Thanks for the kind words, Keith and Genie.

The tune I was calling I don't want your Rolls Royce, mister is probably the one in the DT with the file-name GBDOLLAR; another tune that I think is closely related (and could be used for my text) is "Life's Railway to Heaven" (Life is like a mountain railroad) by Charles Tillman, also used with the (Wobbly?) text Miner's life is like a sailor's.

It can also be sung to "Scarlet Ribbons", though I think less effectively, and you have to tweak the syllables a bit here and there. As it stands, the main place where there may be scansion problems even with the "Cheating Game" tune is in the third stanza, where "A widowed" is sung to a triplet of notes (or whatever it's called when there are three notes with a bracket above and a "3" in the middle of the bracket). Also, the "-hu-hu" in the eighth stanza; I'm not sure how to explain it without giving sheet music or a recording.

Leland