I used to have a tutor colleague who used to make it sound rather folky and mournful; you know sometimes the way a sad song is the more touching for having an inappropriately jaunty tune? She was a good singer though. And none of her undergraduates ever misquoted Dickinson... Tell me, did you use the song to spell Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantisiliogogogoch just there, or did you cut and paste like I did?