Blues all on the ocean blues all in the air

Can't stay here no longer I have no steamship fare

When my earthly trials are over carry my body out in the sea

Save all the undertaker bills let the mermaids flirt with me

Blues all in my body my darling has forsaken me

If I ever see her face again I have to swim across the sea

When my earthly trials are over carry my body out in the sea

Save all the undertaker bills let the mermaids flirt with me

My wife controls our happy home a sweetheart I can not find

The only thing I can call my own is a troubled and a worried mind

When my earthly trials are over carry my body out in the sea

Save all the undertaker bills let the mermaids flirt with me

I do not work for pleasure earthly peace I'll see no more

The only reason I work at all is drive the world from my door

When my earthly trials are over carry my body out in the sea

Save all the undertaker bills let the mermaids flirt with me