I heard this song sang last night at the Wilsons Folk Club at Wolviston - all the Wilsons were there and all sang individual songs.
Get your selves there - every Thursday !!!
Everyone has given highly illuminating soem quite academic replies - however the line ( his wife Grace / she was the cause of my disgrace ) - could this man have been have been tracked-down purposefully by the Press Gang for some perceived wrong-doing i.e. prostituting his wife ??