A group called The Vipers (an English Skiffle group, contemperaries of Lonnie Donegan)have a nice version of the song. They have it on an album called "The Original Soho Skiffle Group" and sung by Wally Whyton. It was writen in the middle of the 1800's in Ireland---at least that is what I was told. It can also be found on an album called "The Fields of Athenry" done by members of the Missouri Folklore Society.