Well, back to the thread subject.

YouTube now has a recording -- yes, it's the sound-recording-as-video approach -- of a recording of "Óró mo bháidín" which surely predates that of Mary O'Hara. Recorded for HMV by Máire Ní Scolaí as a 78 RPM vinyl single, this performance eventually was re-issued on a long-playing vinyl record album by the Gael Linn label. It has yet to turn up on compact disc that I know of.

The verses are in the same order as that preferred by Mary O'Hara's version. To sum up:

ÓRÓ MO BH&Áacute;ID&Íacute;N

(Tomás Ó Colmáin / Tomás Mac Domhnail)

Crochfaidh mé seólta 'gus gabhaidh mé siar,
'S go hOíche Fhéile Eoin ní tiochfaidh mé aniar

'S nach breá í mo bháidín a snámh ar an gcuan,
'S na céaslaí á dtarraingt go láidir 's go buan

'S nach éachtach a' léimneach thar thonnta árd',
'S nach eadtrom í iompar aníos thar an trá

Nach lúfar i ag iomramh soir agus siar,
'S a sár´ ní bhfaighidh tú ó Árainn go cliar

Philippa's comment of March 2004 has sense when listening to the recording with Ms. Ní Scolaí, made with piano accompaniment. The song sounds really simple, and is simply sung; I can picture children singing along to the recording or learning the song from the recording, so I think Philippa was/is on the right track here.