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[–] 7 points 9 months ago

You're talking about "common metre", and it also includes Amazing Grace, the Gilligan's Island theme, House of the Rising Sun, Casey at the Bat, and the Lay of Nimrodel among many others.

You can swap any of the tunes and lyrics and they more or less work. One of my favorite music trivia things.

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