Cockleshells and Me
(Model needed- see note after lyrics!)
I searched all over the mountains,
Down
in the valley so low,
I
asked at every crossroad,
But
no one seemed to know!
Where
do I find my true Love?
Where
does my true love stay?
Is
the up there on the mountain,
Or
down here by the bay?
Then
one night I found her,
It
came to me in sleep,
My lover lies with fishes,
'Neath
the Ocean waves so deep.
I
dreamed
I
drifted toward her,
She
smiled to welcome
me,
With
cockleshells upon her
breast
At
the bottom of
the sea!
I drifted
ever
closer
She
was just beyond
my reach,
When
I
woke
cold
and
shaking,
On
this windy, rocky beach.
To
the people in
the Taverns
I’m
as crazy as can be,
for they always hear me calling
To my lover in the sea.
Tell them, if, someday, they miss me,
They
can drink a toast
to me,
For
out there layin'
on her breast
Will be Cockleshells and Me!
Note: I'm looking for an original, not copyrighted photo of a beautiful young woman with cockleshells on her breasts (see photo of shells above). Go to
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Copyright 2009 James P Louviere
