Roy Harris sang this song on his 1972 album 'The Bitter & The Sweet' Topic 12TS217. In the sleeve notes A.L. LLoyd said 'Henry Clay Work(1832-84), a Chicago printer, wrote 'Marching Through Georgia', 'The Ship That Never Returned', 'Grandfather's Clock', and other immortal pieces, including 'Ring The Bell,Watchman', one of the most parodied of all 19th Century popular songs. Australian sheep-hands had their version, called 'Click Go The Shears, and British sailors turned it into a work-weary appeal for the second mate to sound the signal for the end of the watch -'Strike The Bell'. Henry Work wrote the song in 1865, so presumably the sailor version arose during the time of the changeover from sail to steam Late on anyway'. Further to this, a few years ago I heard a Salvation Army band playing the tune out in the street. I asked them the name of it.The reply was 'Ring The Bell, Watchman'. Still active!. You can't keep a good tune down.