Smallpox breaks out on a ship bound from New York to Newfoundland. Only two out of eight youths return. The singer decides to look for a job on the land.Laws, NAB, D 22; Mercer: "Schooner Mary Ann"; Greenleaf, p. 317; Peacock, p. 905; Mackenzie, p. 228; Creighton, Songs and Ballads from Nova Scotia, p. 223; Creighton, Maritime, p. 195
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