Coming in late here, but a version of this song is to be found on SBG manuscript exL1x taken down from a tramp in North Devon (UK) in 6/8 time and changed by SBG to 4/4 time in 1894 - probably the earliest collected version of the 'George Allo(w) and the Sweepstake' story registered as a ballad in 1595? See Full English website of the EFDSS.