Hello,

Well, I've just found the words to this song, many years after this thread was posted! And what a rollocking good 'un it is. Worth singing at any good folk gathering that provides a lusty chorus! I'm just short of the exact melody of the third line of the verse so don't know if anyone here has got the music to it.

Ronnie Barker tended to write parodies of songs - but it's difficult to trace the original of this song, so maybe he wrote the tune as well. What a clever and funny man!

Regards
Penny