[Verse 1]
Well, my father was the keeper of the Eddystone light
And he slept with a mermaid one fine night
From this union there came three
A porpoise and a porgy and the other was me

[Chorus]
Yo ho ho, the wind blows free
Oh for the life on the rolling sea

[Verse 2]
One day as I was a-trimmin' the glim
Humming a tune from the evening hymn
A voice from the starboard shouted, "Ahoy!"
There was my mother a-sittin' on the buoy

[Chorus]
Yo ho ho, the wind blows free
Oh for the life on the rolling sea

[Verse 3]
"Oh what has become of my children three?"
My mother then she asked of me
One was exhibited as a talking fish
The other was served in a chafing dish
[Chorus]
Yo ho ho, the wind blows free
Oh for the life on the rolling sea

[Verse 4]
Then the phosphorus flashed in her seaweed hair
I looked again, but my mother wasn't there
But I heard her voice echoing back through the night
"The devil take the keeper of the Eddystone light!"

[Chorus]
Yo ho ho, the wind blows free
Oh for the life on the rolling sea

[Verse 5]
Oh the moral of the story you'll learn when you find
To leave God's creatures for what nature had in mind
For fishes are for cookin', and mermaids are for tales
And seaweed is for sushi and protecting is for whales

[Chorus]
Yo ho ho (Yo ho ho), the wind blows free
Oh for the life on the rolling sea
Yo ho ho, the wind blows free
Oh for the life on the rolling sea