Tekst
My father was the keeper of the Eddystone Light
He courted a mermaid one fine night
From this union there came three
A porpoise and a porgy and the other was me
Yo-ho-ho, the wind blows free
Oh, for a life on the rolling sea
One night while I was trimmin' up the glim
Singin' the verse from the evenin' hymn
A voice from the starboard shouted, "Ahoy!"
And there was me mother a-sittin' on a buoy
(Don't be ridiculous, a boy is a juvenile male)
No, a buoy! It guides the ships to sail
"Tell me what has become of my children three?"
My mother then she asked of me
One was exhibited as a talking fish
And the other was served on a chafing dish
Yo-ho-ho, the wind blows free
Oh, for a life on the rolling sea
Then the phosphorus flashed in her seaweed hair
I looked again, me mother wasn't there
A voice came a-echoin' out of the night
"To the Devil with the keeper of the Eddystone Light!"
Yo-ho-ho, the wind blows free
Oh, for a life on the rolling sea