The earliest extant version (1784) has 'Sally's Garden'. There were many pleasure gardens like Ranelagh, Vauxhall, Covent, Cupar's in the large cities in the 18th century and one of the main features was singing. In fact a large number of our folk songs can be traced back to these entertainments, particularly those love songs that used flowery language. Dublin, Edinburgh, London had these pleasure gardens.

The earliest versions of Rambling Boys of Pleasure c1810 didn't have this verse. It wasn't joined to the RBOP verses until about 1850.