{"id":843,"date":"2021-03-26T08:33:01","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T08:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/folksyblues.com\/?page_id=843"},"modified":"2021-03-26T08:33:01","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T08:33:01","slug":"let-the-mermaids-flirt-with-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/folksyblues.com\/?page_id=843","title":{"rendered":"Let the Mermaids Flirt With Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Mississippi John Hurt<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-inbaddningshanterare wp-block-embed-inbaddningshanterare wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mississipi John Hurt - Let the Mermaids Flirt with me (acoustic blues 1928)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qRnT-zsLJkk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>[C]Blues all on the [G7]ocean, blues all [C]in the air [F] [C]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[F]Can\u2019t stay here no longer, I have no steamship[C] fare [G]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chorus:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When my earthly trials are over, [C]cast my body out in the sea [F] [C]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[F]Save all the undertaker bills let the mermaids [C]flirt with me [G7] [C]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I do not work for pleasure earthy peace I\u2019ll see no more<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The only reason that I work is to drive the world from my door<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chorus:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My wife controls our happy home, a sweetheart I cannot find<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The only thing I can call my own, is a troubled and worried mind<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chorus:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blues all in my body, my darling has forsaken me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If I ever see her face again, I have to swim across the sea<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chorus:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blues all in my body, my darling has forsaken me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If I ever see her face again, I have to swim across the sea<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mississippi John Hurt [C]Blues all on the [G7]ocean, blues all [C]in the air [F] [C] [F]Can\u2019t stay here no longer, I have no steamship[C] fare [G] Chorus: When my earthly trials are over, [C]cast my body out in the sea [F] [C] [F]Save all the undertaker bills let the mermaids [C]flirt with me [G7] [C]&hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/folksyblues.com\/?page_id=843\" class=\"read-more\">Forts\u00e4tt l\u00e4sa Let the Mermaids Flirt With Me<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-843","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=843"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":845,"href":"http:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/843\/revisions\/845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}