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