Eddystone Light (key of A)
Public domain - full karaoke IMMHA-L393
Credit: Traditional · traditional
Origin: Traditional sea song, author unknown; public domain. Typed with handwritten chords, 4/4 time, key of A, 'Traditional'. Typos as typed: 'A voise', 'exhibted', 'phosphorous'.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddystone_Light_(song)
Lyrics sheet: courtesy of Country Roads Folk Music Camp, Mount Madonna County Park, California (about the camp)
Original scan: from John's songbook (scan to be posted on @IMMHACAL)
Chords as printed on the original song sheet. Chords as handwritten.
A My father was the keeper of the Eddystone Light D E A He married a mermaid one fine night D A From this union there came three D E A A porpoise and a porgy and the other was me B7 E A Chorus: Yo ho ho the wind blow free Oh for a life on the rolling sea One night as I was trimming the glim D E A Singing a verse of the evening hymn A voise from the starboard shouted "ahoy" D E A There was my mother sitting on a buoy (Chorus) Oh what has become of my children three D E A My mother then she asked of me One was exhibted as a talking fish D E A The other was served in a chafing dish (Chorus) The phosphorous flashed in her seaweed hair D E A I looked again and my mother wasn't there A voice came echoing out of the night D E A The devil with the keeper of the Eddystone Light (Chorus)