Arranged by David Dye.
A traditional English language folk song, listed as 2439 in the Roud Folk Song Index.
The popular version originates in North East England.
An early source for the lyrivs, Joseph Robson's "Songs of the bards of the Tyne", published 1849, can be found on thr Farne archive. In Farne's notes to the song, it is stated that the lyrics were written by William Watson in about 1826.