G'day Tunesmaith,

Getting back to the original post ... I remember, around 1964, our local magazine Singabout set The Holy Ground on one page - opposite a locally collected song Lovely Nancy, learned by a great old singer, Sally Sloane (died ~ 1984), from her Irish Grandmother Sarah Alexander. This was, essentially, a slow and melodic version of the same song ... without the "Fine girl you are!" choruses.

Probably not the song you came across ... but a parallel from the tradition.

Regards,

Bob Bolton