Note: Recorded in November 1950 by Peter Kennedy in Sidbury, Devon, for the BBC's Village Barn Dance program. Palmer introduces the song by explaining how he learned this "cumulative nonsense song" from his uncle, a carter.
About the session: This session is comprised of songs Lomax dubbed from Peter Kennedy for possible use on the English volume of the World Library of Folk and Primitive Music.
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