Lyrics: Traditional
Music: Traditional
Robert Hunter sang a couple of verses in a solo performance (with Larry Klein) on 10 October 1978:
When I was a bachelor I lived all aloneThe song dates back to the 19th century and has many variants. What Hunter sings is essentially the first two verses of the popular Burl Ives version.
And I worked at the weavers trade
And the only only thing I did that was wrong
Was to woo a fair young maid
I wooed her in the summertime
And all of the winter too
And the only only thing that I did that was wrong
Was to keep her from the foggy, foggy dew