Song Name: | Mermaid Song (hi-lo) | By: | 18th C. Irish sea chantey |
Posted By: | WaltP | Difficulty: | Any |
Key: | G | Genre: | Irish |
Harp Type: | Diatonic | ||
Created: | 2012-09-04 18:02:41 | Modified: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
Song: | MERMAID SONG hi-lo
18th C. Irish sea chantey Key: G 3 5 5-4 4 4 -44 -3-3� 3 6 8 8-8 7 7 -87 -7-6 6 �Twas Fri-day morn when we set sail 3 3 -3� 4 -3 -4 -4 4 6 6 -6 7 -7 -8 -8 7 And we were not far from the land 3 3 5 5 -4 4 4 -4 4 -3-3� 3 6 6 8 8 -8 7 7 -8 7 -7-6 6 When our cap-tain spied a love-ly mer-maid 3 3 -3� 4 4 -3 -4 -4 4 6 6 -6 7 7 -7 -8 -8 7 With a comb and a glass in her hand 3 3 3 3 -3� 3 4 6 6 6 6 -6 6 7 Oh the o-cean waves may roll 4 -4 5 5 5 4 -4 7 -8 8 8 8 7 -8 And the storm-y seas may blow 4 -4 5 5 -4 4 4 4 7 -8 8 8 -8 7 7 7 While we poor sail-ors go -4 4 -3 -3� 3 -8 7 -7 -6 6 Skip-ping to the top 3 3 -3� 4 4 6 6 -6 7 7 And the land-lub-bers -3 -4 -4 4 -4 5 -5 6 -7 -8 -8 7 -8 8 -9 9 Lie down be-low be-low be-low 3 3 -3� 4 4 -3 -4 -4 4 6 6 -6 7 7 -7 -8 -8 7 And the land-lub-bers lie down be-low |