The song is on a Saydisc CD called "Sea Songs & Shanties - Traditional English Sea Songs & Shanties from the last days of sail"

Album notes say:
" Although The Sailor's Alphabet seems the most widely reported version in England, we have found the A-Z idea used in many variations:Fisherman's and Lumberman's, and of course Army, Air Force and Rugby Club versions. On board ship it could have been used for both capstan and pumping work and, like the shanty, could be improvised with a test of ingenuity by solo sailors taking up the verses in turn."

The version on the CD is sung by a Cornish lifeboat-fisherman, Clifford Jenkins