The Mermaid
This one can really be fun, especially if you get people doing movements with the words.... like they do in Drandmir.C F C
T’was Friday morn when we set sail
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And we were not far from the land
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When the captain, he spied a lovely mermaid
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With a comb and a glass in her handChorus:
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O the ocean's waves will roll
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And the stormy winds will blow
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While we poor sailors go skipping to the top
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And the landlubbers lie down below (below, below)
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And the landlubbers lie down below
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And up spoke the captain of our gallant ship
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And a well-spoken man was he
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I have me a wife in Salem by the sea
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And tonight she a widow will be ChorusC F C
And up spoke the cookie of our gallant ship
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And a red hot cookie was he
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Saying I care much more for my pots and my pans
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Than I do for the bottom of the sea ChorusC F C
Then up spoke the cabinboy, of our gallant ship
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And a nasty little lad was he.
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I'm not quite sure I can spell "mermaid"
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But I'm going to the bottom of the sea Chorus.C F C
Then three times 'round went our gallant ship
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And three times 'round went she
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Three times around went our gallant ship
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And she sank to the bottom of the sea Chorus
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