The sea crashed down on

          the rocky, rocky shore

Foam seething and stones tossing on

          the rocky, rocky shore.

A girl, she rides the waves by

          the rocky, rocky shore

She's made her ocean home here by

          the rocky, rocky shore.

She had the scaly tail of one

          from the rocky, rocky shore

She used to live with others

          from the rocky, rocky shore.

But they were dead and gone, those

          from the rocky, rocky shore

Taken from her by those who weren't

          from the rocky, rocky shore.

So the mermaid sat among the waves

          on the rocky, rocky shore

She cried, with her tears dripping down

          on the rocky, rocky shore.

And then she sang to the clouds and the sky

          from the rocky, rocky shore.

The ocean's explorers heard her cry

          from the rocky, rocky shore.

They came to her, the sailors all

          to the rocky, rocky shore

And with her song, they all did fall

          to the rocky, rocky shore.