I'm not sure if this belongs on this thread or on the all around my hat thread, but its obviously related to both - maybe even a missing link. An Irish Republican song called the tri-coloured ribbon O. What I remember from learning it as a child is :

I had a true love, if ever a girl had one,
I had a true love a fine man was he,
And one fine gallant morning with his loyal comrades,
He started away for to make Ireland Free

Chorus

All around my hat I wear a tri-coloured ribbon-O
All Around my hat until death comes to me,
And if anyone should ask me just why I do wear it,
Its all for my true love, (who's far far at sea ??)

The air is very similar to the one Steel-eye span used for All around my hat (without the rocky bits!)