and O'Casey's 'Red Roses for Me' was written in 1942. so, there may some reference out there somewhere to an older song, 'Easy & Slow', or O'Casey wrote it in 1942, and Dominic Behan re wrote it in 1960 or thereabouts, same melody, chorus slightly altered and new verses. That's the most likely scenario, but almost every recording of it in the last 40 years calls it 'Traditional'.