The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #34425   Message #2728476
Posted By: Jack Campin
21-Sep-09 - 08:19 PM
Thread Name: Help: johnny cockaroo
Subject: RE: Help: johnny cockaroo
It seems to be a variant of a song which was adapted in Edinburgh to refer to the visit of George IV in 1822 (from my "Embro, Embro" pages):

The King's Arrival

So it predates the Civil War by at least 40 years (and probably decades more than that).