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The Merman

D-G-D-G-D-G-Bm-A-D

	D	G
I'm a	sailorman from	Wexford town,

	D	A
I've	sailed the seven	seas,

	D	G
I will	tell you a true	story

	D	G
Of the	sunny southern	seas.

	D	G
We were	caught up in the	doldrums

	D	G
While	waiting for a	breeze

	D	G
When the	stillness of the	day was broke

	Bm	A	D
By a	merman in the	deep blue	seas.

	G	D
Well the	captain he	slept below

	G	D
While the	crew they lay a	bout

	G	D
When	down in the	ocean, boys

	G
We heard this mighty	shout.

	D	G
His	hair was red, his	eyes were green,

	D	G
His	beard was floating	free

	D	G
He'd a	long green tail that could	kill a wale

	Bm	A	D
That	waggled in the	deep blue	sea.

CHORUS:

	D	G
An the	mermaids looked so	beautiful

	D	A
As they	swam around by the	shore

	D	G
But this	merman with his	fishy tail

	D	G
I've	never seen be	fore.

	D	G
And	sailors tell the	tallest tales

	D	G
I've	never told a	lie;

	D
He'd a	long green tail that could

G

kill a wale

	Bm	A	D
that	wobbled as he	swam close	by.

D-G-Bm-A-D

	D	G
Was it	Neptune  that	appeared to us

	D	A
From his	mansions in the	deep?

	D	G
Then the	cook O'Toole then he	ran below,

	D	G
Woke the	captain from his	sleep.

	D	G
And the	captain came on	deck at once

	D	G
Took a	look into the	deep.

	D	G
Oh, I've	never seen the	likes of this!

	Bm	A	D
The	merman then he	soon did	greed.

	G	D
Then	who are you, where do	you come from,

G	D
What do you want	here?

	G	D
Then he	shook his tail, it	rocked the boat,

	G
It filled our hearts with	fear.

	D	G
You've	dropped your anchor	on my house,

	D	G
Its	blocking up me	door

	D	G
And my	wife, the mermaid, she's	trapped inside

	Bm	A	D
and my	children can't get	out no	more.

Chorus

	D	G
Well, we	quickly hoisted	anchor, boys

	D	A
And the	merman than did	smile:

	D	G
Sure, me	name is Patrick	John O'Rourke,

	D	G
I	came from Erin's	isle.

	D	G
It was	many years a	go from now,

	D	G
I was	shipwrecked on the	reef,

	D	G
When this	pretty mermaid she	rescued me,

	Bm	A	D
From the	perils of the	ocean	deep.

	G	D
And we	very soon were	married,

	G	D
Way	down in the deep blue	seas.

	G	D
Now I'm	happy and con	tented,

	G
With my wife and fami	ly.

	D	G
Though I	oft times wish I	could go home

	D	G
and	life on Erins's	shore.

	D	G
But I'm co	mmitted to the	ocean deep

	Bm	A	D
and I	can't go home a	gain no	more.

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