Hey Seamus...

"You're not Irish, you can't be Irish, you don't know 'Danny Boy'..."

(tee hee)

To get a little theological thread drift in here (talk about rowing with crooked oars), how many of the Psalms are introduced by "...a Psalm of David". Now we know that David did not write *every* one of the Psalms so noted, some were written by David, some about David, and some were collected by David.

So the songs of Ireland. Some were written by the Irish, some about the Irish, and some collected by and assimilated by the Irish. Americans have done the same thing (i.e. the history of "Yankee Doodle Dandy").

I for one have enjoyed the thread. I know some folks who swear that all the "tin pan alley" songs are truly Irish. With the little bit of ammo you all have provided me with I shall have no end of fun with them.

O, what tangled webs we weave when first a Mudcat thread we read...

Freightdawg