it was friday morn when we set sail and we were not so far from the land when our captain he spied a mermaid so fair with a comb and a glass in her hand oh the ocean waves do roll and the mighty winds do blow and we poor sailors are stuck here at the top while the landlubbers lie down below they lie below low low low ohh they lie below low low low ohh they lie below low low low ohh they lie below low low low ohh and up spoke the captain of our gallant ship and a fine old man was he he said this fishy mermaid has warned us of our doom we shall sink to the bottom of the sea oh the ocean waves do roll and the mighty winds do blow and we poor sailors are stuck here at the top while the landlubbers lie down below they lie below low low low ohh they lie below low low low ohh they lie below low low low ohh they lie below low low low ohh a three times round spun our gallant ship and three more times spun she and three more times spun our gallant ship and she sank to the bottom of the sea oh the ocean waves do roll and the mighty winds do blow and we poor sailors are stuck here at the top while the landlubbers lie down below they lie below low low low ohh they lie below low low low ohh they lie below low low low ohh they lie below low low low ohh