On second thought, it's very likely the melded several songs and stories from the area. As mentioned above, the quote about collard greens was popular in the area, and the history of the Chrissie Wright has been discussed as well. There was a popular Harkers Island song said to have been written by a Ralph Sanders and popularized by local fiddler Ivey Scott called "The Booze Yacht" -- it can be heard on a Folkways album (Between The Sound And The Sea) about a ship supposedly named Fortune running ashore while blockade running. The drivers threw the booze overboard to help reduce weight. Mary and Grayden Paul go into great detail about the event and I can post it if there is interest, but the lyrics match exactly the Jule Garrish recording on Folkways. They noted "There may have been more verses... but the following are all I have been able to find."