This here version might be of some interest. I heard Dee Hicks of Tenchtown, Tenn., sing it in 1977. He said he learned it from his father - I'd guess around 1915.

                There was a hunter in the green
                Dillum down dillum
                There was a hunter in the green
                Kummy koo kwan
                He spiexd a lady up a tree