Several sources on the Internet make reference to broadsides held at the Massachusetts Historical Society library, titled

CAPTAIN JAMES, WHO WAS HUNG AND GIBBETED IN ENGLAND, FOR STARVING TO DEATH HIS CABIN-BOY. (or something similar)

There are 3 versions, by 3 different printers, all printed in Boston in 1799 or 1800. All are described as starting "Come all you noble bold commanders" and consisting of 23 stanzas.

I notice that the above text, allegedly from southern Michigan, would be 23 stanzas if every couplet were counted as a separate stanza.