Sian, I am a little confused. From your posts I understand that "Moliannun" has something to do with a whippoorwill and that the song was written by a Welshman who moved to Vermont, but where does the minstrel connection come in?
Incidentally, the robin he was talking about has nothing to do with the bird called a robin in the UK. And toads? I think he was talking about tree frogs.