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The Eddystone Light Lyrics
Oh, my father was the keeper of the eddystone light
And he slept with a mermaid one fine night
From this union there sprang three
A porpoise and a porgy and the other was me
Chorus:
Yo ho ho, the wind blows free, ho for the life on the rolling sea
One night when I was a-trimmin' of the glim
Singin' a verse from the evening hymn
A voice from the starboard shouted, "Ahoy!"
And there was my mother a-sittin' on the buoy
Chorus
"Oh what has become of my children three?"
Me mother then she asked of me
One was exhibited as a talking fish
The other was served in a chafing dish
Chorus
The phosporus flashed in her seaweed hair
I looked again, and my mother wasn't there
But her voice came an echoing back through the night:
"To hell with the keeper of the Eddystone light!"
And he slept with a mermaid one fine night
From this union there sprang three
A porpoise and a porgy and the other was me
Yo ho ho, the wind blows free, ho for the life on the rolling sea
Singin' a verse from the evening hymn
A voice from the starboard shouted, "Ahoy!"
And there was my mother a-sittin' on the buoy
Me mother then she asked of me
One was exhibited as a talking fish
The other was served in a chafing dish
I looked again, and my mother wasn't there
But her voice came an echoing back through the night:
"To hell with the keeper of the Eddystone light!"
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Submitted by
mellow_harsher On Nov 14, 2018
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