From Burl Ives' "Sing Along Songbook" c1963 Franklin Watts, Inc. (companion to 6-record album). Listed there as "Lolly Tu Dum".

"The dialogue tradition of singing which had come over from the British Isles persisted in songs that originated in the Hills or on the Frontier. Early marriages were of necessity the rule for young pioneer girls, partly because of the lack of women and partly because of the difficulty of the life they were forced to lead. Not unlike "Billy Boy" in content, with a distinctively humerous American quality, this song is from Harlan County, the famous Kentucky region where Cecil Sharpe found so many variants of British folk songs."

In "Folk Song: U.S.A., The 111 Best American Ballads", c1947 by John A. and Alan Lomax, it is "Lolly-Too-Dum". They have a similar writeup, adding a lot of comments on the times, not directly related to the song.

In both cases, the same 8 verses are printed, with the expected slight variations.

.......Tiger