Molly May

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J.P. Cormier - Molly May

Just a lad I was of thirteen years

When my father passed away

And I had to take a job as deckhand

On the Molly May

And the time I spent one summer past

Turned into fifty years

And the sound she made as she broke the waves

Still rings within my ears

She was passed to me when I was twenty-three

Captain Mills went round the bend

He saw a forerunner on the dock one night

And never sailed again

Superstition be damned, I sailed her proud

Fair maiden of the sea

There was never another like her

And no one for her but me

CHORUS:

I saw the time with me in my prime, no man could be my equal

Through the eye of a needle I'd sail her any day

But when I grew older I couldn't hold her, my courage slipped away

So they put a young boy from Canso at the wheel of the Molly May

Ah, the years went by and the tales ran high

Of the catches we brought in

There were times I thought we'd sink her

But her spirit would not give in

Words are spoken and souls are broken

And the bottle shattered mine

I could see that she'd outlive me

I'd not win the war of time

CHORUS:

But I saw the days amid devil waves, no man could be my equal

Through the eye of a needle I'd sail her any day

When I grew older I couldn't hold her, my courage slipped away

So they put a young boy from Canso at the wheel of the Molly May

I was there to see her sail away

In the cold December haze

But the Canso boy had never seen the likes

Of the southeast wind and waves

At the harbour mouth he drifted south

Right into Lighthouse Rock

And he smashed her keel and laid her low

While I watched there from the dock

CHORUS:

But I saw the time with me in my prime, no man could be my equal

Through the eye of a needle I'd sail her any day

But when I grew older I couldn't hold her, my courage slipped away

So they put a young boy from Canso at the wheel of the Molly May

And there'll never be another

The likes of the Molly May

And I wish that I'd gone down, boys, at the wheel of the Molly May