But there ain't no man who's
And the waves sing a tune,
there's a thunder at the moon
Yo -ho, my pretty little mermaid
Oh, my father was the keeper
He married a mermaid one fine night
From this union there came three
Yo -ho -ho, the wind blows free
Oh, for a life on the rolling sea
Singin' a verse from the evening hymn
A voice from the starboard shouted
And there was Mother sittin' on the buoy
Yo -ho -ho, the wind blows free
Oh, for a life on the rolling sea
Now what has become of the children
Three me mother, then she has to be
One was exhibited as a talking fish
Yo ho ho, the wind blows free
Oh, for a life on the rolling sea
Then the phosphorus splashed
I looked again, but my mother wasn't there
A voice came a -echoing out of the night
To hell with the keeper of
Yo -ho -ho, the wind blows free,
Oh, for a life on the rolling sea
But there ain't no man who's
And the waves sing a tune
as they thunder at the moon
Yo -ho, my pretty little mermaid
Yo -ho, yo -ho, yo -ho, yo -ho, yo -ho