I see from my indexes I haven't made a detailed study of different versions, so unless someone else has already done this, I'll make a start this week. Jon, I agree the Newcastle Journal must surely be a rewrite. I am hazarding a guess that the original would have been written by a Naval officer such as Capt. James Sumaurez who wrote the Nottingham and Mars ballad, but much earlier of course. I will start with the Pitts broadside and the Gam version. Flagging up anything else earlier than 1800 would be useful.
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