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Ah, the song in question is Beyond the Sea.  If I'm not mistaken, that was a translation of a French song called La Mer by Charles Trenet.  La Mer in English is The Sea, hence the French name for Sea Sickness is Mal De Mer.

Apparently, the original French lyrics are nothing like the ones in Beyond the sea.  Not that I've got them in front of me or anything, just something I recall from when I was learning to play the musical keyboard (not that I remember much of it these days).

Strange how one thing can make you think of another and all that jazz...

Having a quick google search around, here's a possible translation of La Mer:

The sea,
We see dancing along the shores of clear bays,
Shimmers with silver
The sea
Changing shimmers
Under the rain

The sea
With the summer sky
Mix up her white horses
With the angels so pure
The infinite azure shepherdess
Sea

Sea
By the ponds
Those big wet reeds
See
Those white birds
And those rusty houses

The sea
Has cradled them
Along the shores of clear bays
And with a love song
The sea
Has rocked my heart for life