Barry, I don't know. There is merely a mention of them by McDonagh.

Bruce O:

The version sung by Frank Harte is identical to that printed in Colm O Lochlainn's 'More Irish Street Ballads'. It has 2 additional stanzas to the text given in your website and there are minor textual variations in almost every line - the folk process at work over the years, no doubt. Some of them are decided improvements (IMO): for example, 'A dart for his napper, he made' instead of 'He made a smart stroke at his head' or 'Then sighing, he threw back his head/To get a sweet drop of the bottle' instead of 'Then stooping a little his head'. I will post the Harte version as a 'Lyr add' thread so that it may perhaps be taken up in DT as the fullest available version.

May I also congratulate you on your magnificent website.

Cheers, Stewie.