Out of the moonlight in the month of May
This ship would take her last breath
Her full mast it was draping
Like a mermaid she was dressed
Her lonely heart is setting free
All her cares they went sailing out to sea
All those people gathered round
Flocked to view that lovely sight
All young maidens came to town
They waved her out into the night
She tried to clear the rocks with swelling
Sails
The ocean beat her everytime
And with a crack her body failed
Sea engulfed and filled our eyes
When the news returned to the town
Every maid sat on the pier
With lovers lost and fathers never found
For now that mermaid's dressed in tears
Her lonely heart has set us free
As all our prayers they went sailing out to
Sea
You can hear her calling
Now that mermaid's dressed in tears