Ugh! The typo for the name of the schooner in this song surfaced again while I was proofing the layout for our new CD titled Look Out! by Roll & Go. Fortunately I have a copy of Songs & Ballads from Nova Scotia in my personal library and confirmed that the correct spelling is "Mary L. MacKay" rather than "Mary L. McKay." And Oasis was happy to make the correction at their end.

And "Mary L. MacKay" does make for an easier rhyme scheme than "Effie Morrissey."

Nor and Eli Dale do a nice job of singing this hard-driving song a capella on the recording. They drank the rum later!

Cheerily,
Charley Noble