I think there were words in Irish and that it was called An Leanbh Sí or An Leana Sí. Seamus Ennis had the tune under the Irish name. Whether Lover wrote ab initio or was actually translating or transliterating would require examination of both texts. And it would probably be a fruitless task - the most that could be decided is which version was the chicken and which was the egg.

I am still interested in any fragments of it that people might have in Irish.

As to the music of it (not he AnachCuain version), does anyone else hear a line of Dónall Óg as the third line?