The source of the original material is unknown, but seems to be have been an unfinished project by someone to record traditional carols of the West Penwith area.
Carols From St Ives sung at Truro Cathedral Dec 2021 as part of the centenary celebrations of the Old Cornwall Societies.
An Culyek Hos - The Mallard, played at the Seiners Session Oct 2021
In 1904, the 'Barrier Miner' newspaper at Broken Hill in Australia reviewed 'Cornish Songs and Ditties and Other Rhymes' by Herbert Thomas. 'The whole forms a comprehensive volume of Cornish song and story and is well worth the modest sum asked for it.'
Learned from Mrs Mrs Rowse in 1983 who explained that the name 'Cock in Britches' alludes to the fact that if you do not keep the weeds down they will handicap the corn, much as a winning fighting cock might be handicapped by wearing a special hobble to even the
Neil Davey's "Chainlocker" as played by Benbow Cornish Music Session sept 2021