And why would you say give us a wreck instead of heave us a wreck? Why take what sounds to me, who lived in Newfoundland, words from a Newfoundland-sounding song..not sure if he was from there or not..away and substitute generic words? That is stripping the song of history and meaning and locality..and there is a current thread on sense of place. And this had a sense of place. Not sure where TOpsail Tickle is exactly, but I worked right near Topsail itself in Logy Bay.

I agree with Barry Goldwater. If it is not necessary to do something, it is necessary not to do it. It is necessary not to change the words of this song. They weren't hurting anyone. They were not gay-bashing or racist or anything. They scanned. They rhymed. Is the audience so dumbed down they can't figure out what a word like up-along is? No reason on God's green earth to change those words. Please to put them back. mg