The Blacksmith (for Dan Dirges)

Dan Dirges (@DanDDirges) uploaded a recording of this song earlier in the week, and I was quite surprised to find that I hadn't already recorded it. Here is Dan's version:
https://youtu.be/9aKYcumLwgc

If you don't already follow Dan's channel, I can highly recommend his collection of traditional songs, and also many great songs of his own writing.

You can find his Bandcamp albums here:
https://danddirges.bandcamp.com/album/the-folk-songs-of-the-land-volume-1

Here are a few variants of this song:
https://mainlynorfolk.info/shirley.collins/songs/theblacksmith.html

There is a version in the Bodleian library from around 1860:
http://ballads.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/search/roud/816

The version I associate with this song is the Planxty one:
https://youtu.be/VK_caqXhbXU