First, Bruce, I would like to thank you most sincerely for laying out the (backwards) trail of "The Fine Ould Irish Gintleman" which I have encountered in a few places and copied from "The Shilling Song Book" of Oliver Ditson & Co., Boston, 1860. Because it is a little older than your copy (above) and somewhat different, I will append it below at a more respectable hour. Let me know if you don't need it.

Second, at some convenient time for you, I would LOVE to have a personal tour of your website but you must bear in mind that I am a life-long salesman/folksinger - so no initials for things that I can not readily understand even when you do not use initials for them. What do you say?

All the best,
Dan