The Ballad of Eva and Jack Marella

This is an experimental piece written in the form of a ballad. The inspiration is sourced from, in this case, Germanic folklore; Nixie also appears in Scandinavian, Celtic, Nordic and other mythology's by other names.
The actual story told in the ballad of Eva and Jack Marella is from my imagination.

Note to Poem

Nixie, in Germanic ancient folklore is a shape-shifting water fairy and is infamous for singing enchanted songs to lure human prey to watery deaths. The Nixie is usually a malicious female mermaid, and the Nix is her male counterpart. 

The Ballad of Eva and Jack Meralla

Soft lilting songs from the depths of

yellow and orange sun glazed waters,

Jack’s fishing boat now becalmed

Enchanted by Nixie’s belying charm;

And then the runes were cast so fast

As Nixie sang Eva downed her glass

Eva Marella knows not of sobriety

A raconteur of fables in gaiety.

Oh fiddle de diddle de fiddle de doo

Oh Fiddle de diddle de fiddle de dowe.

Now Jack Marella sings a shanty

Tied to the mast in a bottle of glass

Never again will he hold his soul

Till Nixie’s paid in doubloons of gold;

Mrs Marella head under her arm

Around her feet they swirled

Eva Marella sways to shanty

In drunkenness on gin and brandy.

Oh fiddle de diddle de fiddle de doo

Oh fiddle de diddle de fiddle de dowe.

Nixie why’d you to steal Jack’s soul

You green eyed siren of the deep

Eva she cried, “Oh sing to me”

With all your mystical beauty;

Mrs Marella she danced with Nixie

Never to gaze into her deep green eyes,

Under clear skies that night in June

Vowed she’d win him back none too soon.

Oh fiddle de diddle de fiddle de doo

fiddle de diddle de fiddle de dowe.

Not brandy, nore gin had been her sin

Since she vowed to win Jack back

For pieces of gold she told old fables

In the tavern round cider soaked tables;

As Eva Marella stowed the boats oars

Over the gunwale went the doubloons;

She woke next morning in marital bed

To Mr Marella kissing her forehead.

Oh fiddle de diddle de fiddle de doo

Oh fiddle de diddle de fiddle de dowe

Oh fiddle de diddle de fiddle de doo

Oh fiddle de diddle de fiddle de dowe.

© Julian Clarke 2016

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