Hi, I'm only an occasional reader of this forum, but it seemed like the best place to ask this question -- what songs do folks know (preferably trad) that use the same tune as Star of the County Down? This came up in another context on a mailing list, and people mentioned Dives & Lazarus, the Murder of Maria Martin, and Claudy Banks. I actually found all these in the database, but Claudy Banks seemed to have a different tune. Is anyone familiar with this song being sung to S of the C D? And for all of them, do they use the 2/4 or 3/4 version of the tune?

Some friends and I have performed the tune (in 3/4) instrumentally and would like to sing it, but don't really like the Star of the County Down words all that much...

Thanks, Jonathan