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Cock Fled up in the Yew Tree, The

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Performer: Smith, Wiggy
Place Collected: Elmstone Hardwicke
Date collected: 11th August 1994
Collector: Davies, Gwilym
Roud Number: 230

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

Notes by Gwilym Davies