There are many versions of this raditional song. Here is a verse (French) sung by Captain Louis Lacroix ("The Last Great Sailing Ships," 1945)

Jean-François de Nantes
Marin de la Sémillante
Ne doit pas se priver de rien
C'est bon pour un terrien

Jean-Francois of Nantes
Sailor on the Semillante
Doesn't need to go without a thing
That'd suit a landsman.

http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/french.htm
Songs of the French Sailors
(Articles in Musical Traditions are informative and worth reading)