Yes indeed, Jim: one of the points I was trying to make in my article (and I will post a precis here soon, I promise) was that the Dubliner / Clancy 'WR', although a folk revival concoction, has been handed back to popular culture. In fact it's more of a true 'folk song' now than its 'more authentic' predecessors. So, although I will carry on singing my lovely English version from Hampshire, I'm not about to rubbish the version that many ordinary pub-goers and people at large enjoy singing along to.