A song of rural seduction that is very typical of the genre. This song has not appeared in printed collections until Hugill's Shanties from the Seven Seas was published in 1961. However, in bawdier forms the song is widely known, notably among servicemen and rugby football players. It has been recorded in many southern English counties and has survived particularly well in East Anglia. It was also collected in the Missouri/Arkansas area by Vance Randolph and in other parts of the US, Canada and Australia. I learned it from Geoff DiMego at Penn State.