The version I did on my old cassette ON THE RIVER had not only the "Cairo" --- "rode-the-rods" differences.

So adieu to you my creole girl that I'll never see no more,
But I'll ne'er forget your kind carress in that cottage by the shore...

Yes, she was true to the guy who went to sea------but there was more to this than arms length courting happening. And more power (and a health) to them both.

A lovely story I've always though.

Art Thieme (P.S.---Go see Shakespeare In Love)