Mermaid Song

JENNY
I am a mermaid
With golden hair...

ALEX
I've never seen one like you!

JENNY
Not all us mermaids
Have silver tails --
I have no tail at all.

ALEX
Well, I've never
Seen any mermaids
With knobbly knees!
I'd say this tale
Was a touch too tall,
Maybe a touch too tall...

JENNY
Sailors would smash on
My jagged rock,
Lured by my siren's song...

ALEX
It isn't the
Song of the siren
That tortures men --
That's where your theory
Goes sadly wrong,
That's where it all goes wrong...

JENNY
I thought you'd know better.
You know nothing
About mermaids.

ALEX (wry)
You know nothing
About sailors...

JENNY
I do! Much more than you!
If you were a sailor
And heard my song,
Would you be lured by me?

ALEX
I wouldn't be foolish enough to
Go near your rock --
I'd steer my galleon out to sea...

BOTH
...Lonely and lost at sea...

GEORGE (muttering to himself)
Has somebody stolen my copy of "Brave New World"?
Why can't that woman leave things alone?
My patience is wearing thin...
Sorry for barging in...