O Lovely Mermaid

    O lovely mermaid of the sea,
    alone on Denmark’s tiny shore;
    all Helsingor falls at your knee,

    while loving you exquisitely,
    in all your charms, forevermore.
    O lovely mermaid of the sea.

    When morning finds you sleepily
    awakened by the ocean’s roar,
    all Helsignor falls at your knee.

    And so you sit there happily,
    oblivious to days before,
    O lovely mermaid of the sea.

    By former statuesque decree
    a subtle worship you implore,
    all Helsingor falls at your knee.

    So, will it now and always be,
    by magic forces laid in store,
    O lovely mermaid of the sea--
    all Helsingor falls at your knee!