In the course of my research, I came across this recording made by RVW in 1909. I was amazed at the quality of the recording and the ability of the singer. I was familiar with his name and songs but I had not heard this particular recording before. I thought you might like it. You may need to scroll along to the last entry in the search results to hear him sing 'The Death of Nelson' I think melodically his tune (which seems to be a variant of Polly Vaughn) has the edge over Harry Cox's tune, but that's just my opinion. See what you think.
Remember to scroll to the right until the very last entry.

https://www.vwml.org/search?q=RN1552&hasmedia=1&is=1