I recently heard a mostly English language variant of the song Cruiscín Lán.

It starts with the lyrics:
"Come all you lads and lasses, pay attention to my oration,
I hope you join in my song and give me an ovation...."


The lyrics outline a story about poitín being distilled.

An "architraitor"(?) informing the police about a particular distillation operation.
But when the police arrived at the place they were informed it was...they found no trace of a still or poitín.

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some lines towards the end of the song:

"...freedom is soon darling, we'll have home rule in Erin.

We'll banish all land grabbers, and cowardly architraitors (?),
We'll have out Irish poitín still............"

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The song incorporates the Irish language refrain at the end of the song...and a shorter variant of it after each verse earlier in the song:


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Can anybody help me find out more about this version of the song?

would be greatly appreciated
Alan