Master McGrath is a favourite among British Gypsys. I have recorded it myself backed up by a travelling man (Mic Darling) on Banjo. The Gypsys I have met always sing it very slowly, and with great dignity. The Greyhound Master McGrath was named after his owner a young lad of about eleven I think the son of an wealthy landowner. You will find reproduction (or if your lucky original) staffordshire flatback figures of McGrath (the dog I mean) somtimes pictured with a Hare (Gypsys call them JackMahrs or Caningras) in his mouth. This figure was always found in travellers living wagons, especially the old Duntons or Ledge Wagons (they had a mantlepeice over the Hostess stove). By the way Joyces Old Irish Music and Songs has a different tune. Here endeth the lesson.