Mermaid Song (hi-lo) Harmonica Tabs

18th C. Irish sea chantey
Key: G

3 5 5-4 4 4 -44 -3-3” 3
6 8 8-8 7 7 -87 -7-6 6
‘Twas Fri-day morn when we set sail

3 3 -3” 4 -3 -4 -4 4
6 6 -6 7 -7 -8 -8 7
And we were not far from the land

3 3 5 5 -4 4 4 -4 4 -3-3” 3
6 6 8 8 -8 7 7 -8 7 -7-6 6
When our cap-tain spied a love-ly mer-maid

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6 6 -6 7 7 -7 -8 -8 7
With a comb and a glass in her hand

3 3 3 3 -3” 3 4
6 6 6 6 -6 6 7
Oh the o-cean waves may roll

4 -4 5 5 5 4 -4
7 -8 8 8 8 7 -8
And the storm-y seas may blow

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7 -8 8 8 -8 7 7 7
While we poor sail-ors go

-4 4 -3 -3” 3
-8 7 -7 -6 6
Skip-ping to the top

3 3 -3” 4 4
6 6 -6 7 7
And the land-lub-bers

-3 -4 -4 4 -4 5 -5 6
-7 -8 -8 7 -8 8 -9 9
Lie down be-low be-low be-low

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6 6 -6 7 7 -7 -8 -8 7
And the land-lub-bers lie down be-low