I've known this song for as long as I can remember - I have no idea where I first heard it. I started singing it about 3 years ago and seem to enjoy it more each time. Usually I sing it very slowly but at a session in Geelong (Victoria, Australia) after I sang someone commented that they had known it as a fairly quick and jaunty song. When sung slowly it is a great song to get a large group singing, the harmonies that evolve are often sensational.

Joe, I play it in E with the capo on the 2nd fret but leave the low E string open. The chord forms I use are in D but it sounds in E. Chords are simply a rotation through D, A, G, A. Occasionally I'll hold the chord of D and run the bass through D, C#, B, A.

A great song.