Take a look at this recording:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFpC3cMmzJA

Notes: "The Snowball Tree" was written by Patrick James (Pat) Maher of Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland and recorded by Ben Weatherby from St. John New Brunswick in 1973. (Ben Weatherby had a television show in Newfoundland for six years)"

Also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWf2P_pV2pY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Hl0kQpoEuo

Here's the obituary for a Patrick Maher of Grand Falls-Windsor:
https://www.hoskinsfuneralhomes.ca/obituaries/Patrick-Maher?obId=27443892