A version of the tune and lyrics were included by
William Chappell in his 1859 book
Popular Music of the Olden Time.
Sabine Baring-Gould collected a version written in 1785, and notated another version he personally found in
Lewdown,
Devon in 1887, whilst
Frank Kidson collected a version sung by a Benjamin Holgate of
Leeds,
West Yorkshire in 1891. The famous composer and
folklorist Percy Grainger collected and notated a version in 1906 performed by William Roberts of
Burringham,
Lincolnshire, and another by Joseph Leaning of
Brigg,
Lincolnshire in 1908. The song reached
North America, where a handful of traditional versions were found to exist. The folklorist
Alan Lomax recorded John Strachan of
Fyvie,
Aberdeenshire singing a version in 1957, which is publicly available online. Many Scottish versions had previously been recorded by
James Madison Carpenter in the 1930s. A later version was performed by
Lizzie Higgins of
Aberdeenshire in the 1970s, and is now available on the
Vaughan Williams Memorial Library website. Desmond and Shelagh Herring recorded Emily Sparkes of
Rattlesden,
Suffolk singing a version of the song in 1958, and another sung by Charlie Carver of nearby
Tostock, both of which can be heard online via the
British Library Sound Archive. ==Commercial Recordings==