Here's a US version, sung by Mrs. Carrie Ford, Black Mountain, NC, 19 Sept 1916, titled "The Shoemaker" and to be found in Vol 1 of Sharp's "English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians" at p. 75: I am a shoemaker by my trade I'll work in rainy weather. Besides, two pairs I've made today Of a side and a half of leather. Whack de loo de dum Wack de loo de doody Whack de loo de dum Kate, you are my darling. Go hand me down my pegging awl, I stuck it right up yonder. Go hand me down my pegging awl, To peg and sew my leather. I have lost my shoemaker's wax And where do you think I'll find it? Oh, ain't that enough to break my heart, O right here, Kate, I've found it. Perhaps some tune-reader (a skill I don't possess) will tell us whether the given tune is close to Bernard's. Jon Bartlett
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