A printed version, entitled By the Hush is in the Penguin book of Canadian Folksongs, edited by Edith Fowke. The book cites the singing of O.J. Abbott who learned from a Mrs. O'Malley in the Orttwa valey in the 1880's. The song footnotes cooment that song was not found in tradition in the US and they mention Thomas Francis Meagher as being the leader of the Irish Brigade. The version I sing I got from the singing of Paul Brady on the compilation album, the Gathering.

And to Dick Greenhaus: the first song in the same book is titled A Fenian Song check it out. Bye, paul