Susan-Marie, I would regard this tune as 3/4, and I have attached an ABC notation of it below (from Richard Robinson's Tunebook). I see that another author regards it as 6/8. As for the 4/4 transcroption, being a newcomer to using a piano keyboard to input tunes, I could see how easily this could happen. Perhaps Lesley might comment on this, being a very accomplished MIDI sequencer.

Regards
John

PS Tried to send you a MIDI version as well but my normally reliable ABC to MIDI conversion program bombed on me (ABCMUS1.1)

X:63
T:GIVE ME YOUR HAND
R:Other
O:Ireland
N:R.D.o'C said to have been born c. 1550
M:3/4
C:Ruari Dall O'Cathain
K:G
D|EGG G2D|EGG G2D|EGG GAB|Bed B2A/G/|AAe/d/ BBd/B/|A>BA/G/ E2D| EGG G2D|EGG G2D|EGG GAB|D>BA/B/ G2D| EGG GAB|Bed B2d/B/|AAe/d/ BBd/B/|A2B/d/ e2d/B/| dde g2e/d/|eeg a2g/e/|ggd/e/ ggd/e/|gga b3| bbb b2a/g/|aa/b/a/g/ e2g/f/|eeg/e/ ddg/d/|BBd/B/A2B/A/| GBd =f2e/d/|eeg e2d/B/|ddg/e/ B2d/B/|AA/c/B/A/ G2||