Point well taken Noreen. I sing the song because it is a beautiful song, not because it is political. I made the last post in a flurry of contractors and electricians running around my house, working and hollering. I am not aiming to make this a political discussion, rather a discussion about the origin of the song, THE GALWAY SHAWL, of which there is not a lot of information about. The references to the songs/tunes seem very ambiguous and may have been made that way deliberately. They might, however lead to clues about the song.