Hi, Joe - I was just quoting from the Clancys. Far be it from me to accuse the Clancys of accuracy. They've become a bit more scholarly in their old age, but the songbook was published in 1979. The book's explanation of the song is almost word-for-word the same as the spoken introduction on the Clancy Luck of the Irish album. The CD has no printed notes on the song at all, and no songwriter attribution.

-Joe Offer-