The Mermaid chords by Fiddler's Green

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Verse 1
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It was Friday morn when we sat sail
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And we were not far from the land
When our captain he spied
a mermaid so fair
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With a comb and a glass in her hand

Interlude 1

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Verse 2

Then up spoke the captain

of our gallant ship

And a fine old man was he

"This fishy mermaid has warned

me of our doom

We shall sink to the bottom of the sea"

Interlude 2

Verse 3
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Then up spoke the cabin- boy
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of our gallant ship
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And a brave young lad was he
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Saying "I have a sweetheart
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in Brooklyn by the sea
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And tonight she'll be weeping for me"
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Interlude 3

Verse 4
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Then up spoke the mate
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of our gallant ship
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And a fine spoken man was he
Saying "I have a wife in
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Salem by the sea
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And tonight she'll be weeping for me"

Interlude 4
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Three times round

Verse 5
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spun our gallant ship
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And three times round spun she
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Three times round spun
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our gallant ship
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And she sank to the bottom of the sea
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And the ocean

Verse 6
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waves do roll
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And the stormy winds do blow
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And we poor sailors are
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skipping at the top
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While the land- lubbers lie down below,
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below, below
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While the land- lubbers
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lie down below