The Secret Mermaid (one direction)

There was darkness. I couldn't see. All the sudden I saw a beautiful girl, she darted to sing;

'Upon one summer's morning

I carefully did stray

Down by the Walls of Wapping

Where I met a sailor gay.

Conversing with a young lass

Who seem'd to be in pain,

Saying, William, when you go

I fear you'll ne'er return again.

My heart is pierced by Cupid

I disdain all glittering gold

There is nothing can console me

But my jolly sailor bold.

His hair it hangs in ringlets

His eyes as black as sole

My happiness attend him

Wherever he may go.

From Tower Hill to Blackwall

I'll wander, weep and moan

All for my jolly sailor

Until he sails home.

My heart is pierced by Cupid

I disdain all glittering gold

There is nothing can console me

But my jolly sailor bold.

My father is a merchant

The truth I now will tell

And in great London City

In opulence doth dwell.

His fortune doth exceed

300,000 gold

And he frowns upon his daughter

Who loves a sailor bold.

A fig for his riches

His merchandise and gold

True love has grafted my heart

Give me my sailor bold.

My heart is pierced by Cupid

I disdain all glittering gold

There is nothing can console me

But my jolly sailor bold.

Should he return in pov'rty

From o'er the ocean far

To my tender bosom

I'll press my jolly tar.

My sailor is as smiling

As the pleasant month of May

And often we have wandered

Through Radcliffe Highway

Many a pretty blooming

Young girl we did behold

Reclining on the bosom

Of her jolly sailor bold.