Re. Beachcomber's post, that makes sense, although I hadn't expected it given the relatively small number of Scots Gaelic speakers in Scotland nowadays. Also, people tend not to sing in strong English dialects.

Re. George Seto's post, thank for that.

Re. Hoot's post, lol! I envy you having been with them in their pomp, I love their singing.

I sang it in a folk club last week (including the third verse, which I've still never heard sung, so I hope my pronunciation was okay - but the audience wouldn't have known better in any case). It was the type of folk club where most people bring an instrument and accompany everyone who is singing: I don't play an instrument, but was brilliantly accompanied by an accordionist, a violinist, a pianist, and about 10 guitarists, all of whom picked it up almost instantly.

It was in a bar and restaurant: there were about 20 performers sat round a very long table, and then the non-performers were scattered around the rest of the bar drinking or eating. The person whose turn it was to sing was given a microphone so one could be heard easily. Being close to Burns night, everyone sang Scottish songs.

I managed to get everyone singing along with the chorus, even most of the non-performers, and even though this was in the south of England and it might as well have been in double dutch as far as most of them were concerned! Great fun.