From Charles Bassett, Seal
Southern Weekly News, 8th September 1888
Sent by Charles Bassett to the Southern Weekly News.
I think it was in the year 1856 when a friend of mine came from Sussex to reside in this locality, and used to sing the song. It was by this means that I came to know it, so I think it may well be considered a Sussex song. I never saw it in Print, and whether the enclosed are quite the original words or not I am not prepared to say.