On the beach where the children play,
White-capped waves dash and roar all day,
Bringing and tossing foam so white-
Really it is a lovely sight.
Do you know what the ferries tell,
Makes the white foam on every swell?
“Mermaids are washing clothes today,
And that’s fairy soap suds,” they say.
In the caves of the deep blue sea,
Dwell the mermaids, happy and free;
Their wash-tub is a big sea-shell,
(At least that’s what the Fairies tell.)
They hang their clothes on a sea-weed rope,
And always wash them with fairy-soap;
The suds float up from the deep sea-caves,
And that’s the foam on top of the waves.
Outfits from Resolute Boutique located
in Juneau, Alaska
