This traditional tune has had many sets of lyrics and has been used for various purpose, from humorous to political. Here is (more or less) the original version, which dates to the 1830s, as performed by The Dubliners:
The tune was re-purposed as "Lincoln and Liberty," sung here by Ronnie Gilbert and friends:
The tune was also adapted by Irish rebels, commemorating the 1798 Battle of Castlebar:
Pete Seeger turned it into an anti-Nuke song:
And others just found humor in it, as in this "Old Settler's" version from the Pacific Northwest:
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