1882, E. L. P, Elfie Under the Sea and Other Stories, Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. (1882), page 21:"I shall never see my merfather or my mermother any more, or the mermaids, or the fish-king, or the merry dolphins, or-r-r-r " —"Never mind!" cried Elfie, crying too, and she put her arms around the sad little mermaid's neck.
1993, Suzanne Weyn, Nefazia Visits the Palace, The Trumpet Club (1993), ISBN 9780440843641, page 43:Suddenly a lovely sound filled the air. Ariel turned toward it. Nefazia was sitting on the rock, singing. Her song was low and sweet, like a mermother crooning to her baby.
2007, Michael Buckley, Peter Ferguson, The Problem Child:A mermother pushed an infant merbaby along the street in an old stroller. Soon Sabrina and the merman reached an enormous palace, nearly five stories high.
