Lyrics were posted here.

THe reference source was: Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman
William Main Doerflinger (1909-2000)

Originally published in 1951 as Shantymen and Shantyboys
Second printing, retitled Songs of the Sailor and Lumbermen, 1972.
Revised with additions, 1990

(THis does not answer the question about Frank Risser of Lunenberg, however).

There was a skipper in Lunenberg -- "Captain Frank Risser of the Marshal Frank, "one of the best known of Lunenburg's fishing skippers" -- who was active in 1937 and was written up in the local papers for his part in rescuing survivors of a collision. Not a likely candidate for the question, I guess.


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