That shantey runs very close/similar (not knowin or hearing a tune to this though, who knows) to "Across the western ocean" also known by "Amelia, Where You Bound To" a older version of what was later a pumping or/and a capstan shanty "Leave Her Johnny, Leave Her".


Oh, the times were hard & the wages low
Amelia, where ya bound to
The Rocky Mountains is my home
Across the western ocean

Hugill dates this ("Amelia Where You Bound To") to probably being around the time of the Irish potato famine & sung in the Western Ocean Packets.
Windless or capstan, they're two different mechanisms & 2 different actions, which does not mean that one song can't be sung to both, but a capstan shanty is generally a verse a chorus, a verse another short chorus all followed by a grand chorus.

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Is there anything said that would date what you present?

Barry