 Some sources wrongly claim that it was written by Noel Nagle of the Wolfe Tones.Although performed by The Wolfe Tones in 1973 it had been released the year before by Declan Hunt on the Outlet subsidiary label R & O (Release & Outlet).It was credited to Art McMillan and even the Wolfe Tones did not claim to have written it giving it a "Trad.