thanks mick wolfgang&brack& thats a start now i have my thinking cap on i recall having a piece of this song on tape somewhere?? my great uncle sings about a line not much to go on but all i have now sadly we los t him todayremember he said he heard his dad sing this to him when he was very young mick may be on right track i dont know if the title is correct there is an ancestor on my uncles side that was exiled from england to anisland in atlantic ocean(no palm trees here) and then to north carolina could be this song meant something to my ancestors ill keep looking thanks dale