In the same year, we have this:

1914        Sharp, Cecil K. 1914. _English Folk-Chanteys_. London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd.

Sharp collected it from John Short. Short ("Yankee Jack") started his deepwater career circa 1857/8 and retired from that circa 1873-75.

16. O Johnny Come to Hilo.

O a poor old man came a-riding by,
Says I : old man your horse will die.
O Johnny come to Hilo,
O poor old man.
O wake her, O shake her,
O shake that girl with the blue dress on,
O Johnny come to Hilo;
Poor old man.

This version suggests more of the influence of the "poor old man" minstrel song about the dying horse.