At the harvest suppers, up to some twenty years ago [c 1873], while the guests were still seated at the table a labourer carrying a jug or can of beer or cider filled a horn for every two men, one each side of the table; as they drank, this old harvest song was sung, and the chorus repeated, until the man with the beer had reached the end of the long table, involving perhaps some thirty repetitions of the first verse. After this, the second verse was sung in the same manner.  The words and tune occur all over the country, and are in many collections.  The introductory symphony [shown here as additional ABC] gives the form of a chrous in a Gloucester version, sent by F Scarlett Potter Esq.