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, brother, come down to the crags by the bay, Come down to the caves where I play; For, oh! I saw on the rocks, asleep, A fair mermaid, and the slow waves creep To bear her away, away.

O brother, brother, come quick till you laugh with me, For no mermaid so fair is she, But the little lass that I saw last night (I hid in the shade, you stood in the light), And she weeping so bitterly.

O brother, brother, I watched her through the day, Saw her hair grow jewelled with spray ; Once her cheek was brushed by a gull's wet wing. And a finch flew down on her hand to sing. And was not afraid to stay.