Well, not much turned up on an earlier query to a different list.

> Looking for an 1830s folksong which has the following lines in it:

> All I want in this creation
> Is a pretty little wife and a big plantation,
> Way down yonder in the Indian Nation.
> I checked Digitrad, and the first two lines appear in a version of
> "Black-Eyed Susie." It looks to me like a floating verse type of thing, but
> does anyone on this list recall seeing the last line anywhere in a song?

Well, yes, and I even have the tune in my head. Meseems the verse was in the form 2d line (dum-dum-da-da-da-da-dum-dum-dum-dum)
refrain line 1 (dum-daaa-dum? dum-dum-dum-dum-daaa)
(repeat pattern)

the abcs might go:
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: G
|d2 d2 dd dd |e2 d2 B2 G2 |
G2 G2 GG GG |A2 G2 E2 C2 |
D2 G4 B2 |d2 d2 e2 d2 | A4 z4 |
(repeat first 2 lines)
D2 G4 B2 |A2 A2 B2 A2 | G4 z4 |]

And yes, I have the same impression, that the verse is probably found used in more songs than one. The form is consistent with variants of 'Salty Dog.' -- Happy hunting. Aloha, Lani