The Mermaid Song

    (Keller)

Transcribed from Cab Calloway and His Orchestra with vocals by Cab Calloway, recorded Nov. 3, 1941.
From Cab Calloway and His Orchestra 1941-1942; The Chronological Classics 682.
 

I went down to the sea one day,
To see the fish jump around and play,
Watched the mermaids swing and sway
To the music of the sea.

I went down to the sea one day,
To see the sun drive the clouds away,
Watched the sail boats rock and roll
To the music of the sea.

And I met a lovely maiden on that May Day afternoon,
She promised she would wed me on a summer day next June.

But it was only a dream that day,
Her old man Neptune came up to say,
"Flap your fins and swim away,
You belong back in the sea."

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Published 12/28/01.

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