Very comprehensive and valuable, John.

Bear in mind too that verses of "Sally Brown" were frequently sung also to the tune and pattern of "Shenandoah."

The connection may have been helped by the vague sound similarity between the two names and the presence of a "daughter" in both songs.

John Masefield, author of the beloved "Sea Fever"and much more, trained as a cadet on the school-ship Conway in the early '90s. Chances are he learned "Sally Brown" at that time. AFAIK, he made only two voyages as a sailor: Liverpool to Iquique in 1894 and London to New York the following year. (He came back to England from Chile as a passenger.)