French Perfume

French Perfume by Great Big Sea. I do not own any of these pictures, I found them all online with the help of Google Images. My first attempt at a video. Enjoy.

Lyrics:
It's of a bold young smuggler
From Fortune he did sail
He rode the waves from St. Pierre
And he never saw the jail

He filled her up with contraband
Perfumes, smokes, and rum
He hoped the fog was thick enough
To make another run

Chorus:
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
And 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

[Chorus]

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

[Chorus x2]

Category:

Music

Tags:

• folk
• Great
• Big
• Sea
• French
• Perfume
• Newfoundland
• St.Pierre
• Smuggler
• Mountie
• Boat
• song
• ghost
• story
• legend

[AndesMods]

where did you get the song from? did you buy the CD?

[Alaska263]

Yeah, I bought the CD a couple of years ago.

[ElFreakinCid]

What did you type in google to get the winter's night and moon photos? I love those. :D

[Alaska263]

I love those pictures, too. I honestly don't remember what I typed in. It tended to be things like 'winter night', 'full moon', 'moon with clouds', 'moon over ocean', that kind of thing.

[1r1sh52]

Wow, you went to some trouble with this video! Nice job. (By the way, in some places on the Burin Peninsula, 'french perfume' was often a code word for smuggled booze - lol.)

[Alaska263]

Thanks. And now the song title makes more sense!

[Jabtied269]

Its a very cool song, good sound to it. Love GBS

[Lepper36]

@Champ675 Nope. Like a true rogue, he went out in a blaze of glory.

[pmdevereaux]

spanish room is a real place

founded by my forefathers

i love this song

[Champ675]

Hope the smugler got caught!!!!!!

[ronl10]

I love this song, and I think you did very nice work with the video, Alaska263.

[Bactchan]

@Alaska263 There's an element of truth to this, but in the lyrics it's said that the cargo was "Perfume, Smokes, and Rum." so the booze is already covered. *shrugs*

[CanadiaMiliatry15]

Love this song! East coast forever!

[r0k3r101]

I love playing the intro with my bodhran...I feel so badass when I do. :P

[spanishroomer]

i love this song, i live about a 5 minute walk from where he crashed, my grandparents used to tell me this story when i was a kid lol

[spanishroomer]

i love this song, i live about a 5 minute walk from where they say he crashed, my grandparents used to tell that story when i was little lol

[montrosefan]

Very great song. Sends shivers down my spine. Fitting pictures too. Good job!