1951        Doerflinger, William Main. _Shantymen and Shantyboys: Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman_. Macmillan: New York.

This was collected from William Laurie, born 1862 in Greenock, Scotland. Went to sea circa 1876.

Doerflinger recorded him in 1940 where he had settled at Sailors’ Snug Harbor, NY. Just one verse and chorus.

South Australia

Oh, in South Australia where I was born,
Heave away, haul away!
In South Australia ‘round Cape Horn,
I’m bound for South Australia!
Heave away, you ruler king,
Heave away, haul away!
Heave a way, don’t you hear me sing?
We’re bound for South Australia!

The notable things about the music are:

1) Again, the emphasis goes "heave a-WAY".
2) As in Hatfield's version ('you're a LANky'), the rhythmic emphasis in the analogous spot goes "you ru-LER king." This, I think, lends credence to my idea that the "lanky" bit was a mondegreen.
[Compare contemporary verion's emphasis, "You RU-ler king".]

I presume the actual recording of this is in the Library of Congress somewhere? Or is it one of Doerflinger's recordings that got destroyed? Anybody heard it?