Thanks so much Jeri (and Mary) - that song is one of my longstanding favourites and I agree, he makes a beautiful job of it.

Mary, in this thread* Phillipa explains the Irish words in the lyrics, and the whole song is posted there:

* http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=9595#1153884

If people want to have a fight over the gay/anti-gay issue can they PLEASE start a thread in the BS section and not do it here? Please???