Although we don't know precisely when alterations were made it is possible to see a progression of some of the elements of the song's evolution. Seamen seem to have had a hand in some of the later developments. See also the Carpenter fragments at VWML. 'All' has turned quite naturally into 'Haul' unless this a Carpenter mondegreen. BTW the Kidson version is unique to him or more likely 'her'. I think his niece Ethel probably wrote it, not liking the simple catalogue version. I haven't seen Kidson's manuscript as collected in Scarborough. As it is titled 'All for me grog' I would imagine it is little different from the common later versions.
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