Dear Marie, Maybe I'm being obvious here, but isn't that just a version of several other ballads, such as "The college Boy" or "Lang Lang a growin'". I even heard an Irish singer doing a fine version of it at the Inishowen seminar weekend in March. I believe there are several of these versions on the Topic "Voice of the People" series, certainly one by Lizzie Higgins and another by an English travelling woman. I'd go look them up but I'm at work so can't.