There is something about this tune, like the french tune when I lived in the house of my father (Quand j'etais chez mon pere), that just fits a bunch of words. When recording my first CD, (of four now for all you looking for secret santa gifts... ;-) ) I had written the song mentioned in the early post about this, the song about the Underground Railroad... however, becoming distracted by a fire next door, I returned to the studio and sat down and sang my song about the Abanaki Indians coming to the Quaker Settlement at Easton, (The ballad of Ruth Folger) during the revolution, to the tune of Star of the county down by accident. Listened to it, very pleased with the recording, then realized I had used the wrong tune! So, somewhere in the dusty recesses of my computer is another song to this tune.
As to the Toome Eal Fisheries, great song. I was asked to update it by friends who are fishers in Ardbo, and it my new version (not to the tune of Star of the County down) is in the mudcat memory here, under Fishers of Ardbo, or Toome Eal Fishers or something,
Cheers to all
Larry