The song also appeared on broadsides as The Sporting Hero and -perhaps a little later- as The Sporting Hero, or, Whiskey in the Bar; the tune title may be a circular reference. Examples at :

The sporting hero ("I am a sporting hero, that never yet was daunted ...") Performer: Longworth, J. Venue: Bermondsey Hotel. Printed by J. Bradley, Bradford, n.d.

Sporting hero, or, Whiskey in the bar ("I am a sporting hero, I never yet was daunted ...") Manchester & Leeds, 1850-55.