Yes, according to Michael Kilgarriff's SING US ONE OF THE OLD SONGS, A Guide To Popular Song 1860-1920, it was written by the prolific English music hall composer and performer Harry Clifton (1824-1872). There is no date given for this song but all the dates that are given for his songs are between 1862 and 1870. This is an excellent reference book containing 18,000 song titles in various forms of list, and is a good starting point for finding the provenance of popular British and American songs although, being extensive (848 pages),there isn't any detail and it costs thirty five pounds