Sunny Sailor Boy

On a day of days

I stood and gazed

Over the western sea

Startled and struck,

Frightened to look

When a mermaid called to me

Ooh-wah ooh-wah

Ooh-wah ooh-wah

My sunny sailor boy

Like a man in a dream,

For an age it seemed

I stood as still as a stone

While the mermaid sang

And her melody rang

Like a memory calling me home

Then the sea and the wind

And the shores did spin

Though my resistance was strong

All the stars in space

Filled the mermaid's face

She captured my will with her song

Somehow I spoke,

The enchantment broke

I rubbed my eyes open wide

Like a dream she was gone

What remained was a song

Borne on the ebbing tide

Ooh-wah ooh-wah

Ooh-wah ooh-wah

My sunny sailor boy