Travel Tips

This is HAPPINESS ! I wish I were that captain ! I used to sail a lot with my father but then I got lost in the streams of life.

My favourite sailors are Florence Autissier, Eric Tabarly, Anita Conti (she took photos of fishermen), Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Ellen Mc Arthur, Olivier De Kersauzon…

With them and many others I invite you to defend our planet...See
Cousteau
Greenpeace

France has miles of coasts, and fishing industry has been important. Now many societies are trying to repair or restore or build up old sailing or rowing boats.

This one is in Normandy

And now I sing. Here a few titles and easy chords on my guitar…

Turtle Dove (Em / Am) :
“…The sea will never run dry my dear, Though the rocks melt with the sun. But I never will prove false to the bonny lass I love Till all these be done, my dear…”

Sonny’s Dream (A / D / E)
“Sonny, don’t go away, I’m here all alone, Your Daddy’s a sailor, never comes home.
Nights are so long, silence goes on, I’m feeling so tired and not all that strong…”

The Water is Wide
Deep Blue Sea
My Bonnie is Over the Ocean

Banks of Claudy (Am / Em / G)
“I’m on the search of a faithless young man and Johnny is his name, and all on the banks of Claudy I’m told he do remain, Saying ‘Johnny if he is drowned no man alive I’ll take, But through lonesome shades and valleys I’ll wander for his sake…”

Hard Times (C / Am /G)
“…It’s a cry that is wafted across the lonely wave, It’s a wail that is heard upon the shore. It’s a dirge that is murmured around the lonely wave, Oh Hard Times come again no more!
There a song, the sigh of the weary, Hard times, hard times, come again no more, Many days you have lingered around my cabin door, oh Hard Times come again no more!”

"Fare Thee Well my Dear I must be gone
And leave you for a while,
If I roam away, I'll come back again,
Though I roam ten thousand miles my Love,
though I roam ten thousand miles...."

The Parting Glass (a capella)
“Kind friends and companions come and join me in rhyme, come and lift up your voices in chorus with mine, let’s drink and be merry all grief to refrain, For we may and might never all meet here again…
Our ship lies at harbour, she is ready to dock, I wish a safe landing without any shock, And if ever I meet you by land or by sea, I will always remember your kindness to me…”