Possible Clues:

• Blending lute and second guitar, create ripple
• Rise and fall of one of the French, recently deceased
• Move like a hula dancer
• Move with a wave-like motion
• Rise and fall in tune with dual arrangement
• Surge a bit less than extreme and coming after expected time
• Rise and fall like waves
• So to go with the waves will have you behind time at last
• Ripple caused by fraudulent mismanagement, French having scarpered
• Swell's behind time after mostly inappropriate ...