I’ve fallen in love with a mermaid

She captured my heart with her song

She was singing her scales

And upsetting the whales

As she knitted a seashell sarong

Well I smiled at her, very politely

And she put down her knitting, and looked

She bade me come here

There was no sign of fear

And from that moment on I was hooked

So we sat and we chatted for hours

We talked about that and of this

Then after a while

She gave me a smile

And she bent down and gave me a kiss

I’ve got to admit I was smitten

It was love, at first sight there’s no doubt

Laying there on the sand

With her hand in my hand

I decided that I’d ask her out

She couldn’t walk far on her flipper

So we picnicked alone on the coast

We ate crab meat and cod

And although it was odd

The pudding was seaweed on toast

We’d sit on the rocks on the seashore

She would dangle her tail in the pool

Then one dark starry night

There was something not right

For our passion had started to cool

Now sadly our love affair’s over

You may say I am strange if you wish

But when push comes to shove

What scuppered our love

Was the constant aroma of fish