It is from a song that I heard many years ago but I cannot remember more than this and it continues to haunt me. It goes something like

"...the bontiro, the bontiro, the lovely blue-eyed bontiro..."

As I remember it was from a Scotch or Irish song related to the sea. There was an ambiguity between a ship and a girl which that word bontiro (however it may be properly spelled) referred to. In any case I would really like to learn more about the song that it comes from if for no other reason than to resolve this thing that floats through my head. Thanks for any help.

Harvey Fishman (fishman@panix.com)