hi matt, on your newfoundland research did you come across a song titled "the ferryland sealer"? i know it recorded by the scottish folk band silly wizard, it's a nice song, originated in ferryland, avalon peninsula. and do you know the beautiful a cappella arrangements performed by the robert shaw chorale? it dates back from the sixties, i guess, but has been remastered on cd ("Sea Shanties", BMG Music, 09026 63528 2). it contains four- and five-part arrangements of blow the man down, haul away joe, what shall we do with the drunken sailor, and others - in sort of a "king's singers" style.