| G | |
| MY FATHER WAS THE KEEPER OF THE EDDYSTONE LIGHT |
| C | D7 | G | |
| HE MARR | IED A | MERMAID | ONE FINE NIGHT |
| FROM THIS UNION THERE CAME THREE |
| C | D7 | G | |
| A PORPOISE, | A PORGY, AND THE | OTHER WAS ME |
| A7 | D | |
| YO HO HO, THE | WIND BLOWS FREE |
| D7 | G | |
| OH FOR THE LIFE ON THE | ROLLING SEA |
| G | |
| LATE ONE NIGHT I WAS TRIMMING THE GLIM |
| C | D7 | G | |
| WHILE SIN | GING A | VERSE FROM THE | EVENING HYMN |
| A VOICE FROM STARBOARD SHOUTED "AHOY!" |
| C | D7 | G | |
| AND THERE WAS | ME MOTHER SITT | ING ON A BUOY |
| A7 | D | |
| YO HO HO, THE | WIND BLOWS FREE |
| D7 | G | |
| OH FOR THE LIFE ON THE | ROLLING SEA |
| G | |
| WHAT HAS BECOME OF MY CHILDREN THREE? |
| C | D7 | G | |
| ME MOT | HER | SHE DID | ASK OF ME |
| ONE WAS EXHIBITED AS A TALKING FISH |
| C | D7 | G | |
| THE OTHER WAS | SERVED ON A | CHAFING DISH |
| A7 | D | |
| YO HO HO, THE | WIND BLOWS FREE |
| D7 | G | |
| OH FOR THE LIFE ON THE | ROLLING SEA |
| G | |
| THEN THE PHOSPHORUS FLASHED IN HER SEAWEED HAIR |
| C | D7 | G | |
| I LOO | KED AGAIN | AND ME | MOTHER WASN'T THERE |
| A VOICE CAME ECHOING OUT OF THE NIGHT |
| C | D7 | G | |
| I DON'T LIKE THE | KEEPER OF THE | EDDYSTONE LIGHT |
| A7 | D | |
| YO HO HO, THE | WIND BLOWS FREE |
| D7 | G | |
| OH FOR THE LIFE ON THE | ROLLING SEA |
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| ////////[] [] The joy in life is not in holding a good |
| [][] [] hand but in playing a bad one well |
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