This "traditional Scottish folk song," while based on earlier material, in fact is first attested in Northern Ireland in 1957. It was recorded by the McPeake Family then, and Francis McPeake probably wrote it mostly sometime in the 1930s. It was very popular in the folk revival of the 1960s, with people such as Joan Baez, the Byrds, and Judy Collins recording it, but the Scots (and Irish) seem to sing it best.
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