Ritchie- I found one slight variation - Children, don't you grieve and cry instead of Ain't no use to, and this additional verse in a book I did not note in the Southern Pines, NC Public Library a few years ago.
I got a letter from Shiloh Town
Sail away ladies, sail away.
Big Saint Louis is a-burning down.
Sail away ladies, sail away.

Otherwise all the same as the Uncle Dave lyric you cited.