Hi lads,
It fascinates me how "Patrick was a Gentleman" became asociated with Zozimus. This song started life with 3 verses and was written by Henry Bennett and Mr. Toleken of Cork, in 1841. It appears in "Our Familiar Songs" by Helen Kendrick Johnson 1889 and also in "The Lyrics of Ireland" by Samuel Lover 1858. Samuel Lover, being a Dubliner, would no doubt have been aware of the repertoire of Zozimus and would have mentioned him had there being any connection. In the first version, his father was a Wollogan, In Lover's version, his father was a Gallagher, and in the Memoirs by Thomas Hand, his father a Callaghan, so he explained quiet a lot with his sprig shamrock!
Mick, if your still in Dublin on Wednesday, stick your head into the Cle Club and I'll ive you a print-out.
                              Regards,
                                  Tony McGaley