'..'tis I!' - Vivien Leigh movie 'Village Squire'

Subject: '..'tis I!'
From: GUEST,Len Kennington
Date: 28 Aug 20 - 05:45 AM

The 1935 British film "The Village Squire" is notable for two things - it marks the debut of a very pretty young Vivien Leigh, and also features a singing Yokel, who crops up throughout the film for 'local colour' - at each appearance he is singing (loudly) something quite inaudible, except it always concludes with "..Tis I!.." or on one occasion "..with only one exception..'tis I!" - his appearances become more and more annoying as the film progresses, but that damned song has become one of those ear-worms that has bugged me for years. Does anyone know a bucolic ballad that concludes with '..'tis I..'
I'd be delighted to get this thing out of my system for ever...

Subject: Vivien Leigh - Village Squire movie
From: Joe Offer
Date: 28 Aug 20 - 06:48 PM

Not much in the Wikipedia Article on the `1935 British film, which was the screen debut of Vivien Leigh. There's a little more in the IMDb article, but nothing about the music. Not much either at https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-village-squire-v115611.

Subject: RE: '..'tis I!' - Vivien Leigh movie 'Village Squire'
From: Mr Red
Date: 31 Aug 20 - 02:54 AM

'Tis I - hymn - close but not exceptional! Written before 1915, so a possible reference. The exception may be the actor riffing on the script.
'tis the dots