Sung by Michael McFarlane

Description

John McCormack was the most popular singer in the English speaking world in the late teens and twenties. He was the first "classical" singer to reach the general public through his popular and Irish songs. Here is part of the rest of the story- his unrecorded Irish songs. Piano accompaniment by Brian Taylor. Spoken prologue and epilogue by Jack Perkins of A&E Biography.

Contents

1. The Coulin (arr. Carl Hardebeck)(0:55)
       with narration by Jack Perkins
2. Mairi (William Merrigan Daly) (2:45)
3. The Soliloquy (arr. Arthur Somervell) (2:11)
4. The Light of the the Moon (arr. Herbert Hughes) (2:13)
5. Must I Go Bound? (arr. Herbert Hughes) (1:47)
6. The Fanaid Grove (arr. Herbert Hughes) (3:03)
7. If I Had-A-Knew (arr. Herbert Hughes) (1:57)
8. Smilin' Kitty O'Day (Ernest Torrence) (2:2U)
9. The Slaney Side (arr. Herbert Hughes) (3:07)
10. Open the Door Softly (arr. Herbert Hughes) (1:29)
11. Ned of the Hills (arr. Carl Hardebeck) (2:55)
12. Nelly, My Love, And Me (arr. C. W. Joyce) (2:26)
13. Forlorn Queen (arr. Herbert Hughes) (2:51)
14. Flower of Finae (arr. Herbert Hughes) (3:17)
15. Molly(Victor Herbert) (1:37)
16. Drumin Don Delish (arr. Carl Hardebeck) (2:31)
17. Garten Mother's Lullaby (arr. Herbert Hughes) (2:34)
18. Monday, Tuesday (arr. Herbert Hughes) (2:18)
19. The Fairy Lough (C. Villiers Stanford) (3:42)
20. My Love's An Arbutus (arr. C. Villiers Stanford) (3:01)
21. A Broken Song (C. Villiers Stanford) (3:03)
22. The Lover's Curse (arr. Herbert Hughes) (2:05)
23. Skibbereen (arr. Herbert Hughes) (5:01)
24. The Wake Feast (Hamilton Harty) (4:34)
25. Pasteen Fionn (arr. C. Milligan Fox) (2:37)
26. Farewell My Gentle Harp (arr. C. Milligan Fox) (2:14)
27. The Coulin (arr. Michael Esposito) (2:03)
    with narration by Jack Perkins

  Total playing time: 70'49