A version of the tune and lyrics were included by William Chappell in his 1859 book "Popular Music of the Olden Time". Sabine Baring-Gould collected a version written in 1785, and notated another version she personally found in Lewdown, Devon in 1887, whilst Frank Kidson collected a version sung by a Benjamin Holgate of Leeds, West Yorkshire in 1891. The famous composer and folklorist Percy Grainger collected and notated a version in 1906 performed by William Roberts of Burringham, Lincolnshire, and another by Joseph Leaning of Brigg, Lincolnshire in 1908.