Name: Mermaid
Duration: P00H06M07S
Description: Originally written for my children's CD "Dream Time", it's proven very popular with adults as well.

Mermaid

from Ira Marlowe Songs by Ira Marlowe

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Originally written for my children's CD "Dream Time", it's proven very popular with adults as well.

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MERMAID

Some people hold a seashell to their ear
and say they think they hear the ocean
Jenny held a seashell to her lips
and that's what set this tale in motion
She made a wish
to be a fish
half a fish and half a girl
She longed to be a mermaid
and swim around the world

Jenny, Jenny, Jenny
while you brave the ocean wild
Your parents walk along the shore
calling for... their baby child

In the North Atlantic Ocean
Jenny heard the singing of the whales
The water was so beautiful
but cold where she had skin instead of scales
She made a wish
to be a fish
half a fish and half a girl
And now she was a mermaid
swimming 'round the world

Jenny, Jenny, Jenny
You’re so far very away
You don’t hear your parents crying
Do you... hear them pray?

Jenny'd been at sea for just a week
but now it felt like many years
She found the salty water in her eyes
was not the ocean but her tears
She'd made a wish
to be a fish
half a fish and half a girl
Now she was just alone
and half-way 'round the world

Jenny, Jenny, Jenny
Oh, what will you do?
Your parents have gone home now
with only... tears for you

A mighty storm pushed her westward
tossing Jenny on a rocky shore
As she dragged across the sand
she saw a shell she knew she'd seen before
She'd made a wish
to be a fish
Now she wished her wish was gone
And soon she was a girl again
Back where she belongs

Jenny, Jenny, Jenny
You went halfway 'round the world
Just to find you love your home
And love... to be a girl

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from Ira Marlowe Songs, released September 16, 2015

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