I'm very happily amused to read Anglo's comment. Paul Brady once lived in New York and it was at a benefit concert for the Irish Arts Center in the Bronx about 18 years ago where I first heard the song; Paul was the singer. Paul's source, by the way, was Robin Morton's lovely little book, Folksongs Sung in Ulster.

I only sing this song nowadays when I do a session with Brian Conway, the fiddler.

All the best,
Dan Milner