This song was just posted in a recently revived thread. I'm going to take the liberty to copy the entire post and an excerpt from the preceding post:

Subject: RE: Donkey Riding - What's Hong-ki-kong?
From: GUEST,Lighter - PM
Date: 08 Jun 09 - 01:45 PM

Nordhoff:

Were you ever in Quebec,
Chorus:--Bonnie laddie, highland laddie,
Stowing timber on the deck,
Chorus:--My bonnie highland laddie oh.

[Similarly:]

Were you ever in Dundee....
There some pretty ships you'll see....

Were you ever in Merrimashee....
Where you make fast to a tree....

Were you ever in Mobile Bay....
Screwing cotton by the day....

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Subject: RE: Donkey Riding - What's Hong-ki-kong?
From: Q - PM
Date: 08 Jun 09 - 01:16 PM

In "Folk Songs of Canada," Fowke and Johnston mention the version of "Hieland Laddie" (Donkey Riding) in Charles Nordhoff, "Nine Years a Sailor," 1857, in which Quebec, Dundee, Merrimashee and Mobile are mentioned.
He obtained it from cotton screwers in Mobile. Mentioned in passing in Hugill. ...

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Of course, I recognize the Canadian place name Quebec. And I'm assuming that Mobile is Moblile, Alabama (but since the song referred to "Mobile Bay" maybe I'm wrong about that). But where are Dundee and Merrimashee located?