The search for this song has been my white whale. I have a recording of it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqax-aOa2qQ here, but googling the lyrics hasn't brought be any success yet.

I asked the band, the Wakami Wailers, about the tunes and they said it was a song called The Gay Raftsman, but I don't think this is right. The Gay Raftsmen seems to be a version of the French-Canadian song Les Raftsmen.

I suspect that my mystery song might be of French-Canadian origin as well, as some the lyrics they sing are in French. Any help in tracking down this tune would be great, thank you all.