There are several versions of this. The Roud database lists 6. The one I know starts "When I was a young man I followed a team" which is the one in DT. It was collected by Sharp in Cambridgeshire in 1911 from William Porter. Lovely song. I passed it on to Tim Laycock, who recorded it on his CD "Fine Colours". The "Fine Colours" is what I sing and is the folk process working on the phrase "bright colours". I don't think think it's a "version" of Jim the Carter's lad, but a similar song in the same vein, like "Country Carrier".

Try this chord sequence: G D G D Em Bm Em/D Em G D G D Em Bm Em/D Em

Gwilym