OK, no takers ... so.

The song I was thinking about was A. E Housman's "Grenadier" from Last Poems which is usually called Thirteen Pence a Day.

It's here in the forum.

There's another song, also in the forum, called Thirteen Pence a Day, though I'm not familiar with it.

Some comments when I get back to my notes next week.

;-)
Ian