I'd forgotten about the version of 'Bluenose' that Dave mentions. I learned it at guitar lessons in about 1972 in South-West London. I'd love to add this song to my repetoire again, especially as I now teach & perform a little myself. The lyrics I remember are:

Bluenose, the ocean knows her name,
Sailors know how proud a ship was she.
Bluenose, leaning in the wind,
Racing every wave of the sea.

In the town of Lunenberg down Nova Scotia way
In 1921 on a windy day
A sailing ship was born, Bluenose was her name,
Will we ever see her kind again?

Her sails were snowy white,
They strained against her mast,
. . . . . . as she went flying past,
And from the very first, Bluenose loved to run,
She loved the smell of sea and the sun.

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But in the Caribbean one dark and stormy night,
She ran into a reef and died.

It would be great if anyone/Dave could please fill in the blanks/add missing verses for me.
It's amazing I've remembered this much since the age of 12 - the power of Folk I guess!