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A Very Sad Tail

from Lighthouse by Zanda Myrande

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A nautical yarn that will turn you green.

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A VERY SAD TAIL (A)

A very sad tail had the mermaid
Its scales were all tarnished and dull
We found her one morning a-clinging
To the side of our fisherboat's hull.
"Oh take me on board sirs, I beg you,"
She cried in an accent most strange
So we hoisted her in
And we gave her some gin
And besought her politely her tale to begin...

"'T is a very sad tale," said the mermaid,
"For I've lived in these waters so long,
And at first they sustained and supported me,
And I grew up both healthy and strong.
But now they're all choked with pollution
From your engines and factories and such,
That my skin daily pales
And my strength daily fails
And you see for yourselves what it's done to my scales..."

CHORUS (x2)
When you live on the sea as we fisherfolk do
You can't help but see that the sea lives off you.

"That's a very sad tail," said the captain,
Who had come to see what was afoot.
"It's plain you've a genuine grievance
And a case that by rights should be put.
But these landsmen that run all the factories
Will be stubborn and hard to convince."
Said the maid "You're not wrong,
But my purpose is strong
And I'll bring them around when I sing them my song..."

COUNTER-CHORUS (x2)
Hear my plea,
Save the sea,
Set all its suffering children free.

So the very sad tale of the mermaid
Was told in the landlubbers' court
Where she sat in a tank of clean water
And she told them the long and the short.
She sang and we joined in the chorus
And the whole court dissolved into tears.
Said the justice "This cause
Has given me pause.
I think it is time that we made some new laws..."

CHORUS AND COUNTER-CHORUS TOGETHER (x2)

Now the very sad tail of the mermaid
Is all shining and bright as before
And our boats have to do without engines
And the factories spew rubbish no more.
Her kind help us out with the fishing
In a strictly responsible way...
For justice's scale
Put us on the right trail
And that is the end of this very sad tale!

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from Lighthouse, released February 28, 2019
Mermaid voice produced using AVANNA for Vocaloid 3.

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Zanda Myrande Westbury, UK

Zanda Myrande is still recovering from the trauma of being Zander Nyrond for several decades. She has only come out online at this point, for reasons which may be apparent from the picture above, but she proudly embraces her trans identity while still giving house room to Zander and the rest of the deadbeats who populate her head.

Lives in Wiltshire and has better friends than she deserves. ... more

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