Turns out "Paddy Carey's Fortune" was first published in 1811 (London "Morning Post," Apr. 4). It was advertised in the U.S. a year later.

And, of course, Kevin Buggy was born in 1816, not 1826. Must learn to type.

McCarthy's 1904 anthology, btw, doesn't indicate a tune to Buggy's lines or that the lyrics were anything more than a poem.