Sorry Tim,
Didn't see the thread - was pinned down in a trench on another topic.
What can I add? It was extremely popular with Irish Travellers - one of the best renditions we recorded was from Bil Cassidy from Wexford, also from a relative, Andy Cash, also from Wexford.
I feel a bit of a traitor to them both by admitting that my favourite version by far is that of Sarah Makem.
There was a beautiful television film of her, where the camera followed her around her home while she constantly sang.
Somebody told me recently taht she never ever sang outside her home.
Jim Carroll