Very possibly, Dave. But all these somewhat scornful put-downs of the OP above, with their alternative suggestions, are nevertheless set at nought by the fact that a version with his precise words is there ~~ in print ~~ in an authenticated collection-from-tradition. However mistaken the source-singer might have been in reproducing her source, the fact remains that that is what she sang, and is clearly the version that the OP remembers.

And, anyhow, what exactly do you mean about a version of a traditional song being "inherently wrong"? What is "inherently right" in any traditionally-transmitted artefact?

~M~