... tho, altho Barry's phrasing was much redolent of McCormack's [on youtube], it shd be noted that her version differed from his in the 2nd verse: he sang the "The people were saying 'no two were e'er wed'" version; while she sang the "She stepped away from me ... swan in the evening moves over the lake" one; so she would appear to have learned a reworking [the Padraic Colum one?] from somewhere. Neither of them sang both these verses, tho many singers [see thread passim] do.

Worth mentioning perhaps also that Rosamond Lehmann's memoir of the death of her beloved daughter was pubd 1967 under title of The Swan In The Evening.