French Perfume Lyrics - Sea Of No Cares - Great Big Sea

It's of a bold young smuggler 

From Fortune he did sail 

He rode the waves from St. Pierre 

And never saw the jail 

He filled her up with contraband 

Perfume, smokes and rum 

He hoped the fog was thick enough 

To make another run 

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You can still see the sight 

On a winter's night 

Of his wake in the light of the moon 

If the wind turns right 

If you don't take fright 

You can smell that French perfume 

But the Mountie boat was waiting 

As he crawled near Mortier Bay 

And when they hit the spotlight 

It was like the light of day 

He didn't bring her head round 

When they told him to heave to 

He opened up the engines 

And he ran for Spanish Room 

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They said they heard him laughing 

With the Mounties closing in 

His engines screaming murder 

And his face set in a grin 

The seagulls started lifting 

Like an angry banshee choir 

He hit the rocks at 50 clicks 

And the sky lit up with fire 

It's of of a bold young smuggler 

From Fortune he did sail 

He rode the waves from St. Pierre 

And he never saw the jail 

And when it's cold and foggy 

On the rocks near Spanish Room 

They say you hear him laughing 

And you smell that French perfume 

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