The Mermaid
- "The Mermaid", a poem by Charlotte Allen
- "The Mermaid", a poem by Leah Bodine Drake
- "The Mermaid", a poem by Benjamin Franklin King
- "The Mermaid", a poem by Alfred Tennyson
- "The Mermaid", a poem by Bernard Westermann
- The Mermaid" a.k.a. "Clerk Colvill", a traditional ballad (Child 42)
- "Mermaid", a traditional ballad (Child 289)