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THE GYPSY OF THE SEA
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and as we heard it again on one of our summer vacations on the cape. Just what its name was she never knew, but something like:
"The Mermaid's Tail."
1
"There was a sailor bold
Who sailed upon the deep,
And when he left the port
His wife did nought but weep.
Chorus:
"Ding, dong, ding, dong,
Hark to the bell-buoy's song;
But stop yer ears, when the Maid ye hears,
It's death if ye listen too long.
2
"Oh Jack, she cries, be true.
'These hands are skin and bone
'Worn with workin' fer you,
'And I'll be all alone.'
3
"Oh Jack swore long and loud
By Mary Mother o' Men:
'As leal and true as now I am,
'I'll come back again.'
