The Mermaid (Shel Silverstein song)

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"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. Glenn Yarbrough also sings a version on his 1966 album Live at the Hungry I.

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Books	Uncle Shelby's ABZ Book Lafcadio: The Lion Who Shot Back The Giving Tree Don't Bump the Glump! The Missing Piece Runny Babbit
Poem collections	Where the Sidewalk Ends A Light in the Attic Falling Up
Albums	Freakin' at the Freakers Ball Twistable Turnable Man Where the Sidewalk Ends A Light in the Attic
Songs	"25 Minutes to Go" "Boa Constrictor" "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" "Carry Me Carrie" "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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