In January, 2005 surfer Karen Williams of Loughborough, UK wrote the following:
"All correspondence on the above lullaby may be closed, but I noticed with interest that the definitive version was from a lady in Colwyn Bay, N Wales. My grandad was from Colwyn Bay too......and he sang this to his children (incl. my father) and to us, my sister and I sing it to our children.
He was a common Williams but from an old local (Rhos-on Sea) family, not a Baxindale, Why was it so popular in Colwyn Bay?
Many thanks for your question Karen, does anybody out there know the answer? For my part, it interests me where, when, by whom and to whom this charming ditty was sung.