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[chorus]

Mother I hear the mermaids cry, I hear the mermen sing

And I can see the sailing ships, made out of sticks and string

 

Now tell me tell me Sarah Jane, Tell me dearest daughter

Why are you holding in your hand, a thimble full of water

Why do you hold it to your eyes, and gaze both late and soon

From early morn until the light of the rising moon

 

[chorus]

Cuz Mother I hear the mermaids cry, I hear the mermen sing

And I can see the sailing ships, made out of sticks and string

 

Now tell me tell me Sarah Jane, tell your dearest mother

Why do you walk beside the tide, as if you loved no other

Why do you listen to a shell and watch the billows curl

And throw away your diamond ring, and wear instead a pearl

 

[chorus]

Cuz Mother I hear the mermaids cry, I hear the mermen sing

And I can see the sailing ships, made out of sticks and string

                    

I can see the jumping fish the whales swarm and rise

That swim about the water spout and shoot into the sky

Mother I see the water ‘neath the headland pinned

I can see a Seagull swimming down against the wind

I can taste the salt upon me breath as sweet as sweet can be

Tell me mother whose voice it is you hear to me

It’s the sea, the sea, the sea

 

 [chorus]

And Mother I hear the mermaids cry, I hear the mermen sing

And I can see the sailing ships, made out of sticks and string

 

[chorus]

Mother I hear the mermaids cry, I hear the mermen sing

And I can see the sailing ships, made out of sticks and string

 

Made out of sticks and string

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