Port Mahon [French translation]

In Port Mahon, I went down to the harbour

A tall ship from England came up to the quay

I fell in love with a young English sailor

But he only laughed and he whispered to me:

From Port Mahon I'll soon be gone

Laughing or weeping, the world will go on.

To Port Mahon came the order one morning

To haul up the anchor, and not to delay

So the tall ship sailed away from the harbour

But still in my heart I could hear my love say:

From Port Mahon I'll soon be gone

Laughing or weeping, the world will go on.

To Port Mahon came the news of a battle

But never, oh never, a letter for me

Many a tall ship came back to the harbour

But never the one that I was waiting to see

Years went by and I married another

And many a woman would like to be me

But sometimes I lie in my bed and I listen

To the sound of the wind and the sound of the sea

And remember that sailor who whispered to me:

From Port Mahon I'll soon be gone

Laughing or weeping, the world will go on.

• Artist:Julie Felix