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Let The Mermaids Flirt With Me - Mississippi John Hurt
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Tuning: Standard
Artist: Mississippi John Hurt
Album: Last Sessions
Year: 1966
Blues all on the ocean blues all in the air.
Can't stay here no longer I have no steamship fare.
When my earthly trials are over carry my body out in the sea.
Save all the undertaker bills let the mermaids flirt with me.
I do not work for pleasure earthly peace I'll see no more.
The only reason I work at all is drive the world from my door.
When my earthly trials are over carry my body out in the sea.
Save all the undertaker bills let the mermaids flirt with me.
My wife controls our happy home a sweetheart I can not find.
The only thing I can call my own is a troubled and a worried mind.
When my earthly trials are over carry my body out in the sea.
Save all the undertaker bills let the mermaids flirt with me.
Blues all in my body my darling has forsaken me.
If I ever see her face again I have to swim across the sea.
When my earthly trials are over carry my body out in the sea.
Save all the undertaker bills let the mermaids flirt with me.
Blues all on the ocean blues all in the air.
Can't stay here no longer I have no steamship fare.
When my earthly trials are over carry my body out in the sea.
Save all the undertaker bills let the mermaids flirt with me.
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