Here's the abc for the version collected by RVW.

Mick

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X:1
T:The Captain's Apprentice
S:R.V.W from Mr. James Carter, King's Lynn
B:Bushes And Briars - Folk Songs Collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams
L:1/8
M:3/4
K:BAeo
E2|FF B,2 FF|[M:4/4]"^(a)"EFDB, A,B, z
w:One day this poor boy to me was bound ap-pren-tice
B,|[M:3/4] DF (A>F) BA|F(A/E/) F z
w:Be-cause of his_ be-ing fa-ther_less
|: B,|DF (3:2A2 B2 c2|(3:2:3 (BA)>E AB z
w:I took him out of St. Jame_s' Work-house
F|"^(b)"EF A,2 B,B,|CD B,3 :|
w:His mo-ther be-ing in deep dis-tress.
"^Var.(a)"EB, A,B, z B,||"^(b)"EF A,2 B,B,|CE/D/ B,2||"^or"EF A,2 B,C|DC B,2||