Never Kiss a Mermaid

"Never Kiss a Mermaid"
Composed by: Evan Roberts, Michael Tavera, Joellyn Cooperman
Vocals	Dan Hennessey Gordon Masten Paulina Gillis Michael Stark
Key	B-flat major
Appears in	The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 - "The Ugly Mermaid" (1990)

"Never Kiss a Mermaid" is a song from The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 episode "The Ugly Mermaid." The song plays as Mario, after overcoming his fear of water, saves his friends from the clutches of King Koopa's Doom Sub, while stopping Mertropolis from flooding in the process.

Lyrics

English

I'll tell you a tale
Listen if you wish
It's about a lady who was partly fish!
She met a plumber
Who flipped her fins
And that's precisely how our story begins (Croak, croak)

Never kiss a mermaid
'Cause if you do
The mermaid's gonna wanna marry you! (Hoo-hoo!)
Hey now, listen up here!

The mermaid only wanted to spend her life
Livin' underwater as the plumber's wife
The plumber swam away from the deep blue sea
Sayin', "Being with a mermaid isn't right for me!" (Croak, croak)

Never kiss a mermaid
'Cause if you do
The mermaid's gonna want to marry you!
Never kiss a mermaid
'Cause if you do
The mermaid's gonna wanna marry you! (Croak)

Brazilian Portuguese

Brazilian Portuguese

Translation

Vou contar uma história, ouça quem quiser Era metade peixe, metade mulher Conheceu um bombeiro que usava barbatana E apesar de tudo, era bem bacana Não beije o seu dinheiro, porque se fizer Seu dinheiro vai querer fisgar você E agora, ouçam atentamente Do dinheiro só queria se aproveitar Passou o dia com a sereia a cantar O bombeiro da sereia se separou E o dinheiro dele com ela ficou Do dinheiro só queria se aproveitar Passou o dia com a sereia a cantar O bombeiro da sereia se separou E o dinheiro dele com ela ficou!

I'm going to tell a story, listen if you want It was half fish, half woman He met a firefighter who wore fins And despite everything, he was pretty cool Don't kiss your money, because if you do Your money will try to hook you And now, listen carefully He only wanted to take advantage of the money He spent the day singing with the mermaid The mermaid firefighter separated And his money stayed with her He only wanted to take advantage of the money He spent the day singing with the mermaid The mermaid firefighter separated And his money stayed with her!

Multimedia

Never Kiss a Mermaid - The instrumental from the Italian dub of "The Ugly Mermaid"

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Never Kiss a Mermaid - The song as translated in the Brazilian Portuguese dub

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