Album: Bawdy Sea Chanties
A CLEAN SONG
There was a young sailor
Who looked through the glass,
And spied a fair mermaid
With scales on her island
Where seagulls
Fly over their nests
She combed the long hair
That hung over her shoulders
And caused her
To tickle and itch
The sailor cried out
"There's a beautiful mermaid,"
A-sitting out
There on the rocks,
The crew came around
A-grabbing their glasses
And crowded four deep
To the rail,
All eager to share
In this fine piece of news
Which the captain soon
Heard from the watch
He tied down the wheel
And he reached for his crackers
And cheese which
He kept near the door
In case he might someday
Encounter a mermaid
He knew he must
Use all his wits
Crying "Throw out a line
We'll lasso her flippers"
And then we will
Certainly find
If mermaids are better
Before or be brave
My good fellows"
The captain then said
"With fortune we'll break
Through her mermaiden head-
-ing to starboard
They tacked with dispatch
And caught that fair mermaid
Just under her elbows
And hustled her
Down below decks,
And each took a turn
At her feminine setting
Her free at the end
Of the farce,
She splashed in the waves,
Falling flat on her after
A while one man
Noticed some scabs,
Soon they broke out with the pox
And the scratching
With fury,
Cursing with spleen,
This song may be dull
But it's certainly clean
Recorded by Oscar Brand, Bawdy Sea Songs
see also BUTBRASS, SWTVILT
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