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BWO-020 - Boats 3 - The Mermaid


Roger Harvey

Words: Traditional shanty

for Bass and Orchestra

Scoring: 2.2.2.2//4.2.3.1//Timps; Perc; Harp// Strings

 

Duration: 4'40"

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Notes:

The Mermaid. This traditional verse set to a new melody warns of the dangers of looking too long and hard at a pretty girl. The sailors' superstition that tragedy will befall after seeing a mermaid is proved all too true in this sorry tale.