You may find a broadside version (probably closer to Clifton's original song) at The Bodleian Library ballads site. Clifton's song begins, "I live at the mill, at the foot of the hill / Where the streams run rippling by."

The Clifton lyrics were also quoted in Gem of the West and Soldiers' Friend, Volume 7 (1873, p. 128). A plain-text OCR'd view is available.

If you have a tune for this, we'd appreciate getting hold of it. If you have a MIDI, send a PM to Joe Offer to arrange a transfer. If you have notated music or a sound file, PM me and I can help with a transcription to ABC/MIDI.

[There is also a song titled "You're Welcome as the Flowers in May" which was written by Dan J. Sullivan: "Last night I dreamed a sweet, sweet dream..." Entirely different beast.]