Peter, Paul and Mary — The Eddystone Light

[Verse 1] Well, 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 [Chorus] Yo ho ho, the wind blows free Oh for the life on the rolling sea [Verse 2] One day as I was a-trimmin' the glim Humming a tune from the evening hymn A voice from the starboard shouted, "Ahoy!" There was my mother a-sittin' on the buoy [Chorus] Yo ho ho, the wind blows free Oh for the life on the rolling sea [Verse 3] "Oh what has become of my children three?" My mother then she asked of me One was exhibited as a talking fish The other was served in a chafing dish [Chorus] Yo ho ho, the wind blows free Oh for the life on the rolling sea [Verse 4] Then the phosphorus flashed in her seaweed hair I looked again, but my mother wasn't there But I heard her voice echoing back through the night "The devil take the keeper of the Eddystone light!" [Chorus] Yo ho ho, the wind blows free Oh for the life on the rolling sea [Verse 5] Oh the moral of the story you'll learn when you find To leave God's creatures for what nature had in mind For fishes are for cookin', and mermaids are for tales And seaweed is for sushi and protecting is for whales [Chorus] Yo ho ho (Yo ho ho), the wind blows free Oh for the life on the rolling sea Yo ho ho, the wind blows free Oh for the life on the rolling sea