Back to an old thread, to remark that nobody has seen fit above to specify the origin of the tune to which these words are sung. Mr Aytoun & Sir T Martin* must surely have set their lyrics to an older tune. Sounds to me as if it might have been a pipe tune -- a reel?. Anyone have a title for it?

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*"Bon Gaultier was a nom de plume assumed by the writers William Edmonstoune Aytoun and Sir Theodore Martin.
The humorous Bon Gaultier Ballads remained popular for a long time; originally contributed to a magazine, they appeared in book form in 1845." Wikipedia