See thread 3116: Whiskey The best available answer is here; Malcolm Douglas post of 23 Dec 03, 08:42 PM with link to "The Sporting Hero," printed in Leeds and Manchester, England, 1850-1855 (Bodleian coll.).

This question has come up before; Thread 3116 has the most information on this song, which seems to have come out of the music hall.

I am posting "A Sporting Hero," although the words don't differ much from what already is available in 3116, in that thread.