Select the second image (above) and click the play button to hear verses 1 and 2 of this song.
 
This score is in three parts (Harmony 1, Tune and Harmony 2) all written on the treble clef. But Harmony 2 is suitable for male voices and you will hear that sung on the Soundslice an octave lower by a Baritone. There are four verses.
 
Probably the first example of this song in the oral tradition is the version collected in the early 1900s from butcher George Williamson of Lealholm, near Danby, Cleveland. The song can also be found in the Bodleian Library Ballad collection. Craig Morgan Robson took words from both sources to create their version of this great song.