Here's what I think the Anthony Newley version is. (As Fox Mulder is probably saying - X-Files Movie on TV in UK now - the tunes are out there!).

(An honest mind... - I took from Malcolm's post from B-G in one of the other threads - it sounds like And bananas fine but these are rare!, but I think the original is more likely here).

Mick

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STRAWBERRY FAIR
(Trad/Nollie Clapton=Anthony Newley)

Strawberries! Ripe strawberries!

As I was going to Strawberry Fair,
Singing, singing buttercups and daisies
I met a maiden selling her wares
Fol-the-dee
Her eyes were blue and she was fair
She rode on a donkey to Strawberry Fair
Ri-fol, Ri-fol, Tol-de-riddle-i-do
Ri-fol, Ri-fol, Tol-de-riddle-dee

Would you like to pick from my basket, she said
Singing, singing buttercups and daisies
My cherries ripe and my roses are red
Fol-de-dee
You can take a handful, I don't care
As I go on to Strawberry Fair
Ri-fol, Ri-fol, Tol-de-riddle-i-do
Ri-fol, Ri-fol, Tol-de-riddle-dee

So I said to this bird:
Your're cherries soon will go mouldy and bad
Singing, singing, buttercups and whatsits
Your roses wither and look all sad
Fol-de-dee
Now it's not to buy such perishing ware
That I am slogging it to Strawberry Fair
Ri-fol, Ri-fol, Don't forget an earful
Ri-fol, Ri-fol, Tol-de-riddle-dee

I told it straight:
I wanna girl with a generous heart
Singing, singing, buttercups and oojahs
Without a tongue that is wicked or smart
Fol-de-dee
And and honest mind but these are rare
I'd had a-more fun than at this crummy old fair
Ri-fol, Ri-fol, Tol-de-riddle-i-do
Ri-fol, Ri- well you know the rest, don't you?

So I put her straight:
Now in return for these virtues I swear
Knees-up, knees-up, come and have a knees-up
I'll give you a ring for your finger my dear
Fol-the-dee
So make me your partner and give me a share
In church today at Strawberry Fair
Ri-fol, Ri-fol, Tol-de-riddle-i-do
Ri-fol, Ri-fol__

Source: Anthony Newley