in 1969 grade 3 i remember some of this song and what i sing is a bit different to this one. guessing our teacher may have changed it to suit the era   what i remember is "in a field by a wood where a small cottage stood, i heard a farmer singing a tune and it rang in my head so I stopped and I said will you please teach me that tune. hi lo little butter cup, we'll dance until the sun comes up. so we sang and we danced and we danced and we sang and the woods and the meadows rang.