"The only one of those I know is "Tom Dooley", and the only version of it I've ever heard was by Lonnie Donegan, whose accent was mostly Liverpool I think"

Lonnie's accent was mostly London. He was a Glaswegian by birth, but his family moved to the East End of London when he was two or three years old. He did spend some time in Cheshire when he was evacuated during WW2. But he spoke with a definite London accent.