This hornpipe, most commonly associated with the Irish session may have been written by a Scottish piper called James Hill. Hill lived in Northumberland for most of his short life (1811-1853) and left a large body of work behind him. This tune is thought to refer to the book of the same name written by Thomas Paine which is a political work supporting the use of political uprising if the government does not safegurad the natural rights and national interests of its people (please read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rights_of_Man).
For more reading, look at this thread from mudcat: http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=5530 as it includes information about a set of lyrics not from the same tune but with the same name.
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