The Mermaid (song)

This article is about the modern song, for information about Child Ballad #289 see, The Mermaid (Child Ballad), for the Hong Kong movie, see The Mermaid (1965 film).

"The Mermaid" is a song about a whaler falling in love with a mermaid, but despairs because the mermaid has fish parts below her waist. It was written by Shel Silverstein and recorded on his album I'm So Good That I Don't Have to Brag, in 1965. In December 1966, "The Mermaid" was published in Playboy magazine while Silverstein was a regular contributor. Bobby Bare released a version on his 1973 album Bobby Bare Sings Lullabys, Legends and Lies. It was covered in 2005 by Great Big Sea, who released their version on their CD The Hard and the Easy. Glen Yarborough also sings a version on his album "Live at the Hungry I".

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Shel Silverstein

Books	Uncle Shelby's ABZ Book Lafcadio: The Lion Who Shot Back The Giving Tree Don't Bump the Glump!: and Other Fantasies The Missing Piece Runny Babbit

Poem collections	Where the Sidewalk Ends A Light in the Attic Falling Up Every Thing on It

Albums	Freakin' at the Freakers Ball Inside Folk Songs Twistable Turnable Man Where the Sidewalk Ends A Light in the Attic

Songs	"25 Minutes to Go" "The Ballad of Lucy Jordan" "Big Four Poster Bed" "A Boy Named Sue" "The Cover of Rolling Stone" "Marie Laveau" "The Mermaid" "One's on the Way" "Sylvia's Mother" "The Unicorn" "Wrong Ideas"

Film soundtracks	Ned Kelly (1970) Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? (1971)

Screenplays	Things Change (1988)

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