See these two earlier discussions:

My Darling Blue Haired Boy  Includes words from Horton Barker, Virginia.

Death of Willie (Bob Dyer, Australia)  Text as recorded by Bob Dyer, 1939; with one verse from the repertoire of George Maynard, Sussex.

It seems to have had a variety of titles. The Roud Folk Song Index (where it is number 1411) lists a song from Gene Autry's repertoire, My Cross Eyed Gal, under the same heading.