I just located my recording of Burl Ives singing "The Locktender's Lament." This is one an extended play 45 record, produced by "Decca." It is # ED2235. I'm guessing it was made in the early 60's. Here are all the notes about this song:

"This song is an inheritance from World War II. It is a bit of lampoon on an English girl who follows an American sailor across the Atlantic to the Monongahela River, and what awaits her there when she meets with his father, the locktender."

The album title is "MEN." On the record itself, it gives credit for the song to "Robert Schmertz."

I'll get this in the mail to Amos later on today. Bob