The Mermaid chords by The City Waites
Verse 1
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Friday morn when we set sail,
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And our ship not far from land,
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We there did aspire a fair pretty maid,
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With a comb and a glass in her hand,
her hand, her hand,
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With a comb and a glass in her hand.
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While the raging sea did roar,
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And the stormy wind did blow,
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While we jolly sailor boys
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were sitting up aloft,
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And the
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Landlubbers lying down below,
below, below,
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And the
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Landlubbers ly ing down below.
Then up starts the captain
of our gallant ship,
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And the brave young man was he.
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I've a wife and a child in fair
Bristol town,
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But a widow I fear she will be,
will be, will be,
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But a widow I fear she will be.
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While the raging seas did roar,
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And the stormy winds did blow.
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But we jolly sailor boys
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were sitting up aloft,
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And the landlub was lying down below,
below, below,
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And the landlub was
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lying down below.
Then out starts the mate of a gallant ship,
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And a bold young man was he.
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Oh, I have a wife in fair
Portsmouth town,
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But a widow I fear she will be,
will be, will be,
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But a widow I fear she will be.
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While the raging sea came o 'er,
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And the stormy winds did blow,
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Why we jolly say the boys
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were sitting up aloft,
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And the man up was lying down below,
below, below,
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And the man up was
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lying down below.
Then out starts the cook
of our gallant ship,
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And the gruff old soul was he.
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Oh, I have a wife in
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Plymouth town,
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But a widow I fear she will be,
will be, will be,
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But a widow I fear she will be.
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While the raging sea came o 'er,
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And the stormy winds did blow,
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While we jolly sailor boys
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were sitting up aloft,
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And the rattle -nop was lying down below,
below, below,
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And the rattle -nop was
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lying down below.
And in out spoke the little cabin boy,
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And the pretty little boy was he,
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Oh, I am okay for my
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daddy and my mummy,
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And you for your wives,
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all three, all three, all three,
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And you for your wives all three
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While the raging seas did roar
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And the stormy winds did blow
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While we jolly sailor boys
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were sitting up aloft
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And the landlub was lying down below,
below, below
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And the landlub was
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lying down below
Then three times round
went our gallant ship
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And three times round went she
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For the wonderful life,
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both they all went down.
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And she sank to the bottom of the sea,
the sea, the sea,
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And she sank to the bottom of the sea,
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While the raging seas did roar,
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And the stormy winds did blow,
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While three jolly sailor boys
were sitting up aloft,
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And the landlub was lying down below,
below, below,
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And the land of the flying down below.
Outro 1
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The Mermaid
The City Waites
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