1868 Dallas, E. S., ed. "On Shanties." _Once a Week_ 31 (1 Aug. 1868).

The anonymous author of this article mentions by name what is presumably this chanty.

...There are many more capstan shanties, which I can only mention by name, such as _Lowlands_, _Oceanida_, _Johnny's gone_, _The Black-ball Line_, and _Slapandergosheka_...

The anonymous article that follows this one,

1869        Payn, James, ed. "Sailors' Shanties and Sea Songs." _Chambers's Journal_ 4(311) (11 December 1869): 794-6.

...though it is practically entirely copied (or reworked) from the first, includes a very similar passage but ...mysteriously... omits the title of "Lowlands."

…There are many more capstan shanties, which I can only mention by name, such as Oceanida, Johnny 's Gone, The Black Ball Line, and Slapandergosheka.

The omission is significant because it was the second article, not the first, that would go on to be well-read by later writers. Well, I supposed it's not that significant; it would just mean that the next writer to mention it might think he/she was the first.