Bert lloyd claimed in 1952[That was before Stalins deathin 1953 ]that he had collected the song,the mindset of many communists at this time was the end justifies the means.

There is a long paper from an academic here discussing Bert's tinkering with songs.

Although it concerns itself mainly with "Reynardine", there is a discussion about "Recruited Collier" is discussed over pages 3 and 4.

It might be helpful to those who wish to join in this discussion to read this first.

For those interested in where Dick's long definition about Ends and Means came from it is here.