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Let The Mermaid Flirt With Me                           
Mississippi John Hurt

                                                                            
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LYRICS:

Blues are in the ocean, blues all in the air
Can't stay here no longer got no steamship fare
When my earthly trials are over cast my body out in the sea
Save all the undertaker bills and let the mermaids flirt with me

My wife controls our happy home my sweetheart I cannot find
The only thing I can call my own is a troubled and a worried mind
But when my earthly trials are over cast my body out in the sea
Save all the undertaker bills and 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 to drive the wolf from my door
But when my earthly trials are over cast my body out in the sea
Save all the undertaker bills and let the mermaids flirt with me