What are the lyrics to Minnie the Mermaid?

Answer 1

My mother's Brooklyn house-party singalong Ukulele version circa 1950:

Oh what a time I had with Minnie the Mermaid

Down at the bottom of the sea

She lost her morals, down by the corals

But oh she was so good to me (Well!)

Many's the night when the pale moon was shining

Down on her seaweed bungalow

Ashes to ashes and dust to dust

Two twin beds but only one of them mussed

Now you can easily see she's not my mother

Cause my mother's 49

And you can easily see she's not my sister

Cause I never showed my sister such a heck of a good time

And you can easily see she ain't my sweetie

Cause my sweetie's too refined

She's just a sweet little kid

Who didn't know what she did

But she's a personal friend of mine!