So far as I can see, every single instance of 'Penshaw' (which is in the North of England!) in the context of this song has been copied from the DT file, usually without acknowledgement. The reference to Borderlands is puzzling unless you run a search for it; it then becomes apparent that 'DC' posted several sets of words transcribed from a record of that name made by Chris Caswell and Danny Carnahan in 1982. Whether they sang 'Penshaw' or 'Bansha' I wouldn't know, but I strongly suspect the latter. Such information as can be found on the web suggests that they made up their own tune for the song, which might explain why the DT midi bears no resemblance to the usual melody.

Another example, I fear, of the DT's increasingly important role as the world's single greatest source of error and misinformation on the subject of folk music. Roll on the day when the database is finally converted into a non-obsolete format that can be updated and corrected as things come up, instead of (if at all) several years too late.

See also the brief thread This is a long shot...haggedeedee let go of me for some comment on the chorus sometimes attached to the song.