Farewell to Hesselø

We spend fourteen days On this little island Two boys in a fairy tale Explorers of the strand Our father he bathed naked Jumped into the sea Mother she was shy but we We were wild and free If we had a Brownie once The photos are all gone But it's in my mind the farm the wood the lighthouse A Kodak Brownie left behind Full of earwigs, creepy crawlies The hunting cabin where we lived Had dead eyes on the wall Mounted heads that stared at us In the gloomy hall If we had a Brownie once The photos are all gone The fishing boat that took us out Tipped in the wild waves That tossed the ship from stern to bow For once I was the brave He got seasick down below But I was on the deck Shouting through the salt foam Clinging to the boat