Diddle-Diddle-Dee

When I was sailing back in 93 I saw a mermaid swimming in the sea One half was fish and the other half was woman But the female half was doing the swimmin’ And it really was a lovely sight to see And I thought I’d like to dip my diddle-diddle-dee She noticed and she called to me If you want to spawn you must jump down in the sea My lovely strong legs could climb up there But my fishy half can’t breathe the air And I thought that’s reasonable to me And I’d really like to dip my diddle-diddle-dee I tied a rope around my waist And jumped in the water with all due haste As soon as we joined she made a rapid dive Thank God for the rope ’cause I’m still alive The bruise around my waist was a gory thing to see And she stripped all the skin from my diddle-diddle-dee Now all young sailors hark to me There are lots of mermaids swimming in the sea And it’s better to have a cuddle and a laugh With the breed that has a woman’s upper half If you stray below the surface of the deep blue sea You may lose all use of your diddle-diddle-dee