In Padstow Bay where the mermaids dwell
There's a bar of sand that we compare to hell
It'll toss you about in unforgiving swell It'll drag you down below
It was put there by a mermaid fair
Who was killed as she sat in the morning air
All you sailors better beware
Sailing in the bay of Stow
And the Doom Bar rules the bay
She will take your breath away
Tides, times are getting worse
We all fear the mermaid's curse
Whilst hunting seals Tom Yeo did stray
To a merry maid sat down by the bay
Beauty stole his breath away and his heart was filled with love
But such a fool as him she would never wed
If he couldn't have her living then he'd see her dead
The gun barrel flashed and the sea ran red
And the storm clouds raged above
And the Doom Bar rules the bay
She will take your breath away
Tides, times are getting worse
We all fear the mermaid's curse
In the throes of death, out of her hand
Flew rage and gales and golden sand
It filled the bay from land to land & the Doom Bar she was born
"Oh Tom Yeo for your vanity,
I will curse this quiet stretch of sea.
The price you'll pay for the life of me,
Is a life of pain and scorn."
And the Doom Bar rules the bay
She will take your breath away
Tides, times are getting worse
We all fear the mermaid's curse
And the Doom Bar rules the bay
She will take your breath away
Tides, times are getting worse
We all fear the mermaid's curse
We all fear the mermaid's curse
Times, tides are getting worse