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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