Great Big Sea Harbour Lecou Lyrics

Harbour Lecou Lyrics

As I rowed ashore from my schooner close by

A girl on the beach I chanced to espy

Her hair it was red and her bonnet was blue

And her place of abode was in Harbour LeCou



Well boldly I asked her to walk on the strand

She smiled like an angel and held out her hand

So I buttoned me guernsey and hove 'way me chew

In the dark rolling water of Harbour Le Cou



My ship she lay anchored far out on the tide

As I walked along with the maid at my side

I told her I loved her, I said I'd be true

And I winked at the moon over Harbour LeCou



As we walked on the shore at the close of the day

I thought of my wife who was home in Torbay

I knew that she'd kill me if she only knew

I was courting a lassie in Harbour LeCou



As we passed a log cabin that stood on the shore

I met an old shipmate I'd sailed with before

He treated me kindly, saying "Jack, how are you?

It's seldom I see you in Harbour LeCou."



And I was parting this maiden in tow

He broke up my party with one single blow

Saying "Regards to your Mrs, and your wee kiddies too

I remember her well, she's from Harbour LeCou."



Well I looked at this damsel a-standing longside

Her jaw it had dropped and her mouth opened wide

And then like a she-cat apon me she flew

And I fled from the furies of Harbour LeCou



So come all ye young sailors who walk on the shore

Beware of old shipmates you've sailed with before

Beware of the maiden in the bonnet of blue

And the pretty young damsels of Harbour LeCou