I've only ever heard 2 people sing "McShane" - Eddie Furey, and also Bill Leiper, living in Aberdeen in the 1970s, who almost certainly got it from Eddie Furey.
With only a few minor changes to above, here's what I'm hearing Eddie Furey singing : McSHANE 1. My name is McShane from the plains of Kildare A farmer I was 'til the last year 'Til I took a notion of higher promotion Went over to England the harvest to share Chorus: Rum Toora La, Rum Toora Laddie, Rum Toora La, Mush- a-rum Toora Lay 2. I parted with Molly so blythe and so jolly Picked up a stick for a staff in me hand And to keep meself cheery for fear I got weary I sang "Paddywhack" as I went on me way. 3. I landed at Dumbarton on a fine summer's evening Me bundle and staff I held them in me hands There were some of them laughing and some of them chaffin' More of them trying to stick Paddy away. 4. I went in to a woman to ask her for lodgings She said "Me young man, now don't look so dull For I will tell you where you will get lodgings With a woman that lives next door to "The Black Bull". 5. So I went to this woman and asked her for lodgings She instantly showed me to a bed in the room And I being so tired, and worn out from walking, I threw meself down in me bed in the room. 6. But a lump of a tinker lay up in the corner He swore 'pon his soul sure he'd kill all was there Says I "Me bold tinker, give over your braggin' I'm bold McShane from the plains of Kildare!" 7. But he tried for to hit me a punch in the stomach I instantly fetched him a one in the throat And he tumbled heels over his head in the corner Cut all his head in an old rusty pot. 8. He lay on the floor, like a sheep he was bleedin' I swore 'pon my soul sure I'd cut off his life But I lifted him up and sent down for a noggin Me and the tinker we ended the strife. 9. My name is McShane from the plains of Kildare A farmer I was until the last year Till I took a notion of higher promotion Went over to England the harvest to share.
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