When I lived in London, before the accent from the north of Ireland became well known, I was occasionally taken for Scottish. I nearly said "accused of being Scottish". My remarks about the "correct" accent were not serious.

I really will have to find a copy of that "Bunch of Fives" album. I notice that on this line-up of Five Hand Reel Dick Gaughan is not present but Sam Bracken (afine singer and excellent guitartist) is there.

I've heard "The Man From God Knows Where" sung to variations of traditional airs and found myself cobbling together a tune for my own uses. And I still have reservations about putting any tune to this poem.   

I make no great claims for this melody. It is somewhat predictable and derivative but it has a couple of good points, one being that the range is one octave -convenient for a song of this length

X:1
T: The Man From God Knows Where
M: 2/4
Q:1/4=40
K:Dm
A/c/|"Dm"dd|"C"cc/c/|"Dm"dd|"Am"AA/c/|"Dm"dd|"C"e/d/c|"Dm"d2|zA/c/|
"Dm"dd|"C"cc|"Dm"dd|"Am"AA/c/|"Dm"dd|"C"ee|"F"f/g/f|"A"ef/e/|
"Dm"d/d/d|"C"ec|"Dm"d2|zf/g/|
"F"a>a|af|"C"g/a/g|gf/g/|"Dm"ad|dc/=B/|"Am"cd|AA/c/|
"Dm"dd/d/|"C"e/d/c|"Dm"d3