Reportedly sung by George Mount, Cheriton.
This song is known by various titles, including ‘Green Grow the Rushes, O’, ‘The Twelve Apostles’, ‘The Dilly Song’, and ‘The Ten Commandments’. Collectors such as Sharp and Baring-Gould found the song in England and North America, and a version from Dorset was included in Lucy Broadwood’s English County Songs (1893). She gave a set of words as printed in the Eton College Rifle Volunteer Corps’ publication Camp choruses, and the song continues to be included in Scout campfire song books today.
See Lucy Broadwood and J.A. Fuller Maitland, English County Songs, pp154-159, https://archive.org/details/englishcountyson00broa/page/154/mode/2up
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