I found a CD called Classic Irish Love Songs that has the Black Family singing "The Ploughboy Lads. Beautiful melody but I've been unable to make out all of the words.

I looked in the DigiTrad data base and didn't find it and I was just preparing to start a new thread asking for the lyrics. Then I searched the threads and found just what I was looking for right here. Many thanks, Malcolm, for posting both versions. It renews my belief that if you can't find anything about a song at the Mudcat Cafe, it doesn't exist!