I heard a blues guitar player from Ohio sing this song about 30 years ago. I’ve been singing it since then, and have added verses over the years, and probably changed the tune a bit. I’ve been singing it recently on a variety of Zoom sessions during the pandemic. If you’ve heard any recordings, and wondered about some of the verses, these are the verses I composed and added to the song:

I wish I were on the banks of the Magaguadavic,
In the spring when the waters are running high,
So I can see my baby as he glides swiftly by.

I wish I were a sailboat,
Rigged out all neat and tight
I’d sail underneath his window, nearly ever night

Now some like snow in winter,
And some like the warm summer’s sun.
Me, I love my baby. He loves another one.

Note: the Magaguadavic is a river in New Brunswick, Canada