Thomas Hampton was born at Blaisdon in Gloucestershire (baptised March 1844), and probably worked on the canals for a while. By 1870 he was living in Hereford, being married there that year. He died in 1896, still resident at Bath St. Hereford. He left a manuscript containing tunes, which is now in the possession of his great-great granddaughter, Becky Dellow, who is researching both TH and the tunes. Although the manuscript was compiled in Hereford, Becky believes some of the tunes were remembered from TH’s childhood in Gloucestershire.

Two sheet music editions of Little Brown Jug were published in the USA in 1869:
1. by J.E. Winner in Philadelphia Joseph Winner, (credited to “Eastburn”, Joseph Winner’s middle name) . See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Brown_Jug_(song)
2. by ST Gordon in New York, credited to “Betta”. See http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/catalog/levy:098.143
In 1939 Glen Miller’s arrangement as a foxtrot was issued by RCA Bluebird, B-10286-A.
note by Charles Menteith

In the linked abc file this is tune number X:33