Текст песни Eddystone Light - The Brothers Four

Yo ho, here's a tale
That's near and dear to the hearts of those who 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 trimmin' the glim
While singin' the verse from the evenin' hymn
A voice from starboard shouted "Ahoy!"
And there was me mother a-sittin' on a buoy

Yo ho ho, the wind blows free
Oh, for a life on the rolling sea

"Tell me what has become of my children three?"
Me 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 phosphorus flashed in her seaweed hair
I looked again and me mother wasn't there
A voice came echoin' out of the night
"Let them take the keeper of the Eddystone Light"

Yo ho ho, the wind blows free
Oh, for a life on the rolling sea

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