Here is a women's ghost song, written by PEI folksinger, and writer, Teresa Doyle, based on a local ghost story. The ghost told Captain Daly he'd remarry and have other children, which he in time did.

MAGGIE DALY

The year was 1896, in a fishing town on the Eastern Shore
The pride of Beach Point died in childbirth, ne'er to see the son she bore,
Captain Daly, a proud sea captain, in sorrow stood by her bedside
In his arms he held the baby, caressed him with the tears he cried.

CHORUS
Maggie Daly, a Beach Point lady,
Maggie Daly died to bear her baby boy.

And all of Beach Point cried in sorrow, for that little lass they'd see no more
Who will now accept the burden to raise the tiny son she bore
Captain Daly, packed his sorrows, boarded ship and sailed away
In the arms of Maggie's aged mother the homeless little waif did lay

CHORUS
Maggie Daly, a Beach Point lady
Maggie Daly, who will tend your little son?

When Captain Daly came ashore to Maggie's home he did repair
Her mother's face was lined and haggard to tend the child meant sleep came rare
That night board ship, his sleep unsettled, his troubled mind would not keep still
Then by his bed stood Maggie Daly, and from her lips strange words did speak.

CHORUS
Maggie Daly, a Beach Point lady
Maggie Daly, what has brought you here to me?

Joseph Daly, listen to me, to what I say you must agree
A captain's place is not dry land, and a newborn needs a woman's hand,
Mother dear is much too old for a little child to keep and hold
It's with his mother he's got to be, I've come to set his spirit free.

CHORUS
Maggie Daly, a Beach Point lady,
Maggie Daly will come to set his spirit free.

Within a week that healthy baby, beside his mother's body lay,
Their spirits once again united, together now the two must stay,
Captain Daly some years later found himself another wife,
But in his dreams that apparition would stay with him throughout his life.

CHORUS
Maggie Daly, a Beach Point lady,
Maggie Daly, who died to bear her baby boy
Maggie Daly, a Beach Point lady,
Maggie Daly came to set his spirit free.

HTML line breaks added. --JoeClone, 22-Jan-02.