As I rowed ashore from my schooner close by

A girl on the beach I chanced yo espy;

Her hair it was red and her bonnet was blue,

Her place of abode was Harbour LeCou.

O boldly I asked her to walk on the sand

She smiled like an angel and held out her hand

So I buttoned me guernsey and hove way me chew

In the dark rolling waters of Harbour LeCou.

My ship she lay anchored far out on the tide

As I strolled along with the maid at my side

I told her I loved her, she said "I'll be true"

As I winked at the moon over Harbour LeCou.

As we walked on the sands 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

Imet an old comrade I'd sailed with before

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

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

And as I was parting, this maiden in tow

He broke up my party with one single blow,

Saying "Regards to your missus and wee kiddies two

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

I looked at this damsel a-standing 'long side

Her jaw it dropped and her mouth opened wide

And then like a she-cat upon me she flew

And I fled from the furies of Harbour LeCou.

Come all you young sailors who walk on the shore

Beware of old comrades you'd sailed with before

Beware of the maiden with bonnet of blue

And the pretty young damsels of Harbour LeCou.