Richard, very nice singing!

And thanks for bringing to our attention the near identity of Hugill's and MacColl's versions, both text and tune.

As far as I know, MacColl never gave a source for that version. It seems likely then that he got it from Hugill - in the mid '50s, years before Hugill's "Shanties" was published, but not long before he and Lloyd recorded the song.

Doesn't that increase the likelihood that Lloyd and MacColl also got "Blood-Red [sic] Roses" from Hugill, rather than the other way around?