Mermaids

On a moonlit night,
A lonely, young sailor,
Sailing the China Sea,
Saw a luscious mermaid
Beckoning him
With a haunting melody:
'Sailor, young sailor,
Come to me,
Join me in my palace
'neath the China Sea',
And the sailor's heart
Took a sudden spin,
Looked at the mermaid
And jumped right in,
But started to cry and wail,
For his beauty on top,
Below had a tail,
Though his luck turned a lot
When her sister he got,
A beauty below,
But a fish on the top,
And if you sail the China Sea,
On some moonlit night,
A happy sailor
With two mermaids you'd see.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2006 Alfred Charasz