The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #37571   Message #1397163
Posted By: Tradsinger
02-Feb-05 - 06:14 PM
Thread Name: Origins: All Around My Hat
Subject: RE: Origins? All around my hat
At school we used to sing "Around her leg she wore a yellow garter" which I believe was a WWII version about an airman. I first heard "All around my hat" as a song in 3/4 time,before Steeleye Span recorded it so I guess Steeleye took the tune and arranged it to 4/4. They also took the words of a completely different song "Fair thee well, cold winter" to put to the tune, so theirs is a hybrid version. Not the best thing they have done, but the most remembered and requested (after Guadete).