(Mammywata Blues)

Here you come again
Mermaid from silent waters
Say, here you come again
Mermaid from silent waters
Stunning smile, bewitching face
Dreadfully forbidding, the lower quarters

You erupted from the sea floor
Your hair sequined in crystal beads
Yes, you erupted from the sea floor
Your hair sequined in crystal beads
I thought here was the Merciful One
At last, there to divine my needs

Your neck Nefertiti-slender
Your breasts a pair of handsome hills
Ah, your neck Nefertiti-slender
Your breasts one pair of handsome hills
I thought I had hit the substance
Shorn of freaks and fawning frills

You raised a song
And the fishes caught the chorus
Yes, you raised a song
And the fishes caught the chorus
Your body swayed to the promptings of the breeze
In a dance liquidly slow and wildly wondrous

In this fare of skins and scales
Your softness hardened my quiet passion
Hah, the fare of skins and scales
Your softness hardened my quiet passion
But when I reached out to hold your hand
You wriggled seawards in your customary fashion