This really does emphasise yet again the importance of people quoting sleevenotes, particularly where sources are concerned, when asking about songs they have heard on records. Without that information, much time may unnecessarily be wasted by people trying to help.

John Reilly had two distinct versions of the song, only one of which I know. Paddy Doran had a different one, three verses of which (I don't know if there were any more) appear in Paddy Tunney's book The Stone Fiddle. The text above would seem to be a much-altered collation. John Reilly died in 1969; did Dolores learn directly from him or from recordings?

The place name would be Strabally, according to the Doran set as quoted by Paddy Tunney.