Hi Q, couldn't get your links to work, but they did serve to remind me that I have seen this song in print, some years ago. While the name of the book I can't recall, it was notable for the poor quality of the print. A number of the songs looked like indifferent photocopies where the note registrations were indecipherable.

In the case of the Ale Wife my memory is of the time signature changing every second bar in order to accomodate the vagaries of a rendition of a field recording.

I should add that I don't own this moderately large hard cover book.

Regards, John