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Roud Folk Song Index 9618. Sung in WW I, still recorded after 2000. Pustelnik ( talk) 00:22, 21 April 2008 (UTC) reply

I have restored the uncensored trad version as against the censored, toned down version derived from a recent book of poetry for children. Colin4C ( talk) 08:07, 22 March 2010 (UTC) reply

What makes you say the linked version is "censored" and that the current version is "trad"? Miremare 18:46, 22 March 2010 (UTC) reply

The melody was an adapted from "The British Grenadiers"

I can't begin to see the resemblance. Where does this come from? Flapdragon ( talk) 11:48, 22 May 2014 (UTC) reply

If it is a variation it is a distant one. Without a specific citation it should be out. Mutt Lunker ( talk) 12:44, 12 October 2015 (UTC) reply