OH, I'M AS HAPPY AS A YOUNG SPRING CHICKEN at The Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music.

In the DT and Forum:

VILLIKINS AND HIS DINAH With tune.

Dinah and Villikins Two-and-a-half texts, one with suggested guitar chords. Some discussion.

There are a number of broadside examples of the song on which Vilikins was based at Bodleian Library Broadside Ballads, including:

William and Dinah Printed between 1819 and 1844 by J. Pitts, Toy & Marble Warehouse 6, Great St. Andrew Street, Seven Dials.

William and Diana Printed between 1789 and 1820 by G. Thompson of Liverpool.

Entry at the Traditional Ballad Index:

Vilikens and his Dinah (William and Dinah) [Laws M31A/B]

There are also, of course, many examples of Vilikins itself at the Bodleian, together with sequels and other songs to the tune. I see no connection to Maria Marten.

Malcolm