I grew up listening to the version dc bird wrote out there. I am in Ireland too though it was my mother who sang it to me and she is English. Been trying to find it on you tube cos its the only song that will put my son to sleep and my throat is raw from singing it. My son is autistic and he is very particular about what songs he wants to hear and when.If I try other songs he just fusses about. I can sing it 30 times in a night. If I sing Sleep My Little Prince one more time I may go crazy....