This is #65 in Sharp's Folk Songs
from Somerset series (the third). It is also included under #53
in the Child cannon (Young
Beichan). There are similarities between this variant and the previous
one (from Kidson), and as with the previous one, Child (1882-1898)CPB
doesn't seem to
have
this variant, although (again) #53L (vol I, pp476-477, vol II,
pp508-509) comes
close.
Sharp and Marson got the words and tune from Mr. Henry Larcombe, of
Haselbury-Plucknett.
Regarding the arrangement, I have taken the liberty of removing the piano accompaniment and only providing the air for one verse. As for the text, Sharp and Marson do not indent the second and fourth lines in each verse, so neither have I.
