Sung by Michael McFarlane
Volume II

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 Yi Yan Shao.

Volume II - Track Listing

1. The Coulin (arr. Thomas Moore) with narration by Doreen McFarlane
2. The Fiddler of Dooney (Thomas F. Dunhill) from song cycle “The Wind Among the Reeds” Op. 30 No.4
3. The Banks of the Daisies (arr. C. Villiers Stanford)
4. Kathleen O’More (arr. Herbert Hughes)
5. Sal Oge Ruadh (arr. Carl G. Hardebeck)
6. The Spanish Lady (arr. Herbert Hughes)
7. A Young Maid Stood In Her Father’s Garden (arr. Herbert Hughes)
8. On Eribeg Island (H.O. Osgood)
9. The Rose of Kildare (arr. Herbert Hughes)
10. The Enchanted Valley (arr. Charles Wood)
11. My Last Love (arr. Charles Hardebeck)
12. Remember the Poor (arr. C. Villiers Stanford)
13. A Good Roarin’ Fire (arr. Herbert Hughes)
14. My Wee Little Hut on the Hill (Horace Gleeson)
15. Irish Love Song (Samuel Endicott, creator song)
16. The Song of the Ghost (arr. C. Villiers Stanford)
17. What an Irishman Means by “Machree” (Ernest Torrence)
18. The Red-Haired Man’s Wife (arr. Carl Hardebeck)
19. Scythe Song (Hamilton Harty)
20. The Poor Irish Lad (G.F. Handel)
21. Green Grows the Laurel (arr. Herbert Hughes)
22. The Blue Hills of Antrim (arr. Hamilton Harty)
23. Grace for Light (Hamilton Harty)
24. Silent O’Moyle (arr. Herbert Hughes) poem by Thomas Moore with narration by Doreen McFarlane