For John in Brisbane:

"In Tarrytown" sung by Pete Seeger, and "Wild Goose Grasses" sung by the Weavers are the same song lyrically and musically-at least to my untrained ear. This is an Americanized version of the earlier British song, "The Butcher Boy", a longer and richer air. The Kingston Trio recorded a wholly different song, "When I Was Young", utilizing the basic melody of BB. There probably are other permutations of this theme and melody that others may have.

I would like to tell you I can send you the melody...I'd like to, but I can't as I don't know how to do all that neat stuff. But here are the lyrics:

In Tarrytown [Wild Goose Grasses]

In Tarrytown there did dwell
A handsome youth I loved him well.
He courted me my life my life away
And now with me he will no longer stay.

CH
Wide and deep my grave will be
With the wild goose grasses growin' over me
(repeat)

When I wore my apron low
He'd follow me through ice and snow
Now that I wear my apron high
He walks right down my street and passes by.

CH

There is an inn in Tarrytown
And there my true love sits him down
He takes another upon his knee
For she has gold and riches more than I.

Glad to help as far as I could---John