Here's the tune as promised. Note the arrangement in the book omits the refrain line. I've also altered the key signature: in the book it is written as Dm (one flat) with all the Bs written with natural signs; I've given the key as the more sensible D dorian (no flats or sharps). Of course it sounds just the same.

Mick

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X: 1
T:The Tommy Note
B:Victoria's Inferno ed Jon Raven
S:text: Ballads and Broadsides by Theo Vasner, a broadside in Birmingham Library
S:melody: structured from traditional elements, Jon Raven
M:4/4
L:1/4
N:Printed with Dm key signature and all Bs naturalised in the book
N:Refrain (Fal de ridle ral) omitted in this arrangement (as in book)
K:Ddor
"^Freely"D/|D2 A A|G A D E|F G E C|D D2
w:You Boats-men and col-liers all, Come lis-ten to my dit-ty,
A|A B/B/ c A|d d A B|c d (B/A/) G|A A3|
w:I'll sing you a song be-fore it's long, It is both new_ and pret-ty;
A//A3// B c A|d d A A/B/|c2 (B{c} G)|A/A/ A3|
w:It is con-cern-ing Tom-my Shops, And the high field_ ruf-fi-an
D//D3// A A A|G A D E|F G E C|D D2-D/|]
w:He pays you with a tom-my note, You must have that or noth-ing_