thanks, guest, I have seen most of what you refer to, and I don't usually accept everything on the web as authentic, I have seen references top Yeats having written the poem in 1897, the 'Winds among the reeds' collection wa published in 1899, I remember vaguely that the poem was previously published in some newspaper or other, but i might be mistaken. The Christy Moore typo of Aongus is take directly from the lp 'Ride On', which I own. It was cleaned up for the compilation cd, and I trust your description of the cd re-issue of 'Ride On' that it was corrected there as well. I was unaware of the Bud & TRravis versiion, which they orignally recorded in 1960, that may be a Will Holt link, though Judy says she learned it from Holt, not Bud & Travis. I will find the cd re-issue and listen to see how they performed it.

meanwhile i have found a few more recorded versions to acquire and listen to,

Joyce Hope Suskind Martyn Bates Susan SHore Carla Lother Roger latzgo

I am sure they may be others.