French Shore

When I was a young man, just barely 14

Craving adventure and lore

I boarded a clipper me dad was a skipper

and sailed it along the French shore ya,

we sailed all along the French shore

What beautiful vessels were sailing back then

Ah, bound for the north Labrador

It's over that reason they came here that season

To sail all along the French shore ya

To sail all along the French shore

On each ship a maiden was hired to cook

A beautiful girl to adore so young and cavorting

All ready for courting while sailing along the French shore ya,

While sailing along the French shore

Being too young for courting I soon did decide

To spy on the lovers on shore I spied on a couple

So loving and supple, while sailing along the French shore ya,

While sailing along the French shore

Their actions peculiar appeared to me then

but now their not funny no more

they were huggin and kissin' oh what ive been missin,

while sailing along the French shore ya,

while sailing along, sailing along, while sailing along the French shore

That couple has children now married I know

You see they're not young anymore

Yet still they don't know how I witnessed the show

That they played all along the French shore ya,

That they played all along the French shore

And that ends the story of my bonnie days

Oh, that I could live them once more

and this much I know I'd produce my own show,

and I'd stage it along the French shore ya,

While sailin along, sailin along,

While sailin along, sailing along,

While sailin along the French shore