The Eddystone Light Lyrics - Peter, Paul & Mary

Oh, me 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 

Yo ho ho 

The wind blows free 

Oh for the life on the rolling sea 

One day as I was a-trimmin' the glim 

Humming a tune from the evening hymn 

A voice from the starboard shouted, "Ahoy" 

And there was me mother a-sittin' on the buoy 

Yo ho ho 

The wind blows free 

Oh for the life on the rolling sea 

Oh what has become of me children three? 

Me mother then she asked of me 

One was exhibited as a talking fish 

The other was served in a chafing dish 

Yo ho ho 

The wind blows free 

Oh for the life on the rolling sea 

Then the phosphorus flashed in her seaweed hair 

I looked again, but me mother wasn't there 

But I heard her voice echoing back through the night 

The devil take the keeper of the eddystone light 

Yo ho ho 

The wind blows free 

Oh for the life on the rolling sea 

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', mermaids are for tales 

Seaweed is for sushi and protecting is for whales 

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