This song was recorded in the UK by Rolf Harris in the '70's. He is an Australian performer who has worked over here for many years, mostly children's shows on TV.

The song rapidly became very much a "love it or hate it" thing - it entered the pop charts because the older generation loved it, while the younger thought it the height of schmaltz.

Very many ribald and even obscene variations arose, needless to say - and one was even recorded. By substituting a "bleep" at appropriate points the song became loaded with suggestion - for instance........

Two little two boys had two little (bleeps)

Each had a wooden (bleep)

Gayley they'd (bleep)

Each summer's day

(bleepers) both of course!

See what I mean??

Graeme

Graeme, you can't put stuff in angle brackets unless you want it to disappear. I replaced the angle brackets with parentheses, and inserted <br> line breaks at the end of each line
-Joe Offer-