Very similar lyrics posted at: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/2012/poems/ballad10.html

Discography at http://miltonsweb.mse.jhu.edu:8001/research/folkindex/ look for variants under Mountaineer's Courtship, Old Grey Beard a' Waggin',Old Grey Beard Newly Shaven, Old Shoes and Leggins, / Never Wed an Old Man (=Maids when You're Young or An Old Man Came Courtin' Me, is in DT - but doesn't include the mother or the beard motifs)