"The first of his travels for the Irish Folklore Commission was a trip to Connemara where he met a man named Pat Cannin. He asked Séamus did he know a reel that he then proceeded to whistle to him. Séamus wrote the reel on a piece of paper by the side of the road and named it The Mist on the Mountain. During the war years Séamus' travels were mostly by bicycle and he collected all his tunes by pen and paper."
Jim you are wrong, it was not romantic nonsense.
Seamus was a fine singer who was well capable of singing any song well.