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Cock Fled up in the Yew Tree, The

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Place Collected: Cinderford
Date collected: 1994 (14 Jul)
Collector: Palmer, Roy
Roud Number: 230

This ditty is not well-known ‘Figgy Pudding’ version, which appears to come from the West Country, but a local Gloucestershire variant.  The song was usually sung by children when carol singing.

Notes by Gwilym Davies