in jail. Each verse ends in the phrase "And I never want to do it again." or something similar. The song ends with a warning: Early versions Broadsides and early printed versions A tune for the song was published under the name in The Complete Collection of Irish Music by George Petrie, published in London in 1902, under the title "If All the Young Maidens were Blackbirds and Trushes" (sic). No chap book or broadside ballads have come to light containing verses from either the "Hares on the Mountain" or the "Knife in the Window". Versions collected from traditional singers The Roud Folk Song Index includes 27 versions collected from English singers. These are mainly from Southern England and East Anglia, with a single version from Yorkshire. The index lists 13 distinct versions from the United States, of which seven are of the "Crawling and Creeping" type and three seem to be of each of the other motifs. There are two Canadian versions, both of the "Knife in the Window" type. (It isn't always possible to distinguish the types of this group of songs as some versions combine elements of the "Hares on the Mountain" and "Knife in the Window" types and collectors may use the same title for all examples they collect.) Cecil Sharp collected many versions in the South of England, including one from a John Barnett of Bridgwater, Somerset in 1906 which he published in his Folk Songs From Somerset, seemingly the source of many popular recordings of the song. Dozens of traditional versions of the song have been recorded, including two versions available on the British Library Sound Archive: a Yorkshire version recorded by Steve Gardham and sung by Dorothy Bavey and a Somerset version recorded by Bob Patten and sung by Charlie Showers. Other recorded versions by traditional singers include a striking rendition of "Hares on the Mountain" by Northamptonshire singer Jeff Wesley and a version of "Knife in the Window" by Suffolk singer Harry List. Popular recordings Many revival singers have covered this song, beginning with Shirley Collins / Davey Graham in 1964, which she seemingly based on the 1906 Bridgwater version collected by Cecil Sharp and published in Folk Songs From Somerset. Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker recorded a version of this variant, as did Nashville-based rock band All Them Witches on their EP Lost and Found, and Jonny Kearney & Lucy Farrell