We skipped the light fandango… Wui eskip’ de lai’ fandango
turned cartwheels ‘cross the floor… Tern’ cartwuiils ‘cross de floor
I was feeling kinda seasick… A’ wuas fiilin’ kainda sisik
but the crowd called out for more… ‘ De crau’ colaut for mor
The room was humming harder… De ruum wuas jamin’ jarder
as the ceiling flew away… As de cilin’ flu awuey

When we called out for another drink… Wuen wui colaut for anotder dshrink
the waiter brought a tray… The wueire’ bro’t a tshrey
And so it was that later… En’ so it wuas dat leirer
as the miller told his tale… As de miler tol’ ‘is teel
that her face, at first just ghostly,… Darer feis, at ferst yios’ gostly
turned a whiter shade of pale… Tern’ a wuaire’ sheirof peel
She said, ‘There is no reason… Shi sed, “Der is no riison
and the truth is plain to see.’… En’ de trutd is plein ‘u sii
But I wandered through my playing cards… Bora’ wuander’ tru’ ma’ pleyin’ cards
and would not let her be… ‘Wud nat lerer bi
one of sixteen vestal virgins… Wuan of sicstiin vestal veryins
who were leaving for the coast… Ju wuer livin’ for de coust
and although my eyes were open… An’ oltdo’ ma’ ays wuer open
they might have just as well’ve been closed… Dey mai’v yios’ as wuelv’ biin clousd

And so it was that later… En’ so it wuas dat leirer
as the miller told his tale… As de miler tol’ ‘is teel
that her face, at first just ghostly,… Darer feis, at ferst yios’ gostly
turned a whiter shade of pale… Tern’ a wuaire’ sheirof peel

And so it was that later… En’ so it wuas da’ leirer
as the miller told his tale… As de miler tol’ ‘is teel
that her face, at first just ghostly,… Darer feis, at ferst yios’ gostly
turned a whiter shade of pale… Tern’ a wuaite’ sheirof peel

And so it was that later… En’ so it wuas dat leirer
as the miller told his tale… As de miler tol’ ‘is teel
that her face, at first just ghostly,… Darer feis, at ferst yios’ gostly
turned a whiter shade of pale… Tern’ a wuaire’ sheirof peel

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She said, ‘I’m home on shore leave,’… Shi sed ” A’m joom on shor’ liiv”
though in truth we were at sea… Tdo’ in trutd wui wuer at sii
so I took her by the looking glass… So ay tuuk ‘er bay de lukin’ glass
and forced her to agree… En’ fors’ ‘er tu agrii
saying, ‘You must be the mermaid… Seyin’ “Yiu mas’ bi de mermei’
who took Neptune for a ride.’… Ju tuuk Neptiun for a raid
But she smiled at me so sadly… Bo’ shi esmail’ at mi so sadly
that my anger straightway died… Det ma’ anguer estei’ wuey daid
If music be the food of love… If miusik bi de fuud of lov
then laughter is its queen… Den lafter is its kuin
and likewise if behind is in front… En’ laikwuais if bijain’ is in front
then dirt in truth is clean… Den derty in trutd is cliin
My mouth by then like cardboard… May mautd bay den laik car’bor’
seemed to slip straight through my head… Sim’ tu eslip estrei’t tru’ ma’ jeed
So we crash-dived straightway quickly… So wui crash-daiv’ estrei’twuey kuikly
and attacked the ocean bed… En’ atak’ de oushean bed

Writer(s): Gary Brooker, Keith Reid
Copyright: Onwards Music Ltd., Onward Music/Essex Retentions c/o Bucks Music Ltd., Essex Music Inc., Onward Music/Essex Retentions c/o Bucks Music