And in the notes BG states
'The words of the song are to be found in a collection of early ballad books in the BL 'The Court of Apollo'. There it has 6 vs the first 3 of which are almost verbatim ours here. It also occurs in alter collection 'The Songster's Favourite Companion' with 3 vs.' He is inclined to date it from the time of James I or Charles I.

I would disagree, it's typical of the stuff coming out of Vauxhall c1750.