She steals around the village after dark

Weeping for her lost love

Many have tried to help her

But she was betrayed

By the fluid whiteness

Of her sea dress

A weeping mermaid visits the small coastal village of Kingsdown in Kent once a year on the anniversary of her fiancés death

He died in a shipwreck not far from the village many years ago

The mermaid tried to rescue her fiancé but was hindered by the weight of her wedding dress