Thank you, Wolfgang, I have been looking for those words for a long time. I remember hearing the Spinners sing it at the Philharmonic Hall in Liverpool when I was an impressionable teenager, and it had quite an effect on me.

So, is it traditional from Nova Scotia, or music hall? (See notes at Susanne's site, link above.) Doesn't sound music hall to me.

Do you want the dots, MMario? :0)