There's blues all in the ocean
There's blues all in the air
I can't stay no longer here
For I have no steamship fare

When my earthly trials are over
Carry my body out to the sea
Save on all the undertaker bills
Let the mermaids flirt with me

Oh, I do not work for pleasure
Earthly peace I'll seek no more
Idle hands on a working man
Brings the devil to my door

When my earthly trials are over
Carry my body out to the sea
Save on all the undertaker bills
Let the mermaids flirt with me

Let the mermaids flirt with me
Let the mermaids flirt with me
Save on all the undertaker bills
Let the mermaids flirt with me

My wife controls our happy home
My darling I cannot find
Now the only thing that I call my own
Is a troubled and a worried mind
When my earthly trials are over
Carry my body out to the sea
Save on all the undertaker bills
Let the mermaids flirt with me


There's blues all in my body
My darling has forsaken me
If I ever see her face again
I'd have to swim across the sea

When my earthly trials are over
Carry my body out to the sea
Save on all the undertaker bills
Let the mermaids flirt with me

Let the mermaids flirt with me
Let the mermaids flirt with me
Save on all the undertaker bills
Let the mermaids flirt with me, yeah!

La, da-da. La, da. (x2)

Let the mermaids flirt with me
Let the mermaids flirt with me
Save on all the undertaker bills
Let the mermaids flirt with me. (x2)
Oh, save on all the undertaker bills
Let the mermaids flirt with me
I said, save on all the undertaker bills
Let the mermaids flirt with me