First off I was surprise the lyrics was written by an English writer by the name of Frederic Weatherly who it so happens never set a foot on the Emerald Island. It is set to the melody of Londonderry Air. He wrote the lyrics previously, and his sister-in-law sent him tune Londonderry Air which he noticed serendipitously fitted to the song he wrote with a few alterations. I heard somewhere that musicologist considered this the perfect melody, in the way it develops. (If I knew I was ever going to write a music journal trust me I would have taken notes and gotten names for further reference.) Looking into the history of the song it was Jane Ross heard played by Blind Jimmy McCurry played outside Burns & Laird Shipping Office. She sent the song to George Petrie who gave it it's name Londonderry Air - the title is aka Air from County Derry.

This version is done by saxophonist Sil Austin. He is a very apt saxophone player and recorded a few fun instrumental Rock albums. Recorded in the year 1959, a seminal year in Jazz...with namely with Ah Um, Time Out, Kinda Blue, & The Shape of Jazz to Come. He was influenced by Lester Young. Charles Mingus dedicated the song "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" for Lester a few months after his death. The song appears on Jeff Beck's album Wired.