Hi, Lin -
A search for "And it's feared she's gone down with all hands" turns up identical lyrics for a song titled "The Woman and the Sea," tied to a performer named Jill Anderson - but I didn't buy the 1998 Jill Anderson recording of the song (click for sample).

The lyrics for the Silly Wizard song are in the Digital Tradition. I believe the song was written by Andy M. Stewart (half of Silly Wizard), but I have no definitive verification of that. The DT attributes it to Andy Stewart, who sings mostly sentimental Scottish songs.

Can anybody verify both the lyrics and the authorship of this song, and identify alternate recordings?

Anybody know of Jill Anderson?

-Joe-