Yo-ho, here's a tale That's near and dear to the hearts of those who sail About a lighthouse keeper and his mermaid wife Who joined together for a different life Yo-ho, the winds and waters tell this tale My father was the keeper of the Eddystone Light He married 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 Hope for a life on the rolling sea Late one night I was trimming the glen While singing a verse from the evening hymn One starbird shouted ahoy And there was me mother sitting on a buoy Yo-ho-ho, the wind blows free Hope for a life on the rolling sea Tell me what has become of my children three Me mother she did ask of me One was exhibited as a talking fish The other was served on a changing dish Yo-ho-ho, the wind blows free Hope for a life on the rolling sea Then the phosphorous flashed in her seaweed hair I looked again and me mother wasn't there A voice came echoing out of the night The town thanked the keeper of the Eddystone Light Yo-ho-ho, the wind blows free Hope for a life on the rolling sea Yo-ho, yo-ho, yo-ho, yo-ho, yo-ho