Too bad that we have multiple threads on the song and its evolution.
John Garst posted "Lady in Love" in thread 63785, 04 Mar 06, from Wehman's Collections of Songs, # 24, October 1889, p. 17.

Origins R R V Gaelic?

More and more material is being digitized; perhaps it will turn up in one of the papers that google intends to copy (They seem to intend to charge for the "service.").