I'm a sailorman from Wexford town, I've sailed the 7 seas
I'll tell you a true story of the sunny Southron seas
We were caught up in the Gorgons, while waiting for a breeze
When the stillness of the day was broken by a merman in the deep blue seas
Well the captain he slept below while the crew they lay about
When down in the ocean deep we heard this mighty shout
His hair was red, his eyes were green, his beard was floating free
He'd a long green tail that could kill a whale that wobbled in the deep blue sea
Cho: And the mermaids looked so beautiful as they swam around by the shore
But this merman with his fishy tail I've never seen before
And sailors tell the tallest tales, I've never told a lie
He'd a long green tail that could kill a whale and that waggled as he swam close by
(...)
Then the cuckatool well he ran below, woke the captain from his sleep
And the captain came on deck at once, took a look into the deep
"O I've never seen the likes of this!" And the merman then he soon agreed
"Then who are you, where do you come from, what do you want here?"
Well he shook his tail, it rocked the boat, and filled our hearts with fear
"You've dropped your anchor on my house, it's blocking up me door
And me wife, the mermaid, she's trapped inside, and me children can't get out no more!"
Cho
Well we quickly hoisted anchor, boys, and the merman then did smile
"Sure, me name is Patrick John O'Rourke, I come from Erin's isle
It was many years ago from now I was shipwrecked on the reef
When this pretty mermaid she rescued me from the perils of the ocean deep
And we very soon were married way down in the deep blue sea
And I'm happy and contented with me wife and family
Though I oft-times wish I could go home and live on Ireland's shores
But I'm committed to the ocean blue and I can't go home again no more"
