As I rode ashore from my schooner close by
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A girl on the beach sir 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 Harbour Lecou.
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Oh boldly 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 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 I loved her, I said I'll be true,
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And I winked at the moon over 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 Torbay
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I knew that she'd kill me if she only knew
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I was courting this lassie in 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 I'd sailed with before,
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He treated me kindly saying "Jack, how are you?
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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,
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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 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 Harbour Lecou,
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And the pretty young damsels of Harbour Lecou.
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Harbour LeCou
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| Great Big Sea |
