To answer the Sandman's enquiry; Come, come, my lads, and listen here/Cod banging

One verse of it was collected in Harwich, Essex, from collector Charles Benham by Vaughan Williams in April 1904. One verse was also collected from his nephew Hervey Benham, who said, "This song was popular in East Anglia and was sung on arrival with a full ship at Harwich." The EFDSS published it in 2018 with additional verses from Bob Hart of Suffolk.

It has been collected in more recent times in Suffolk from singer Bob Hart. A.L.Lloyd noted; In Bob Hart's version, a stanza - the one about the 'big barque ship' - has wandered in from 'The Dolphin'. And - to my ears at least - the final comic verse hardly sounds traditional.

In his notes to Bob Hart's 1973 LP, Bert Lloyd confirms its rarity, adding that Sam Larner of Norfolk knew a bit of it as The Smacksman's Life.