Fiolar,

The Foggy Foggy Dew" and "The Foggy Dew" are 2 different songs. I know of both of them. The Foggy Foggy Dew starts " I am a bachelor and I live all alone" and I work at the weavers trade" the second one "The Foggy Dew" is indeed English, I don't have the the begining in my head at the moment but the last line goes " And I left her in the Foggy Dew" It is the same air as the one about 1916, but usually played a little slower. I will resurrect it and post the words. Thanks for listing the other books , I will be on the trail of them tomorrow,

Balladeer - When I do sing the song I sing " Fought with Valera True" not too. These are the words my father sang and I am sure they are pretty accurate.

BTW - guest Colwyn Dane is correct - it was Costello - my mistake.