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The Brothers Four
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Eddystone Light
Lyricist:Gilbert Ronnie, Hays Lee, Hellerman Fred, Seeger Peter (usa)
Yo ho, here's a tale That's near and dear to the hearts of those that sail 'Bout a lighthouse keeper and his mermaid wife Who joined together for a different life Yo ho, the winds and waters tell this tale
My father was the keeper of the Eddystone light He married 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
Late one night, I was trimming the glim While singing a verse from the evening hymn A voice from starboard shouted, 'Ahoy!' And there was my mother, sitting on a buoy
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'Tell me, what has become of my children three?' My mother she did ask of me One was exhibited as a talking fish 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 phosphorous flashed in her seaweed hair I looked again and me mother wasn't there A voice came echoing out of the night 'To Hell with the keeper of the Eddystone Light'
Yo ho ho, the wind blows free Oh, for a life on the rolling sea
Yo ho Yo ho Yo ho ...
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