Hi Tony

Interestingly, the Tully memoir introduces the song with the following:

The first song we remember hearing Zozimus sing was the following well-known ditty... which does not, in fact, unambiguously claim it for Moran.

I'd be interested in the details of the 1841 reference.

Lover, as you may know, wrote an essay on "National Minstrelsy" which contains interesting material on ballad-singing in Dublin. Off the top of my head, he makes no reference to Zozimus - but I'll check.

Regards