t.padgett, From the Winder's of Wyresdale, edited by Andy Hornby,
"the tune was composed by Marx Augustin, an itinerant bagpiper from Vienna {i.e., Austria not Germany}, d. 1705. Popularised by singe Elisa Vetris,in 1826"
If you read the lyrics that he gives it appears to be a song written by an expat Austrian, currently resident in England. I wonder if they are the original?
I also wonder if MA pinched the tune from an earlier song.
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