Archie Fisher has a different lyric on his 'Will Ye Gang Love' album, closer to 'Hares on the Mountain' which may be found in the DT.

Also see Randolph/Legman 'Blow the Candle Out'. #236 'Roll Your Leg Over' gives dozens of offerings like:

If all the young ladies were bells in the tower
And I were a sexton, I'd bang on the hour

See also Utah Phillips' use of the idea in his 'Rock, Salt and Nails' which is in the DT.

--Stewie.