 The text was reproduced in Colm Ó Lochlainn's "Irish Street Ballads" (1939).Modern renditions of the song often include the repeated refrain "Sure it's six miles from Bangor to Donaghadee".This seems to have been popularised by versions by The Clancy Brothers and subsequently The Dubliners; the line is taken from the refrain (and title) of another folk song, "Six Miles from Bangor to Donaghadee", describing a series of absurd episodes and also set to the tune "Villikins", and which was recorded by the Larne-reared but Southport-born singer Richard Hayward, amongst others.