Hi Jim,

You're awesome and you've done some fine Irish recordings, TY. If I can help with the Tom Munnelly project let me know.

Here are the details of the Irish fragment of Child 10, since it has a melody it could be learned and recorded in a few minutes with the original text. The first stanza is obviously the last. The "Nanny O" refrain is the main identifier for Irish versions of Child 10 of which several date back to the late 1700s. Here's the text:

The Swan Swims Bonny O- sung by Irishman W.H. Lunt of Liverpool in 1892, who got it from an old Irish woman when he was young. Text and melody Frank Kidson Manuscript Collection (FK/2/3).

And there does sit my false sister Anne,
Hey ho, my Nanny, O,
Who drowned me for the sake of a man,
Where the swan swims so bonny, O.

The farmer's daughter being dressed in red,
Hey ho, my Nanny, O,
She went for some water to make her bread,
Where the swan swims so bonny, O.

They laid her on the bank to dry,
Hey ho, my Nanny, O,
There came a harper passing by,
Where the swan swims so bonny, O.

He made a harp of her breast-bone,
Hey ho, my Nanny, O,
And the harp began to play alone,
Where the swan swims so bonny, O.

He made harp-pins of her fingers so fair,
Hey ho, my Nanny, O,
He made his harp strings of her golden hair.
Where the swan swims so bonny, O.

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Richie