Eddystone Light
Back when I played the guitar, this was one of the first songs I learned. I still have fun with it.C
Me father was the keeper of the Eddystone Light
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And he wed with a mermaid one fine night
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From this union there came three
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A porpoise, and a porgy, and the other was me.Chorus:
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Yo ho ho, the wind blows free
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Oh for the life of the rovin’ sea!C
One night as I was a-trimmin’ o’ the glens
F G C
A-singin’ a verse of the evening hymn
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A voice from the starboard shouted “Ahoy!”
F G C
And there was me mither a-sittin’ on a bouy. ChorusC
Oh! What has become of my children three?
F G C
Me mither then she asked of me
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One was exhibited as a talking fish
F G C
The other was served on a chafing dish! ChorusC
The phosphorus flashed in her seaweed hair
F G C
I looked again – me mither wasn’t there!
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A voice came echoing out of the night:
F G C
To hell with the keeper of the Eddystone Light! Chorud
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