This is the tune I know:

MIDI file: hangjohn.mid

Timebase: 192

Name: HANGING JOHNNY
Text: By Traditional
TimeSig: 3/4 24 8
Key: G
Start
0000 1 74 110 0336 0 74 000 0048 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 71 110 0336 0 71 000 0048 1 71 110 0160 0 71 000 0032 1 69 110 0336 0 69 000 0048 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 71 110 0160 0 71 000 0032 1 74 110 0384 0 74 000 0000 1 74 110 0336 0 74 000 0048 1 79 110 0160 0 79 000 0032 1 76 110 0528 0 76 000 0048 1 76 110 0192 0 76 000 0000 1 74 110 0160 0 74 000 0032 1 71 110 0160 0 71 000 0032 1 74 110 0576 0 74 000 0000 1 74 110 0336 0 74 000 0048 1 74 110 0160 0 74 000 0032 1 76 110 0336 0 76 000 0048 1 76 110 0160 0 76 000 0032 1 74 110 0336 0 74 000 0048 1 71 110 0160 0 71 000 0032 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 67 110 0384 0 67 000 0000 1 67 110 0336 0 67 000 0048 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 71 110 0192 0 71 000 0000 1 74 110 0336 0 74 000 0048 1 69 110 0192 0 69 000 0000 1 74 110 0336 0 74 000 0048 1 67 110 0528 0 67 000
End

This program is worth the effort of learning it.

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ABC format:

X:1
T:Hanging Johnnie
M:3/4
Q:1/4=120
K:G
d4c2|B4B2|A4G2|B2d4|d4g2|e6|e2d2B2|d6|d4d2|
e4e2|d4B2|A2G4|G4A2|B2d4|A2d4|G11/2||

It was used in a BBC children's drama series in the seventies, set in 18th century England (London?). There was a blind beggar who would stroll around with a violin, which he pretended to play very unconvincingly (where are all the musical actors?!) and singing a verse or two, for no obvious reason.

Steve