G'day,
From the Penguin Book Of English Folk Songs, Ed Pellow's submission of the tune of The Banks Of Green Willow (Child #24) can be found here.


THE BANKS OF GREEN WILLOW

Go and get your father's good will,
And get your mother's money,
And sail right o'er the ocean
Along with young Johnny.

She had not been a-sailing
Been sailing many days, O,
Before she want some woman's help
And could not get any.

Oh, fetch me a silk napkin
To tie her head up easy,
And I'll throw her overboard
Both she and her baby.

Oh, they fetched him a napkin
And bound her head so easy,
And overboard he threw his love,
Both she and her baby.

See how my love do tumble,
See how my love do taver,
See how my love do try to swim,
That makes my heart quaver.

Oh, make my love a coffin
Of the gold that shines yellow,
And she shall be buried
By the banks of green willow.


The DT has a different version here.

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Cheers,
Alan ^^