Then three times around went our gallant ship,
And three times around went she;
And three times around was the end of her trip,
When she sank to the bottom of the sea.
| [3] | There may be a few readers to whom it is necessary to point out that this first ballad of the “Mermaid” is an old song, here used as introduction to a second by me, which is of the same nature. |
THE MERMAN
Then another man said when that song was sung:
There are men like you and me,
Who will sometimes come ashore and get sprung,