My first post, so I welcome corrections! capo on the first fret. C C Oh the Mermaid of Ontario C G Had long green stringy hair-io C F And a seaweed gown to wear-io G C But she had no one to marry-o F G C Later verses are the same as first verse. And the Mermaid of Ontario Loved a big mouth bass named Larry-o Who lived in lake St. Claire-io Underneath the St. Claire ferry-o F G C So the Mermaid of Ontario Sent a goldfish emissary-o To ask that bass named Larry-o If he would consent to marry-o F G C Oh no no no said Larry-o My life I would not share-io I'd rather play solitarie-io Or read a book from the fish library-o F G C (2x) Or sit around in my underwear-io F G C (2x) And before I'd marry you, I'd marry-o A guernsey cow from the dairy-o Or eat a poison berry-o And wind up as a fish with dysentery-io F G C slower (strumming) F G C (2x) For the Mermaid of Ontario, it was more than she could bear-io So she cried for a day and she swam away with a yuppy little guppy named Gary-o F G C (2x) Now their a happy pair-io Cuz he's a millionaire-io In his yacht neath Lake Ontario They cuddled in a cozy little chair-io F G C And listened to his underwater stereo F G C (2x) And that big mouth bass named Larry-o Did marry a cow from the dairy-o And she fed him a poison berry-o And he wound up in the fishes cemetary-o F G C (2x) And that's the whole scenario. Out
