Quinn was great! What a wonderful, soaring melody! I urge all 'Catters to give it a listen.
Bruce: British Ballads from Maine doesn't seem to have a "False Fly" version, so it must be the one in the JAFS of 1907. I have no access to that, up here in the boonies. But I realize now that none of this has answered the original question: what are the missing words of that final verse? Frankly, I have no idea, and I don't have the Lunny recording. Maybe John Moulden can help. He seems to know the original source of that version. Give it a go, John, and earn all of our accolades!
Sandy
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