MY FATHER WAS THE KEEPER OF THE EDDYSTONE LIGHT (C HE MARRIED A MERMAID ONE FINE NIGHT
FROM THIS UNION THERE CAME THREE (C A PORPOISE, A PORGY, AND THE OTHER WAS ME
YO HO HO, THE WIND BLOWS FREE
OH FOR THE LIFE ON THE ROLLING SEA
LATE ONE NIGHT I WAS TRIMMING THE GLIM (C WHILE SINGING A VERSE FROM THE EVENING HYMN
A VOICE FROM STARBOARD SHOUTED "AHOY!" (C AND THERE WAS ME MOTHER SITTING ON A BUOY
YO HO HO, THE WIND BLOWS FREE
OH FOR THE LIFE ON THE ROLLING SEA
WHAT HAS BECOME OF MY CHILDREN THREE? (C ME MOTHER SHE DID ASK OF ME
ONE WAS EXHIBITED AS A TALKING FISH (C THE OTHER WAS SERVED ON A CHAFING DISH
YO HO HO, THE WIND BLOWS FREE
OH FOR THE LIFE ON THE ROLLING SEA
THEN THE PHOSPHORUS FLASHED IN HER SEAWEED HAIR (C I LOOKED AGAIN AND ME MOTHER WASN'T THERE
A VOICE CAME ECHOING OUT OF THE NIGHT (C I DON'T LIKE THE KEEPER OF THE EDDYSTONE LIGHT
YO HO HO, THE WIND BLOWS FREE
OH FOR THE LIFE ON THE ROLLING SEA
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