I heard this lovely song (well, just the first verse) in an obscure but excellent movie my wife rented this past weekend. Yesterday (Sunday), I wrote a "Lyr Req" based on the opening two lines, but lost connection before I could post it. I'm very glad to find this thread, coincidentally enough, the very next morning.

The movie, which I recommend highly (despite a *very* few moments that were a bit saccharine for my taste), is entitled "Evelyn." It was shot on location in Ireland, financed at least partly by Hollywood, but seems not to have been released in the US, only on the other side of the pond.

Very impressive cast: Pierce Brosnan, Aiden Quinn, Stephen Rea, and (perhaps in his final role?) Alan Bates. Plus which, the little girl playing the title role was at least as good as any of 'em. Brosnan did a particularly nice job; it was a revelation to see the suave Mr 007 in the role of a working-class regular guy.

The (true) story is set in Dublin in 1953/54 and concerns a single father whose three children are taken from him by the state and placed in Catholic orphanages, and his efforts to get them back. His eventual victory marked the first time that any law in Ireland was overthrown by the Supreme Court as unconstitutional. Evelyn was the one daughter, eldest of three kids, who was called upon to testify and thus played an important role in the whole legal drama. Also, in real life, the adult Evelyn played an important part in bringing her family's story to the screen and thus to the rest of us.

Now available on DVD, even here in New Orleans where it never appeared on a theatre screen. The DVD "extras" include the interesting story of how the film came to be made.