This song was written not by Freddy McKay but by Crawford Howard. The words are printed in a book called "Great Verse to Stand Up and Tell Them" edited by Doreen McBride (Adare Press, Banbridge [Co Down])

The book is available from Ulstersongs (me) at £5.00

I will save this thread (so I have a version to alter) and post Crawford's original version later.