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