I am wanting people to be aware that there are other ways of singing it, than the way the Watersons RECORDED IT, and that I have been told by a well informed AUTHORITY, that before the Watersons recorded it, it was sung as I have described it.
   In practice, if mudcat print a version[ the watersons ].people, [particuarly from other countries],will assume it is the definitve version,when it appears it is   probably not the version sung by people from Holmfirth.
The best accompaniment to the song is a pint at the Nook.