On the blue waters of mermaids
I was sailing on the blue
Brought up a catch of strangest wonder
On the blue
And I drew my knife to gut
What I had taken from the blue
But it was gone, back to the lake
And vanished into the blue
The waters, they parted
As she rose to shine
She was my maid, my wife-to-be
Returned to me this one time
I did not know her, I made her flee
Flee from me
Beneath the waves and marbled rocks
Watery canyon of blackest depths
My hope was sunk
My dream taken away
Woe to you, she said to me
As she broke cover of the blue
Don’t you know me?
I couldn’t be yours after all
I never knew
I was sailing on the blue
Brought up a catch of strangest wonder
On the blue
What I had taken from the blue
But it was gone, back to the lake
And vanished into the blue
As she rose to shine
Returned to me this one time
I did not know her, I made her flee
Flee from me
Watery canyon of blackest depths
My hope was sunk
My dream taken away
As she broke cover of the blue
Don’t you know me?
I couldn’t be yours after all
I never knew
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This is actually based off of a particular section of the Kalevala.
The hero of the poem is a man named väinämöinen, he was engaged to marry a woman named Aino against her will, she killed herself by drowning in a lake. Her spirit then returns as a large fish, väinämöinen goes fishing on this lake after hearing the story of mermaids and plentiful fish. He catches her and tries to gut the fish at which point she reveals her true nature and scared and upset flees back into the lake again.