Me father was the keeper of the Eddystone Light   And corded a mermaid one fine night   From this union there came free   A porpoise and a porgy and the other was me      Yo ho ho, the wind blows free   Oh, for the life on the rolling sea      One night, while I was trimming of the glim   Singing a verse from the evening hymn   A voice from the starboard shouted, "Ahoy"   And there was me mother, a-sitting on the buoy   Don't be ridiculous the buoy is a jubilant male   No a buoy, it guides the ships to sail      Tell me what has become of my children of three ?   My mother then she asked of me   One was exhibited as a talking fish   And the other was served on a chafing dish      Yo ho ho, the wind blows free   Oh, for the life on the rolling sea      Then the phosphorous flashed in her seaweed hair   I looked again me mother wasn't there   Her voice came echoing out of the night   "Where the devil with the keeper of the Eddystone Light"      Oh, yo ho ho, the wind blows free   Oh, for the life on the rolling sea