To all those folk seaworthy maties in the cold North

The vote came from the listeners, pipped by Mandy Mortons & the Spriguns, a worthy contender. Largely because of Doonan's flute and and Jenkins ' fiddle, the Pie is largeley an unknown group to Capetonians who fell in love with their sound. (A few zealous indivuduals even arrived at the studio with the LP in their hands)
I put it down to all the ex pats and Brit colonials that settled in the Cape of Goodhope in the late 18 century. You will still hear Fairport and Steeleye Span in the pubs in the southern suburbs