Mick, great, I have all the books you mentioned and, as you say, they all have the original Oswald setting with exception of Kyle’s which has a date of 1880 after the introduction. I have compared to MacColl’s 1953 book and its note for note!
I reckon MacColl got it from here, a Victorian arrangement by T.S.Gleadhill. and Archie would have had MacColl’s book, undoubtedly.
I should have checked my own library before suggesting to you the tune could be Victorian.
I have R.A.Smith’s volumes and it’s in Volume 1 , I don’t think I have Scottish Minstrel (Valuable Selection 1813) but it’s most likely to have the Oswald/Museum setting. I also have George Thomson’s volumes but the tune he used is entirely different in all aspects.
I think we’ve cracked it, Gleadhill arranged it for drawing room performance, no doubt. I’ll go and read the Kyle edition, introduction and all!
Cheers and thanks. Jim.