Correct, Martin Ryan, thank you. The link I used was to the "Hathitrust" digital library, where they have more than one copy. The copy from a university in California, is full-view; it is the Irish Folk Song Society original edition, not the later reprint.

Yesterday I went to a Barnes and Noble branch and bought a little Crosley turntable, into which headphones can be plugged. It's the basic model, does nothing but vinyl records: no cassette tapes, no compact discs, not even a radio set. The sound is not wonderful, but it does work.

Having acquired a copy of the Máire Ní Scolaí LP second-hand, I listened to the entire thing straight through. Heard all the songs I have previewed and reported on in this and other threads. And I heard, without preparation or warning, all the other songs.

I was prepared for "Caoineadh na dTri Mhuire," which got the full art-song treatment; the keening "ochone" was sung, each time, VERY soft, like a moan, and gave me goosebumps.

I was NOT prepared for "Una Bhán." Had no idea what it was about. My blood ran cold listening to it, and I thought, this is going to keep me awake in bed tonight, and I don't even know what's going on or what has happened.

So I just pulled up the Mudcat thread for the latter song: well, no wonder. This is not the Celtic twilight, this is the wee small hours past midnight, the darkest hours before dawn. All terribly romantic, of course, but WHEW.

When more research and cross-referencing has been completed, I will report back to this thread to say what edition/version of the song was chosen by the artist for her recorded performance.