My apologies Gents! the only time I've ever heard this song performed anywhere in my 38 years on the folk scene was by Dave Farrar of Bradford.Never knew Cyril Tawney had done it as well. Also I've never ever found the words to the song in any folk publication I've read so assumed (wrongly as it turns out) that it was a song someone had written in a folky style! Once again my apologies and thanks for the information!