Here's the version from The Wanton Seed. I noticed the title in the ms the title is given as The Bunch of Watercress rather than Watercresses as printed in The Wanton Seed.

Mick

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X:1
T:Watercresses
T:The Bunch of Watercress
B:The Wanton Seed
S:Collected by Gardiner from George Lovett, Winchester, Hants, Aug 1906
N:The ms has the title as The Bunch of Watercress
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Bb
F|B2 B B2 c|B3 D2 E|F2 G F2 D|B,3-B,2
w:I am a jol-ly far-mer, from Bed-ford-shire I came,_
D|E2 D E2 F|G2 A B2 d|c2 A A2 G|F3-F2
w:To see some friends at Cam-ber-well, and Mor-gan is my name._
B/c/|d2 d e2 e|c2 A B2 B|B2 c d2 F|(E3 D2)
w:At a dair-y farm, near Dun-sta-ble, I live when I'm at home,_
B,|E2 F G2 A|B2 B D2 D|F2 B B2 A|B3-B2
w:And if I gets safe back a-gain, from there I'll nev-er roam._
F|B2 B B2 c|B3 D2 E|F2 G F2 D|B,3-B,2
w:But if you'll pay at-ten-tion. I'll tell with-out de-lay,_
D/D/|E2 D E2 F|G2 A B2 d|c2 A A2 G|F3-F2
w:How a bux-om lit-tle dam-sel my af-fect-ions led a-stray,_
(B/c/)|d2 d e2 e|c2 A B2 B|B2 c d2 F|E3
w:She_ prom-ised for to mar-ry me all on the first of May,
D2 C|B,2 C D2 E|F2 B d2 B|c6|B3-Bz |]
w:And she left me with a bunch of wat-er-cress-es._