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1.
‘ Twas Friday morning when we set sail,
It was not far away from land,
Over there I saw a pretty mermaid,
With a glass and a comb in her hand.
‘ Twas Friday morning when we set sail,
It was not far away from land,
Over there I saw a pretty mermaid,
With a glass and a comb in her hand.
Chorus
Oh the raging seas did roar, and the stormy winds did blow,
While we doomed sailors went to the top,
And the land lovers lay down below, below, below,
And the land lovers lay down below.
Oh the raging seas did roar, and the stormy winds did blow,
While we doomed sailors went to the top,
And the land lovers lay down below, below, below,
And the land lovers lay down below.
2.
This fair mermaid approached our gallant ship,
And she then called out to me,
She warned me of our impending doom,
We shall sink to the bottom of the sea.
This fair mermaid approached our gallant ship,
And she then called out to me,
She warned me of our impending doom,
We shall sink to the bottom of the sea.
3.
I told all hands that they may know,
I might write stories of the sea,
Then up spoke one and up spoke all,
Their stories did they tell to me.
I told all hands that they may know,
I might write stories of the sea,
Then up spoke one and up spoke all,
Their stories did they tell to me.
4.
Then up spoke a fine boy of our gallant ship,
And a very fine boy was he,
I have a father and mother back ashore,
And this night they weep for me.
Then up spoke a fine boy of our gallant ship,
And a very fine boy was he,
I have a father and mother back ashore,
And this night they weep for me.
5.
Then up spoke a man of our gallant ship,
And a courageous man was he,
I've married a fair wife back ashore,
And this night a widow she will be.
Then up spoke a man of our gallant ship,
And a courageous man was he,
I've married a fair wife back ashore,
And this night a widow she will be.
6.
Then up spoke the captain of our gallant ship,
And a valiant man was he,
For I weep for the sailors of our gallant ship,
We shall sink to the bottom of the sea.
Then up spoke the captain of our gallant ship,
And a valiant man was he,
For I weep for the sailors of our gallant ship,
We shall sink to the bottom of the sea.
7.
The moon shone bright, and the stars gave light,
And my mother was looking for me,
She might look and weep with watery eyes,
She might look to the bottom of the sea.
The moon shone bright, and the stars gave light,
And my mother was looking for me,
She might look and weep with watery eyes,
She might look to the bottom of the sea.
8.
I write of our fate so our loved ones might know,
That we sank to the bottom of the sea,
Dotted every I and crossed every T,
I sealed and threw the bottle to thee.
I write of our fate so our loved ones might know,
That we sank to the bottom of the sea,
Dotted every I and crossed every T,
I sealed and threw the bottle to thee.