I was brought up in Oldham, where we used to sing Joe Offer's version when we were kids, with a rather brutal addition at the end:-

Guy, guy, guy, poke him in the eye
Tie him to a lamp-post and let him die

I remember later having a discussion with Harry Boardman about his Failsworth version, which he had collected from local children. He had heard the Oldham version that I sang.

There's a bit of local rivalry between Oldham and Failsworth, even though they're only a couple of miles apart. I was brought up in Oldham, and moved to Failsworth when we first got married. In the local pub, they called me a "yonner", meaning I came from "up yon"!