I had trouble finding a CD recording of this song. The only recording I could find at on a Tradition CD called "Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem." But then I found I had it on a "Best of the Vanguard Years" CD by The Clancy Brothers with Lou Killen, titled "The Castle of Dramore." Then I found it on a number of Celtic CD's as "October Winds," including the Celtic Lullaby CD by Margie Butler, which has an overdose of reverb.

Note that I've crosslinked our threads on the song. the chief disagreements seem to be the order of the second and third verses, and the order of the first and second lines of the "banshee" verse.

The DT has:

Dread spirits all of black water, Clan Owen's wild banshee
Bring no ill wind to him nor us, my helpless babe and me
And Holy Mary pitying us to Heaven for grace doth sue

Some versions start the verse "Bring no ill wind..." (see the first message in this thread)
I think I like the DT version better.
-Joe Offer-

Here's the tune, translated from Alison's post in another thread:

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And from John in Brisbane:

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