Any idea the name of this song?

Question

Ok I've been trying to find this song for awhile now with no luck. I don't remember the lyrics very well something like "meet me down by the seashore" "I'm not saying that you want to go."It's a guy singer who has a british accent. It's sort of a love song about finding or meeting someone and talks about the sea or seashore, that's all I can really remember. Anyone have a clue?

Yes it is Seaside by The Kooks, General C knew it.

Thanks for trying though your_uncle_dodge

Answer 1

Sounds like the Kooks, a band from Brighton, UK

Do you want to go to the seaside?
I'm not trying to say that everybody wants to go
I fell in love at the seaside
I handled my charm with time and slight of hand

Do you want to go to the seaside?
I'm not trying to say that everybody wants to go
I fell in love at the seaside
She handled her charm with time and slight of hand, and oh

But I'm just trying to love you
In any kind of way
But I find it hard to love you girl
When you're far away
Away

Do you want to go to the seaside?
I'm not trying to say that everybody wants to go
But I fell in love on the seaside
On the seaside
In the seaside

Answer 2

This is a traditional song so I cannot say who did the version you heard. Let me know if this fits.

Barque In The Harbour
(Trad.) LYRICS

From a barque in the harbour I went roaming on shore
And stepped into a pub where I was oft times before
And as I was sitting and enjoying my glass
Who chanced to walk in but a young Spanish lass

She sat down beside me and kept squeezing my hand
Saying 'Sir you're a stranger not long to this land'
Will you roam, Johnny Sailor, would you roam along with me
To some lonesome spot where nobody can see

Chorus:
'Don't you leave me Johnny Sailor' were the words she did cry
Waving and weeping and wiping her eyes
When you reach home in your own Newfoundland
Think of the young Spaniard who kept squeezing your hand

I quickly consented with her for to roam
She lived by herself in a neat little home
She was brisk, plump and jolly and her age scare 19
And the name of that maiden I think was Irene

One fine summer's morning our ship, she set sail
And down by the seashore lovely Irene she came
Waving her pocket hankerchief and wiping her eyes
'Don't leave me Johnny Sailor' were the words she did cry

Chorus

I'll give you farewell love on a fine summer's breeze
But love don't forget me when you're crossing the sea
And when you are married and enjoying your bride
Think on the young maiden who lay by your side

Chorus