I do the song, with a few minor word changes from above. I learned it from Betty & Norman McDonald who live in Slimbridge,GLO, England, but are from the north originally. (They've also recorded it on one of their tapes.) There's also a recording from the '60s by the High Level Ranters that's a bit different. I think it has an extra line in the verse and verses are put together in a different way. Great concertina song, though! My husband, Tom Hall, learned it from the High Level Ranter version and I learned it from the McDonald's, so it took a while to get the accompaniment straight (follow the singer, dammit!)

Linn the Bat Goddess