OK, beating this to death here.

I found a thread on Mudcat about Irish Exile songs, of which there seem to be a number with the same or similar titles, but a wide variety of tunes.

Here's the chorus of an Irish/Australian song by the name of "The Exile's Lament"

Note the chorus:

"Lay me on the hillside with my face towards the West,
Towards that sacred island, the land that I love best.
Let a bunch of shamrocks green be planted o'er my grave.
My dying prayer is: May God bless the island of the brave!"

Compare with the chorus of "The Shanghaied Dredger:"

"Then lay me in the forepeak with my face towards Baltimore
Praying I never get shanghaied again down on the Eastern shore
Where they feed you on corn dogs and sour bellies twice a day
And you're counted a lucky dredger if you ever get your pay"

So, anybody know the tune to "The Exile's Lament" and does it match the tune to "The Shanghaied Dredger?"

Bill