise and a porgy and the other was me
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