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Performer: Hartland, Ray
Place Collected: Tirley
Date collected: 1978 (9 Dec)
Collector: Davies, Gwilym
Roud Number: 437

A song which is probably better known than collectors would have us believe, given its singability, joviality and the possibility of remembering it on one hearing. The song is at least 200 years old, with a Scottish version dating from 1815. It is widely sung in the USA.

Notes by Gwilym Davies 2 July 2015

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Hear the song/tune as collected (mp3 stream):

See the song/tune as collected (PDF file)
Hear the song/tune (midi file)
Version to sing (PDF file)
Hear a version to sing (midi file)
Song/tune as collected (abc file)
Version to sing (abc file)