The 'usual' first verse of Rambler from Clare goes along the lines of:

The first of my courtship that ever was known,
I straight took my way to the County Tyrone;
Where among the pretty fair maids they used me well there
And they called me the stranger, and the Rambler from Clare.

But I'm convinced that George Hanna used to have a rather different first verse. I no longer have a copy of Shores of Loch Neagh with which to check. If I'm right,can someone supply the words of that verse?