The singer's take on the song from an article by Tom Munnelly in Irisdh Folk Music Studies 1972-1973
Jim Carroll

(Spoken) Frank Feeney : He was going with Mary Flynn, do you see, and the mother got jealous, do you see, and she poisoned him. Because he wouldn't throw her up, do you see? . . .
Tom Munnelly : Is that name used, Abore? It's a very unusual name . . .
F.F. : 'Tis really a name like... do you know what I mean?        
Just that they put the . . . He was a        great lord, you know…. But…. Bore, I mean, that's a common name.
T.M. : Is it lord O'Bore or lord A-bore? . . .
F.F. : Lord O'Bore.
Hugh Shields Do you know) where your wife got that song? . . .
F.F. : She got it from her own mother.
T.M. : Have you any idea who Mary Flynn was? . . .
F.F. : She was a lady Eagar out of Blessington, out of Glending . . .
The mother didn't . . .
Paddy Tunney : That pair was a bit young, I suppose.
Recorded in the home of the singer, Frank Feeney (aged approximately 68), Leopardstown, Co. Dublin, December 1970. Melody notated by Hugh Shields.