Strollin' Johnny...Yeah that's what I thought too until some Irish woman set me straight, and who am I (a Canadian) to correct an honest-to-goodness Irish woman about the songs she sings..."I learned it in Irland so it must be Irish!" Geez! I think we both might be right for all it matters, but picky is what we do best around here.
Malcolm...Peggy Canadian? Didn't know that, and I bet my fellow celtoid band mates didn't either. Thanks.
I should check my sources better...and so should that damnable source Soodlums which put such tunes in their "Irish" collections to confuse us provincials, I've noticed.