Uncle Jaque, the tune to "How tedious" is the beautiful "Mer Hahn en Neue Oberkeet," by none other than Johann Sebastien Bach, also called "The Peasant Cantata" (212).
This church cantata is called "Boisterous" in the Penguin Guide to Compact Discs (a weighty compendium of the better classical cds). This may be a folk tune that Bach borrowed and embroidered, but I don't know of antecedents. A student of Bach's vocal music might have an answer.