Source of the melody of this Irish song from the American Civil War?

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@vontsira

I’m not American – or Irish – and consider that both sides in the American Civil War had an admissible point of view; and know nothing about the melodies of any song dealt with in the thread. I can’t help, though, expressing the opinion that the words of the song, as quoted in entirety in the OP, are not far from the most dreadful load of bad, grotesque, ham-handed, melodramatic, mawkish, unintentially comic versification, that I’ve ever encountered. I’d imagine the “Irish Brigade” having hired William McGonagall to write their lyrics; only, one has the feeling that old William would most probably have been a Union guy.

In defense of 19th century Irish Americans, most contemporary pop music has cheesy melodramatic ham-handed lyrics too.

OP have you ever heard Paddy’s Lamentation? It seems like it’d be right up your alley.

The Irish in the American Civil War- Paddy's Lamentation