On a day of days

I stood and gazed

Over the western sea

I was completely dazed

Wide-mouthed and amazed

When a mermaid called to me



Oh-wo-oh-wo-oh

Oh-wo-oh-wo-oh-wo

My sunny sailor boy



Like a man in a dream

For an age it seemed

I stood as still as a stone

While the creature sang

And her melody rang

Like a memory calling me home



Oh-wo-oh-wo-oh

Oh-wo-oh-wo-oh-wo

My sunny sailor boy


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