"From the North" is from the Cicely Fox Smith book "Lancashire Hunting Songs and Other Moorland Lays" published in Manchester in 1909 by J E Cornish, Ltd. 16 St Ann's Square. A small, app 5X7 red bound book. I have a copy in my hand right now.
I too have put these same words to song a few years ago, I must check out the Gary Aspey version. Maybe that's why the tune came so easily to me?
Great work Sky Sailor, I have Mike's book, although not in hand. I would never even dreamed of putting in the effort to transcribe both words and abc's to it or any other book that size.
JohnB