A Canadian traditional song. Versions of the song were collected by folklorist Helen Creighton, first in 1933 from Ann Greenough in Petpeswick, Nova Scotia, and then from other singers. It was printed in the Penguin Book of Canadian Folk Songs and is catalogued as Roud Folk Song Index No. 384. It was recorded by Gordon Lightfoot, Stan Rogers, The Irish Rovers, Ian and Sylvia Tyson, Anne Murray and others. I first learned it from The Irish Rovers..