Thanks for re-opening this.

I was struck by the resemblance of the funeral details to those of Queen Jane (in DT) and even more so in the version recorded by Bell.

I have to admit to knowing both the Grantham and Bedford versions of "Six Dukes", though I've never heard the Grafton one. I must own up to preferring the Bedford one, simply because Woburn Abbey is only about 15 miles from where I live. I suspect that's why songs like this take on local colouring, though.

It also looks as if there was a nice set of floating verses for aristocratic funerals also. Does anyone know any more examples of these turning up elsewhere?

Cheers!
Ian