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01 Apr 05 - 03:25 AM (#1448670) Subject: Lyr Add: The Old House From: Big Tim THE OLD HOUSE (1935) Words and music by (Sir) Frederick O'Connor (1870-1943) Lonely I wander through scenes of my childhood, They call back to memory those happy days of yore, Gone are the old folk, the house stands deserted, No light in the windows, no welcome at the door. Here's where the children played games on the heather, Here's where they sailed their wee boats on the burn, Where are now? Some are dead, some have wandered, No more to their home shall those children return. Lone is the house now and lone is the moorland, The children are scattered,the old folk are gone, Why stand I here, like a ghost and a shadow? "Tis time I were moving, 'tis time I passed on. As recorded by Sir Thomas Allen on his album "Songs My Father Taught Me". |
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01 Apr 05 - 05:48 AM (#1448748) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Old House From: Brakn Great song. I love the way Jimmy Crowley does this. |
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01 Apr 05 - 05:58 AM (#1448755) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Old House From: Big Tim I haven't heard Jimmy Crowley's version, will look out for it. Recorded by John McCormack in November 1939, more recently by The Irish Tenors (sung by Anthony Kearns). As far I can discover, Sir Frederick O'Connor was an Englishman, a high ranking military man. The song is said to recall an old cottage in Ireland in which his childhood nanny lived. |
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01 Apr 05 - 06:32 AM (#1448778) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Old House From: Brakn There's a bit about O'Connor here. |
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01 Apr 05 - 07:48 AM (#1448874) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Old House From: Big Tim So he was Irish after all. Good! (The bit about the nanny is taken from the Sir Thomas Allen album sleevenotes). |
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01 Apr 05 - 01:48 PM (#1449263) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Old House From: GUEST,TAFFY r-jones@shaw.ca Josef Locke also sings a beautiful rendition of this song. |
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01 Apr 05 - 10:45 PM (#1449725) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Old House From: Swave N. Deboner So does John McDermott, on his "Danny Boy" album. |