I actually expected to be this one to have been in here for years. It's another one from the early Wild Rovers repertoire. It has the curious first verse:

She asked me to sing here a verse of a song
It's not very short and it's not very long
She asked me to sing about something that's new
And "Me darling," says I, "I don't mind if I do."

which doesn't seem to be connected with the rest of the lyrics at all. I always wondered how that came about. (Hm, maybe I should have started an origins thread as well?)

                                                                   Mysha