Here is O J Abbott's tune. If Frank Harte's set derives from it, then it has been noticeably modified.

X:1
T:By the Hush, Me Boys
S:O J Abbott, Ontario, August 1957.
Z:Edith Fowke
B:Edith Fowke, The Penguin Book of Canadian Folk Songs, 1973, 26-27.
N:Roud 2314, Fowke TSSO 52
N:Appears on broadsides as Pat in America.
L:1/8
Q:1/4=100
M:4/4
K:D
D D|D3/2 A/ A A A2 =F A|G3/2 =F/ E D =C2 D2|
w:Oh, it's by the hush, me boys, I'm sure that's to hold your noise,
D F A A A Hd2 A|B A3 z2 (FG)|
w:And lis-ten to poor Pad-dy's nar-ra-tion. I_
A A A B A2 A F|G E E D =C2 D E|
w:was by hun-ger pressed and in po-ver-ty dis-tressed, So I
=F/ F/ F2 D E3/2 A/ A G|E D3 z4|
w:took a thought I'd leave the I-rish na-tion.
"Chorus" D2 D2 d4|A G A B =c2 z E/ E/|
w:Here's you, boys, do take my ad-vice, To A-
D D D D D F A d|B A3 z2 F G|
w:me-ri-cay I'd have you not be com-ing. There is
A/ A3/2 B B A2 A3/2 A/|G/ G/ E E D =C2 D E|
w:no-thing here but war where the mur-der-ing can-nons roar, And I
=F F E D E A A G|E4 D4|]
w:wish I was at home in dear old Er-eein.