When my earthly trials are over, carry my body out in the sea.
Save all the undertaker bills, let the mermaids flirt with me.
Mississippi John Hurt's version of this song is charming, yet as with many other songs we have looked at, it's about death and sadness. He sings of his desire to float amongst the mermaids at the end of his life. However, I imagined the sea and its creatures, untouched by Hurt's 'earthly trials' being inflicted by his 'troubled and worried mind'.
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