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It was Friday morn when we set sail,
And we were not far from the land,
When our captain he spied a mermaid so fair,
With a comb and a glass in her hand.
And the ocean waves do roll, (do roll)
And the stormy winds do blow; (do blow)
And we poor sailors are skipping at the top,
While the landlubbers lie down below, (below, below)
While the landlubbers lie down below.
Then up spoke the captain of our gallant ship,
And a fine old man was he,
"This fishy mermaid has warned me of our doom,
We shall sink to the bottom of the sea."
And the ocean waves do roll, (do roll)
And the stormy winds do blow; (do blow)
And we poor sailors are skipping at the top,
While the landlubbers lie down below, (below, below)
While the landlubbers lie down below.
And up spoke the mate of our gallant ship,
And a fine-spoken man was he,
Saying, "I have a wife in Brooklyn by the sea,
And tonight a widow she will be."
And the ocean waves do roll, (do roll)
And the stormy winds do blow; (do blow)
And we poor sailors are skipping at the top,
While the landlubbers lie down below, (below, below)
While the landlubbers lie down below.
Then up spoke the cook of our gallant ship,
And a greasy old butcher was he,
Saying, "I care much more for me pots and me pans,
Than I do for the bottom of the sea."
And the ocean waves do roll, (do roll)
And the stormy winds do blow; (do blow)
And we poor sailors are skipping at the top,
While the landlubbers lie down below, (below, below)
While the landlubbers lie down below.
Then three times 'round spun our gallant ship,
And three times 'round spun she;
Three times 'round spun our gallant ship,
And she sank to the bottom of the sea.
And the ocean waves do roll, (do roll)
And the stormy winds do blow; (do blow)
And we poor sailors are skipping at the top,
While the landlubbers lie down below, (below, below)
While the landlubbers lie down below, (below, below)
While the landlubbers lie down below.
