sorefingers:

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The tune, like many softer strains is a Gaelic folk theme. See The Irish Harp - Google several sites.
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Not to go too much into the background (as it all starts in Dublin in the 1790s), there's a tune/words split.

If you +really+ want tae get yir heid done in, try a google on "A Hand[s]full of Laurel". Or "The Bard of Armagh".

Robin