Ben Palmer ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>I am new to the list also.  I am an American in New Jersey.  I will quote
>some sources.  Simon and Garfunkel isn't OLD.  I have some of their records
>so I will check the jacket.  Here is a repository of OLD music here in
>America.  It is public domain and you can print it.
>
>http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/sheetmusic/about.html
>
>Good luck hunting!  I thought Paul Simon wrote the song.  Ask him!

It's an old English folksong, almost certainly written by the prolific
A N Onymous.


Deryk Barker
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