I put an extraneous "a" in verse 1 line 6, by the way. Here is the tune in abc format:: X:1
T:Bill Bones' Hornpipe
C:Tune trad. German, words Alfred H. Body.
B:Singing Together, BBC, Spring 1964.
L:1/8
Q:1/4=120
M:2/2
K:F
FG|A2 F2 F2 GA|B2 G2 G2 cB|
w:On the har-bour wall, in a sail-or hat, Is an
A2 F2 F2 EF|(GF) (ED) C2 FG|
w:old, old man with an old_ grey_ cat; And he
A2 F2 F2 GA|B2 G2 G2 cB|A2 F2 G2 E2|
w:dreams all day of the time he twirled In a sail-or's horn-pipe
F2 F2 F2 AB|cc cc c2 _ee|d2 B2 B2 Bc|
w:round the world. It was man-y a_ wea-ry year a-go When he
d2 d2 d2 f2|e2 c2 c2 FG|A2 F2 F2 GA|
w:start-ed off on nim-ble toe, For to win the prize of a
B2 G2 G2 cB|A2 F2 G2 E2|F6|]
w:sil-ver pound, If he'd dance the world a-round.
And here (temporarily) is a midi: