As well as the tune given in the thread I quoted above, Roy Palmer gives another tune in his A Ballad History of England from W. Christie's Traditional Ballad Airs of Scotland, Vol 2, 1881, where it appears under the title President Parker. I have no idea if Roy Palmer had any basis for marrying the words to this tune, but they are obviously related.

Below I give the Purslow tune (posted in the other thread too) and the tune from Palmer (in 2 versions - 1st as I've modified it slightly to fit the words and 2nd as it appears in the book). I've also included the tune to Cease Your Funning from the Beggar's Opera (where it appears unnamed - see Bruce's comments in this in the other thread; it is also essentially identical to the version given in Chappell's Popular Music Of The Olden Time, where there is some discussion - and rejection - of a Welsh claim on the tune as a version of The Ash Grove) and a version of Constant Billy - Adderbury version (Copied as is from ABC Library of Morris Tunes).

The relationship of all the tunes will be fairly evident. For comparison I've transposed the Palmer version from F to G, all the tunes now appearing in that key.

Mick

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X: 1
T:Death Of Parker (1)
M:3/4
L:1/4
S:The Wanton Seed ed Purslow ex W. Rundle, St Merryn, Wadebridge, May 1905
K:G
D|G2 G|B2 B|c2 c|(d B) G|B2 G|E E C|D2 D|G3|
w:Ye Gods a-bove pro-tect the wi_dow and with pi-ty look down on me
G2 G|B2 B|c2 c|d B G|B2 G|E2 C|D2 D|G3|
w:Help me help me out of trou-ble and through this sad ca-la-mi-ty
c2 c|c2 A|B2 c|(d B) G|G G G|c2 c|(A B) c|d2
w:Par-ker was a wild young sail_or for-tune to him did prove_ un-kind
d|d B G|(G A) B|c2 A|F E D|B2 G|E2 C|(D E) F|G3||
w:Al-though he was hang_ed up for mu-ti-ny worse than him was left_ be-hind.
"^Chorus:"c2 c|c2 A|B2 c|(d B) G|G2 G|c2 c|(A B) c|d2
w:Fare-well Par-ker thou bright an_gel once thou wast old Eng_land's pride
d|d B G|(G A) B|c2 A|F E D|B2 G|E2 C|(D E) F|G3|]
w:Al-though he was hang_ed up for mu-ti-ny worse than him was left_ be-hind.


X: 2
T:The Death Of Parker (2)
T:President Parker - tune adjusted for words
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Palmer:The Ballad History of England ex Christie:Traditional Ballad Airs of Scotland 1881 as PP
K:G % transposed from F
D|G2 G B2 d|c2 c (AF)D|(G>A)G (FE)D|(D>E)F G3|
w:Ye Gods a-bove pro-tect a wi_dow and_ with pi_ty look_ on me
G2 G B2 d|c2 c (AF)D|(G>A)G (FE)D|(D>E)F G3|
w:Help O help me out of trou_ble out_ of sad_ ca-la_mi-ty
G2 B d2 e|c2 c (dB)G|e2 e d2 c|B2 c d3|
w:It was by the death of Par_ker for-tune prov'd to me un-kind
(d2 G) (GAB)|c2 c AFD|(G>A)G (FE)D|(D>E)F G2|]
w:And_ though__ hung for mu-ti-ny worse_ than he_ were left_ be-hind.

X: 3
T:The Death Of Parker(2)
T:President Parker - tune as given
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Palmer:The Ballad History of England ex Christie:Traditional Ballad Airs of Scotland 1881 as PP
K:G % transposed from F
D|G2 G B2 d|c2 c (AF)D|(G>A)G (FE)D|(D>E)F G2 "<("">)"D|
G2 G B2 d|c2 c (AF)D|(G>A)G (FE)D|(D>E)F G2 "<("">)"D|
G2 B d2 e|c2 c (dB)G|e2 e d2 c|B2 c d2 "<("">)"B|
d2 G (GA)B|c2 c AFD|(G>A)G (FE)D|(D>E)F G2|]

X: 4
T:Cease Your Funning - Air XXXVII Beggar's Opera
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Beggars Opera - (1923 Reprint of First Editions 1728-1729)
K:G
G2 d B G2|c2 A F D2|B2 G E C2|(AD)F G3|
w:Cease your Funn-ing; Force or Cunn-ing Nev-er shall my heart_ tre-pan.
G2 d B G2|c2 A F D2|B2 G E C2|(AD)F G3|
w:All these Sal-lies are but Mal-ice To sed-uce my con_stant Man
G2 g g d2|G2 e e c2|F2 d dGF| Ed^c d3|
w:Tis most cer-tain By their flirt-ing Wo-men oft_ have En_vy shown
G2 d B G2|c2 A F D2|B2 G E C2|ADF G3|]
w:Pleas'd to ru-in Oth-ers woo-ing; Ne-ver hap-py in_ their own!

% --- Following taken from the site An abc Library of Morris Tunes
%    http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/morris/music/abclib.html
%abc
X:5
T:Constant Billy
M:6/8
C:
S:Kathryn Johnston
N:
A:Adderbury
O:English
R:Jig
%P:A(AB)$^6$
P:A(AB)6
%:
%:
K:G
I:speed 300
P:A
|: D | G2   d          B<GB      | c2   A    F   D2 |\
w: *   Oh, my          Bil-ly, my cons-tant Bil-ly,
w: *   When the         fish-es fly over the moun-tains,
       B>AG             EFG       | DEF       G2    :|
w:    when will I      see_ my    Bil-ly a- gain?
w:    that's when I'll see_ my    Bil-ly a- gain.
P:B
   z | B>cd             e3       | A>Bc      d3    |\
w:    Bil-ly       a- gain!       Bil-ly a- gain!
       B>cd             e2-e      | ABc       d>ef   |
w:    When will I      see my      Bil-ly a- gain? **
       [G2g2] d         B<GB      | c2   A    F   D2 |\
w:    Oh, my          Bil-ly, my cons-tant Bil-ly,
       B>AG             EFG       | DEF       G2    ||
w:    when will I      see_ my    Bil-ly a- gain?