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As I rode ashore from my schooner close by |
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A girl on the beach sir |
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I chanced to espy, |
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Her hair it was red and her bonnet was blue |
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Her place of abode was in |
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Harbour Lecou. |
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Oh boldly |
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I asked her to walk on the sand |
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She smiled like an angel and held out her hand |
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So I buttoned me guernsey and hoved way me chew |
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In the dark rolling waters of |
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Harbour Lecou |
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My ship she lay anchored far out on the tide |
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As I stroll along with that maid at my side |
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I told her |
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I loved her, |
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I said I'll be true, |
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And I winked at the moon over |
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Harbour Lecou |
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As we walked on the sands at the close of the day |
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I thought of my wife who was home in |
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Torbay I knew that she'd kill me if she only knew |
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I was courting this lassie in |
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Harbour Lecou. |
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As we passed a log cabin that stood on the shore |
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I met an old comrade |
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I'd sailed with before, |
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He treated me kindly saying "Jack, how are you? Its seldom I see you in Harbour Lecou". |
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And as I was parting, this maiden in tow, |
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He broke up my party with one single blow |
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He said "Regards to your missus, and your wee kiddies too, I remember her well, she's from Harbour Lecou". |
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I looked at this damsel a standing 'long side |
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Her jaw it just dropped and her mouth opened wide |
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And then like a she-cat upon me she flew |
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And I fled from the furys of |
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Harbour Lecou. |
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So come all you young sailors who walk on the shore |
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Beware of old comrades you sailed with before |
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Beware of the maidens with the bonnets of blue |
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And the pretty young damsels of |
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Harbour Lecou, |
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And the pretty young damsels of |
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Harbour Lecou. |
