I don't have the notes here at the office, but it's also been recorded on Folk Legacy's "Joe Hickerson with a Gathering of Friends" LP(now available as a cassette C-39 in the F-L catalog) Joe leads the song with Ginny Dildine and Lynn Hickerson singing too. I called Joe to ask what he knew. He says he learned the song from the Penguin Book of English Folk Songs, which contains very little info. on its origins. Maybe somebody who has a Penguin Book handy can add whatever song notes there are to this thread.