The Eddystone Light 歌詞
The Eddystone Light - Burl Ives (伯爾·艾夫斯)
My father was the keeper of the Eddystone Light
And he slept with a mermaid one fine night
From this union there came three
A porpoise and a porgy and the other was me
Yo ho ho the wind blows free
Oh for a life on the rolling sea
One night while I was a-trimmin' of the glim
A-singin' a verse from the evening hymn
A voice from the starboard shouted "Ahoy "
And there was my mother a-sittin' on a boy
Yo ho ho the wind blows free
Oh for a life on the rolling sea
"Oh what has become of my children three "
My mother then she asked of me
"One was exhibited as a talking fish
And the other was served in a chafing dish "
Yo ho ho the wind blows free
Oh for a life on the rolling sea
Then the phosphorus flashed in her seaweed hair
I looked again and my mother wasn't there
A voice come a-echoing out through the night
"To Hell with the keeper of the Eddystone Light "
Yo ho ho the wind blows free
Oh for a life on the rolling sea