I've been revisiting this song and now it runs like this (copy and paste into WORD/TIMES/12 to line up chords):

By Cicely Fox Smith
From WINGS OF THE MORNING, edited by Cicely Fox Smith, published by Elkin Mathews, London, UK, © 1904, pp. 40-41.
Adapted by Charlie Ipcar, 8/8/09
Tune: inspired by "Whiskey Johnny-O"
Key: D (2/C)

London Pool-2

C'----C----C'--------------F'--------C'
Now Lon-don Pool's in London town,
C-----C'-------C--G-------C
Whis-key for me Johnny-O!
---------C'-------------F'-------C'
Where the tall ships anchor down –
C-----C'-------C----G-------C
Whis-key for me Johnny-O!
C"----------C'--F'
Oh to haul the anchor chain,
C'--------C-----C'--C
Heave-a-pawl and heave a-gain,
C"------------C'-----F'
Hear the cap-stan's old re-frain –
C'------------C----C'--C
Down from Lon-don Pool, O!


Now London Pool's a crowded place,
Whiskey for me Johnny-O!
Ships with crews of every race –
Whiskey for me Johnny-O!
Oh to loose the tops'ls free,
Sheet 'er home so cheer-i-ly,
Free-and-by to the open sea –
Down from London Pool, O!

Now London Pool's a stirring sight,
Whiskey for me Johnny-O!
Work all day and roar all night –
Whiskey for me Johnny-O!
Oh to shake our heels and go,
Where the Channel winds do blow,
Hail the lights of long ago –
Down from London Pool, O!

I'm using single and double quotation marks to indicate higher versions of the same chord.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble