I was glad to see this verse (above):

    I've shipped in a Yankee clipper ship,
    Davy Crockett is her name.
    Captain Burgess he is tough, me lads,
    And the mate he's just the same.

In several sources, including Rise Up Singing, this verse ends on a glaringly non-rhyming word, which I've never liked very much.

Like Little Robyn and probably many others, I knew Dylan's "Farewell" before I ever heard the original "Leaving of Liverpool." I like Bob's verses, but I prefer singing and playing the chorus of the older song, especially for the line that contains the title.

I get the feeling, however, that that very line gives the melody an element of momentum that encourages the singer(s) to speed up the rendition, perhaps to the detriment of the song's intended meaning/feeling. In the Dylan song, "It's not the lea-ea-vin'/ that's a-grievin' me" is more readily sung in a less rowdy, more contemplative manner than the original title-line.