It's Wednesday evening at the library and I have just read all the input on this thread. Not only has my original question been answered, but I have a much fuller sense of the feeling of this song. There is an expression that I have grown up with, "the cream of the crop", which came to mind as I read the input about "heart of the rowl". I learned the song from a recording by Patrick Hart, but it was taken from the radio so I had no other info. I love all of his pronunciations so will sing it as he does and now more enthusiastically than ever. Thanks all!!! Mary Dailey