I always thought the Steeleye version was weird because of the manner of collation; in the chorus the narrator promises to be faithful to her lover, and in the verses she vows to dump him. Maddy had no good explanation for this when I interviewed her about it a few years back!

The patriotic "ribbon" versions of this song exist in several forms. One of them features a "tri-coloured ribbon." I once heard a French woman sing the song, attracted by the tricolour reference. Unfortunately she pronounced it as "a tree-coloured rye bun" which was more laughable than anything else...