To, those interested in the origins of folk tunes and songs: The famous song: The Wild Rover sung by The Dubliners and many others,much loved (and hated) and often requested song is commonly referred to as "Ireland's second national anthem". It was noted down by Cecil Sharp in about 1900 in Norfolk, Eastern England. Does anyone know if the song originally came from Norfolk? Maybe it was just one version that was collected of a song that was universal at that time. The text doesn't really give much clue to it's origin although one could easily believe that the wild rover would be Irish. Regards, Albatross (a keen supporter of Irish music who grew up in Norfolk)