To Joe Offer; The lyrics - as I sing them - are as follows:


ALL ALONG THE EAST COAST
(Tentative songwriter identification: Chris Rowe and Ian Clark)

1. All along the East Coast, breakers sweep the shore,
Harbour lights are shining, and the lighthouse keeper is brightening his lights once more
All along the East Coast, lovers keep the view
And the seabirds tell me that those lovers look a bit like me and a bit like you ...

Chorus; And the sea rushes in, castles crumble and die,
And I walk on the ocean and I talk to the sky.

2. Down the cliffs at Scarborough, on a tram car ride,
Out beyond the harbour there's a red sailed vessel heeling over on its side,
By the fishnet harbour an old sea captain smiles,
Sailing home through smoke-rings down the windswept coast to the shelter of his harbour wall ... Chorus

3. Lies a town at evening, cradled in the bay,
Up behind the headland hangs the firestained sunset curtain of another day,
Cayton Bay to Flamborough, Hornsea round to Spurn,
Stands a whitehorse army, and a lonely coastguard waiting for the tide to turn ... Chorus

4. Along the beach at Aldeborough, across the silent sands,
Runs a springheeled maiden with a seagull's long lost feather waving on her hand,
All along the East Coast, lovers keep the view,
And the seabirds tell me that those lovers look a bit like me and a bit like you ... Chorus

Thanks to all for the info so far. I'll be glad of any corrections/amendments to the lyrics and also to nutty (or anyone else) for any more about the author/s.

John E.