Key of D and played on a 10 3/4" banjo. Old pot with a new neck.

Arranged from a combination of two old fiddlers. The oldest one is Kentucky's George Lee Hawkins. Then a newer one from Alan Jabbour helped me to smooth it out. Also listen to Tom Harleman's version on the Tune of the Week and hear an active bumblebee who you might not want to see except safely in his stopped-up jug!

Clawhammer Banjo Version TablEdit audio capture.

Video with banjo, violin and concert piano (BHO don?t share short videos)

https://youtube.com/shorts/mjkYtpY0gic?si=C4JfqjhmplTxIsA2

This old English carol has undergone many changes. I've attempted to capture the melody as sung by Shirley Collins, an English folk singer of the 1950's.

Reference recording for the tab posted--view my tabs here.

I played my banjo along with a good fiddler in our local old time group (along with a good guitar player) and really like this tune. I've since learned to play it, up to speed, on my fiddle.