In the 1979 publication of the Clancy Bros and Tommy Makem songbook (The Irish Songbook, 75 songs), they include the Aunt Jane verse--- only not in the song I'll Tell Me Ma. It is added to the song When I Was Young (... I had no sense, etc.) The tunes do have some similarity, typical for kids songs.

I see a version in the DT and have heard this sung recently with a word changed to "tell me who is SHE", which is like fingernails on a chalk board, it makes me cringe to hear it that way! The people who changed it obviously didn't think of the meaning of the lyrics... the point of it all is asking which one of the many men she is courting will be the one she picks, so the question is "Who is HE?" (It drives me nuts to hear it sung "who is she".)

Alice