Derry Aire

[Jonathan Lighter]

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/surprising-origins-of-100-year-old-danny-boy/

"At Princess Diana's church service, the words were different, but the
haunting melody of 'The Londonderry Aire,' the same."

Note how the hokey RenFaire spelling makes matters worse, not better.

BTW, given the onomastic strife in Ulster, "Derry Aire" is presumably the
preferred title in some quarters.

JL

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