Jim Payne is correct in saying it was written by a Newfoundland woman to get a rise out of Lukey. Luke was from Brookfield, Newfoundland. I'm his great great grandson. Hard to believe but in one of the volumes of a collection called "songs of newfoundland" a folklore prof from Memorial University of Newfoundland states the opinion that the song is in fact written about Luke Gaulton of Brookfield.