Quote Originally Posted by Amoskeag View Post
The one that springs to mind from the late 18th C is "All Those Endearing Young Charms" from Moores Irish Melodies published in 1804. It was an English waltz but sounded Irish enough for inclusion. The lyrics were added in the mid 19th C and the rest is "history" or so they tell me.
And then it was used for Tennessee's state song, albeit with slight modification.