Let the Mermaids Flirt with Me

Mississippi John Hurt * Track #11 On Last Sessions

Download "Let the Mermaids Flirt with Me"

Album Last Sessions

ALBUM

Mississippi John Hurt

1966

Let the Mermaids Flirt with Me by Mississippi John Hurt

Performed by

Mississippi John Hurt

About

A man poor in both purse and spirit asks to be buried at sea and throws some shade on his wife. He probably can’t afford a proper burial, and he’s singing that the ocean might provide a peace in death that he hasn’t found in life, and the mermaids may give him attention and affection that his wife n...

Let the Mermaids Flirt with Me Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Blues all on the ocean
Blues all in the air
Can't stay here no longer
I have no steamship fare

[Chorus]
When my earthly trials are over
Cast my body out in the sea
Save all the undertaker bills
Let the mermaids flirt with me

[Verse 2]
I do not work for pleasure
Earthly peace I'll see no more
The only reason I work at all
Is to drive the wolves from my door

[Chorus]
When my earthly trials are over
Cast my body out in the sea
Save all the undertaker bills
Let the mermaids flirt with me

[Verse 3]
My wife controls our unhappy home
A sweetheart I can not find
The only thing I can call my own
Is a troubled and a worried mind

[Chorus]
When my earthly trials are over
Cast my body out in the sea
Save all the undertaker bills
Let the mermaids flirt with me

[Verse 4]
Blues all in my body
My darling has forsaken me
If I ever see her face again
I have to swim across the sea

[Chorus]
When my earthly trials are over
Cast my body out in the sea
Save all the undertaker bills
Let the mermaids flirt with me

[Verse 5]
Blues all on the ocean
Blues all in the air
Can't stay here no longer
I have no steamship fare

[Chorus]
When my earthly trials are over
Cast my body out in the sea
Save all the undertaker bills
Let the mermaids flirt with me

Your Gateway to High-Quality MP3, FLAC and Lyrics

― DownloadMP3FLAC.com ―

Support: [email protected]