[2] An early recording was done by Burl Ives on 3 March 1941[3] for his debut album Okeh Presents the Wayfaring Stranger.

It is best known as a single by Irish folk band The Chieftains with The Corrs, released in 1999, taken from their widely acclaimed album Tears of Stone.

James Yorkston and the Athletes also recorded a version of this song on the album Moving Up Country.

Colin Wilkie and Shirley Hart recorded a version on their 1966 album Songs of Mother Ireland.

Other artists having recorded the song include Pete Seeger, The Clancy Brothers, The Dubliners, Celtic Woman, Deirdre Shannon, John Doyle, Seamus Kennedy, and Salli Terri.