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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Oh, me father was the keeper
of the eddystone light
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And he slept with a mermaid
From this union there came three
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A porpoise and a porgy
Verse 2
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Oh for the life on the rolling sea
Verse 3
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One day as I was a- trimmin'
the glim
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Humming a tune from the evening hymn
A voice from the starboard shouted,
"Ahoy"
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And there was me mother
Verse 4
a- sittin' on the buoy
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Oh for the life on the rolling sea
Verse 5
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Oh what has become of me children three?
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Me mother then she asked of me
One was exhibited as a talking fish
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The other was served in a chafing dish
Verse 6
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Oh for the life on the rolling sea
Interlude 1
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Verse 7
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Then the phosphorus flashed
in her seaweed hair
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but me mother wasn't there
But I heard her voice echoing
back through the night
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The devil take the keeper
Verse 8
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Oh for the life on the rolling sea
Verse 9
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Oh, the moral of the story
you'll learn when you find
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To leave God's creatures for
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what nature had in mind
For fishes are for cookin',
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mermaids are for tales
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Seaweed is for sushi and
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protecting is for whales
Verse 10
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Oh for the life on the rolling sea
Verse 11
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Oh for the life on the rolling sea
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