I was wrong. Shawnee Town is on a Rum & Shrub Shantymen tape that I have.

The sleeve says that the song was wrote by Dillon Bustin, as indicated earlier in this thread, from a few fragments that he had found, though no date is given as to when. The singer himself though, from Rum & Shrub, heard it first from Jim Magean and Johnny Collins.

AVery Merry Christmas to you all

Chalkie