"This melody was supplied by Dr Petrie to Holden's Collection [Irish Tunes], vol i, 1806 [p 21], where it appears as 'Arah my dear Ev'le[e]n.' Moore, who is indebted to Holden's work for so many of his airs, wrote [Silent, O Moyle!] to 'Arrah my dear Eveleen' for the second number of the Melodies, 1807."

Alfred Moffat, The Minstrelsy of Ireland, London: Augener (3rd edn, nd), 224-5.