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
                  F           G                  C
And we were not far from the land
                                                     F                  C
When the captain, he spied a lovely mermaid
                F                  G                  C
With a comb and a glass in her hand

Chorus:
            C
O the ocean's waves will roll
                                            G7
And the stormy winds will blow
            C                               F                      C
While we poor sailors go skipping to the top
                F                  G                 C         G         C
And the landlubbers lie down below (below, below)
                 F                G                 C
And the landlubbers lie down below
 
C                                            F                     C
And up spoke the captain of our gallant ship
             F                   G            C
And a well-spoken man was he
                                    F                  C
I have me a wife in Salem by the sea
                F             G               C
And tonight she a widow will be           Chorus

C                                          F                        C
And up spoke the cookie of our gallant ship
              F          G               C
And a red hot cookie was he
                                                          F                  C
Saying I care much more for my pots and my pans
            F                G                     C
Than I do for the bottom of the sea         Chorus

C                                                 F                       C
Then up spoke the cabinboy, of our gallant ship
              F              G          C
And a nasty little lad was he.
                                          F                C
I'm not quite sure I can spell "mermaid"
                F                  G                   C
But I'm going to the bottom of the sea            Chorus.

C                                         F                       C
Then three times 'round went our gallant ship
            F                   G            C
And three times 'round went she
                                       F                       C
Three times around went our gallant ship
                    F               G                    C
And she sank to the bottom of the sea          Chorus
 

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