the cave is dark and deep and wet

where all the mermaids hide

they keen and cry and pine to try

and catch a sailor lad

they swim in circles

at great speed

and he is sucked right down

a willing victim to their greed

oh what a way to drown

a mermaid wedding is the thing

a glorious sight to see

the sailor's final word is yes

as she says "marry me!"

to love a mermaid he must give

his heart his mind his home

but it is worth it for the love

that only he will know

i know I’m not a mermaid

but i've learned a thing or three

from sitting on my ragged rock

beside the stormy sea

that loves a thing that conquers all

ignore it if you dare

and when into the sea you fall

a mermaids waiting there!