So far as I remember, Dolores Keane recorded the song with De Dannan (first album?). There's some dispute as to whether this one is Irish or Scottish in origin; Irish versions have almost all come from the North, so it could go either way.

The set recorded by Silly Wizard (referred to earlier) apparently came from Andy M.Stewart's family; the DT transcription contains some very obvious mistakes which I pointed out 18 months ago; it has not so far been corrected.

Cathal's set, recorded on the Boys of the Lough album Lochaber No More (1975) came from Paddy and Jimmy Halpin (Co. Fermanagh). The text Ciarili posted seems virtually identical to that sung by Brigid Tunney, and included in her son Paddy's book The Stone Fiddle (1979); if that was Dolores Keane's source, then she omitted a verse:

"If my parents knew that I loved a rover
They would tie me down with strong iron bands
And in a dungeon they would confine me
Where is no comfort of any kind.
Now I'll away and acquaint my parents.
I hope my absence will not cause a blow.
I'm happy here though I may be courted from
The Mountain Streams Where The Moorcocks Grow."