There's a very fine version of the first two verses of this song on the old vinyl record High Level, (1971) by the High Level Ranters. They take it slower than Eliza Carthy on her recent Rice CD. As far as the words are concerned, having left us with the boy missing, they slightly surprisingly up the tempo to turn it into a jig. Good, though, and a very good LP. You've probably all got it re-issued on CD and know all of this