I can add some detail to the chain of transmission story.

John Mayberry learned the song from me when we were both at Pinewoods. I think this was when I was on crew in either 1990 or 1991. My singing was quite hit and miss; John caught me on a good day. At that time, I'd forgotten who I'd learned it from. I'd already spent a few years bewildered about how I knew this song. I later confirmed with Jeff Warner that he'd taught it at a Pinewoods family week that I attended as a kid the 1970s.

I learned the chorus as "Shove around the grog me boys, chorus around the room, for we're the boys who fear no noise although we're far from home". The "boys who fear no noise" line still resonates most.

As already noted, John changed it from grog to jug and added the two excellent new verses. Somewhere I've got a copy of a cassette John put out that might clear up the dates.

-- Michael Shewmaker