Hello Folks,

There were several people whom Helen collected this song from, one being, I believe, Walter Roast from Petpeswick near Musquodoboit up the Eastern Shore. In fact during the reign of Singalong Jubilee on CBC the crew went up and recorded Walter singing the song from the fishing dock near his home. However, most of the folks Helen collected this song from came form the Petpeswick/Musquodoboit area. There is also another variant collected which I varied myself, Farewell My Lassie-O.

Much of this information can be found in Clary Croft's biography on Helen Creighton: Helen Creighton: Canada's First Lady of Folklore.

Good Luck and Good Hunting.

Cheers,

Dan