This is interesting.
The version I sing, which I got from the singing of Gordon Hall from Sussex (it's on his CD Good Things Enough), is not all that different from the one you have here. But it was I understand authored by Edward Marshall & Carlo Minasi, circa 1881. I'd never previously come across a Harry Clifton rendition, although I can see the stylistic resemblance to his slightly moralistic stance! I wonder, which is the authentic - or original - version?