Interesting Robert, in that 3 of the versions mentioned so far come from Yorkshire albeit in very different versions. Did your dad sing it in the steady way we sing it as a lullaby (waltz) or in the Pacey way they sang it in Ripon (Dave Hillery)(jig)as a house visiting song?

Spent all day today in Goole and will be there all day Saturday Singing and playing. If you live near Goole why not come along to the Waterways Museum and I'll sing it for you?

Do any other members of the family remember how the rest of your dad's version went?