Just came across this- a lovely song, still heard OFTEN at singing sessions in Ireland. Can confirm Steve G's comment that Tommy Armstrong set his song 'Trimdon Grange Explosion' to that tune. Armstrong wrote the words of his songs, then under the title line, gave the air.
There is a collection of his songs from 1909 which does just that-
    tune- 'Go and Leave me if you wish it'
I recorded it myself to that tune on my 'Lights on the River' CD in 2004.

The explosion was in February 1882, and his song was written soon after, to raise funds for miners' families so the 'Go and leave me' song is at least as old as that.

I have heard that what has become regarded as the 'original' tune for Armstrong's song was applied by AL Lloyd from his collection of tunes from Eastern Europe- I can only guess that it was taken up by Louis Killen & that has become regarded as the 'original' tune. Bob Davenport set it to yet another tune in the early 70s & I recorded that on a 1975 LP (gramophone record!) 'Trimdon'- complicated, isn't it!