The tune from Christie does belong with the song, though it appears that Palmer used a slightly different text in his Ballad History. In The Oxford Book of Sea Songs (reissued as Boxing the Compass) Palmer prints the text as given in Christie's book; this, and the tune, were noted from Jamie Coul, of Port-Gordon, Enzie, Banffshire, somewhere between 1845 and 1851. (Traditional Ballad Airs, 1881, II, 102-3).