Its so comforting to know that I'm not the only person with this facinating song swimming around in my head. As with most of the correspondents, I remember my mother 1915-2001 singing it to me when i was very small. All these mysterious names places and references have been stuck in my subconscious for many many years only to shoot out of my mouth unexpectedly whilst dring.It was imperative to find out the proper words, which your superb thread has done many times over. Thank you!