The usual question of sources arises. The text appears mainly to be that quoted in
Journal of American Folklore VIII, 1895 (also in Linscott, Folk Songs of Old New England): Bold Dickie, "Learned [by Miss Frye] as a child from J M Watson of Clark Island, Mass[achusetts]." The usual small changes and word substitutions have been made, and the penultimate verse introduced from a fragmentary set noted by Cecil Sharp from Mrs Glover at Huish Episcopi, January 5, 1906, as The Burglar.

Both texts, with their tunes, are in Bronson III, 176-177 (No. 188: Archie O Cawfield, examples 2 and 4). The "Clark Island" text appears in Child III (494) as his example F, and was sent to him in 1889 by Mr J M Watson (see above) who had learned it from his father. Watson would be responsible for the pseudo-archaic spellings, presumably, which you reproduce.

The song appeared on broadsides; copies can be seen at  Bodleian Library Broadside Ballads as

The Bold Prisoner