Nic's tune for THE LAKES OF SHILIN (one l in his spelling!) is more like The Banks of the Bann tune than the one I use (learned from Dave Burland's singing originally IIRC. I haven't bothered looking at the other sources I've got for the tune, since it's Nic's you're interested in).

I've put a transcription of the tune below (I've used the general abc ornament sign - the tilde - but it's usually an upper mordent. It's also not always clear when he slides from a note on one word to the note on the following word, something I've noted before that he sometimes does, and I haven't tried to notate that) . Nic sings it in F and at a quick listen I'd assume he plays it in E with a capo on fret 1. The arrangement isn't very complicated and if I have time this week I might try and transcribe it. (I don't usually bother; I always do my own arrangements, but it can be an interesting exercise).

Mick

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X: 1
T:The Lakes of Shilin
M:3/4
L:1/4
S:Nic Jones - The Devil To A Stranger
K:F
F/F/|F> F (F/E/)|~D C C/D/|F F> G|A2
w:Well it's ear-ly one_ morn-ing Bil-ly Hen-ry a-rose
z/C/|A A> B|(A/G/) F F|A c (c/d/)|c2
w:And straight to his com_rade's bed-chamb-er he_ goes
c/d/|d2 d/f/|~d c (A/B/)|c3/2 (F/4E/4) D|D2
w:Say-ing rise lov-ing com-rade let_ no-bo_dy know
D/E/|F> A G/F/|~D C> D|F HF (F/G/)|F2||
w:To the dark and chil-ly wat-ers a-bath-ing we'll_ go.