Jim-

Verse No. 3 is fascinating to me because of the line:

"Did you eber see the wild goose, sailing on de ocean,"

which is identical to the first line in the "Wild Goose Shanty" which has little to do with the rest of the lines but was probably the starting point for the shanty. It's not unusual that minstrel type verses were brought aboard ship and incorporated into shanties.This seems to be another case in point.

The "Wild Goose Shanty" can be found in the DT under "Wild Goose (Ranzo)."

Cheerily,
Charley Noble