MERMAID (THE)

Rhythm: song
Key: D
Meter: 3/4
Area: Antrim
Origin: Irish
Book: Joyce, P. W.; "Old Irish Folk Music and Songs"
History: A beautiful mermaid visited a ship by moonlight. The captain tried to
detain her: but she canted a song that threw captain and crew into a trance,
and so she escaped. "One of the best of the old northern airs" (Mr.
M'Kenzie).

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