From

http://majicat.com/alun/daydo.htm

ABRAM BROWN CONTINUED

OLD ABRAM BROWN IS DEAD AND GONE YOU WON'T SEE HIM NO MORE
HE USED TO WEAR A LONG BROWN COAT THAT BUTTONED UP BEFORE

ABRAM BROWN KEEPS HIS BRITCHES ON NIGHT AND DAY
TAKES THEM DOWN ONLY WHEN THE STITCHES ARE GONE ALL THE WAY
BACK FROM THE LAND AND ABRAM'S HOME AGAIN HUNGRY AS HELL
GOOD JOB HE'S GOT A WIFE WHO CAN COOK
SHE BAKES A PIE OUT OF PIGEON AND ROOK
BUT WHAT GOES IN DOESN'T COME FROM A BOOK I'VE HEARD TELL.

ABRAM BROWN HE RIDES A TRICYCLE ONCE IN A WHILE
WHY BITE OFF MORE THAN YOU CAN CHEW
HE SAYS WITH A SMILE
OPENING TIME HE'S ON THE BOOZE DOWN THE ROAD
IT'S NOT THAT HE GETS DRUNK UNDERSTAND
HE JUST LIKES THE FEEL OF A GLASS IN HIS HAND
SO WON'T SOMEBODY HELP HIM TO STAND AND SHARE THE LOAD.

OH ABRAM, SHOW US A LEG AND TELL US ABOUT YOUR DAD 'CAUSE EVER SINCE THEY LAID HIM DOWN THE DAISIES BEEN GROWING LIKE MAD.

ABRAM BROWN HE SINGS LIKE A NIGHTINGALE AT HARVEST HOME
HOW'S HE GONNA FEED ALL THOSE KIDS WHEN THEY'RE FULLY GROWN~
ABRAM'S CAP FALLS OVER HIS EYES AS HE SCRATCHES HIS HEAD,
DOWN AT THE STONE WHERE HE SHARPENS HIS KNIFE
HE LIKES TO TALK AND THINK OF HIS LIFE
THERE'S THINGS HE WON'T EVER TELL TO HIS WIFE, SO HE TELLS ME INSTEAD

OH, ABRAM BROWN I WISH THAT YOU NEVER HAD TO DIE
I DON'T LIKE TO LOSE THE TASTE OF THE SWEET BYE AND BYE
DON'T YOU SEE THE COMBINE A'COMING IT SAYS YOU'RE TOO SLOW
SO LIGHT YOUR WAY WITH A CANDLE TO BED,
PULL YOUR NIGHT.CAP OVER YOUR HEAD.
YOU'VE SAID EVERYTHING THAT THERE IS TO BE SAID NOW IT'S TIME TO GO.

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Another site mentions it is sometimes 'Old Grimes', and says it is from a mummers 'play'. think that was on Mama Lisa's site.

"WON'T SEE HIM NO MORE": the double negative in that type of construction is used in English, but because it causes confusion, I expect the 'cleaned up" lyrics have over-ridden dialect in both England and the US. (Shakespeare on occasion used the triple negative.)

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http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/Old-Abram-Brown/4163750

That attributes the melody to Benjamin Britten in 1936.