[00:00.00]Let The Mermaids Flirt With Me - Mississippi John Hurt
[00:26.01]Blues all on the ocean blues all in the air
[00:32.35]Can't stay here no longer I have no steamship fare
[00:38.36]When my earthly trials are over carry my body out in the sea
[00:44.97]Save all the undertaker bills let the mermaids flirt with me
[00:51.10]I do not work for pleasure
[00:54.11]Earthly peace I'll see no more
[00:57.30]The only reason I work at all
[01:00.35]Is to drive the world from my door
[01:03.43]When my earthly trials are over
[01:06.41]Carry my body out in the sea
[01:10.12]Save all the undertaker bills
[01:12.87]Let the mermaids flirt with me
[01:40.86]My wife controls our happy home
[01:44.16]A sweetheart I can not find
[01:47.18]The only thing I can call my own
[01:50.09]Is a troubled and a worried mind
[01:53.12]When my earthly trials are over
[01:56.09]Carry my body out in the sea
[01:59.69]Save all the undertaker bills
[02:02.43]Let the mermaids flirt with me
[02:05.83]Blues all in my body
[02:08.68]My darling has forsaken me
[02:11.57]If I ever see her face again
[02:14.70]I have to swim across the sea
[02:17.57]When my earthly trials are over
[02:20.45]Carry my body out in the sea
[02:24.03]Save all the undertaker bills
[02:26.60]Let the mermaids flirt with me
[02:54.18]Blues all on the ocean
[02:57.06]Blues all in the air
[03:00.11]Can't stay here no longer
[03:03.07]I have no steamship fare
[03:05.87]When my earthly trials are over
[03:08.71]Carry my body out in the sea
[03:12.22]Save all the undertaker bills
[03:14.79]Let the mermaids flirt with me