Matelot Lyrics - Noël Coward

Jean Louis Dominic Pierre Bouchon, 

True to the breed that that bore him, 

Answered the call that held in thrall 

His father's heart before him. 

Jean Louis Dominic sailed away 

Further than love could find him 

Yet through the night he heard a light 

And gentle voice behind him say: 

Matelot, Matelot, 

Where you go my thoughts go with you 

Matelot, Matelot, 

When you go down to the sea 

As you gaze from afar on the evening star 

Wherever you may roam 

You will remember the light through the winter night 

That guides you safely home. 

Though you find womenkind to be frail, 

One love cannot fail, my son, 

'Til our days are done.... 

Matelot, Matelot, 

Where you go my thoughts go with you 

Matelot, Matelot, 

When you go down to the sea. 

Jean Louis Dominic Pierre Bouchon 

Journeyed the wide world over 

Lips that he kissed could not resist 

This loving roving rover. 

Jean Louis Dominic, right or wrong, 

Ever pursued a new love 

Till in his brain, there beat a strain 

He knew to be his true love song: 

Matelot, Matelot, 

Where you go my heart goes with you 

Matelot, Matelot, 

When you go down to the sea 

For a year and a day you may sail away 

And have no thought of me, 

Yet through the wind and the spray you will hear me say 

No love was ever free. 

You will sigh when horizons are clear, 

Something that is dear to me 

Cannot let me be, 

Matelot, Matelot, 

Where you go my heart goes with you 

Matelot, Matelot 

When you go down to the sea. 

Matelot, Matelot, 

Where you go my heart will follow 

Matelot, Matelot, 

When you go down to the sea 

When there's grief in the sky and the waves ride high 

My heart to yours will say 

You may be sure that I'm true to my love for you 

Though half the world away. 

Never mind if you find other charms, 

Here within my arms you'll sleep, 

Sailor from the deep.... 

Matelot, Matelot, 

Where you go my heart will follow 

Matelot, Matelot, 

When you go down to the sea