John McCormack - She Moved Thro The Fair download song

McCormack, even at the end of his career, always "got it right" in the recording studio, rarely needing a second "take". You need hear this only once, also, and you'll remember it for the rest of your life. - John Austin, Australia.

Yes this is the Herbert Hughes arrangement but on this recording, made for HMV at Abbey Road studio, London on 25th June 1941, the accompanist was the legendary Gerald Moore. The Count's voice is still incredibly pure and true, remarkable for someone of 58 already showing signs of emphasema.

There are few places I return to as often as this, to weep small tears and to revel in the sheer beauty of it all

this fellow has lost nothing of a bloom, he adds the words 'my dead love ' I haven't heard that in any of the other songs, but will go back and listen. I love everything about this version, I feel that this must have been how it was sung originally. beautifu,l very very beautiful.

22 years of age, and i'm crying in front of me computer thinking of people I've lost and the ex, beautiful.

I like John McCormack's singing, alot.  I was amazed  at how tremendously emotional he was in this song.  It really tugged at my heart-strings, so to speak.  I also like  the Anthony Kearns rendition of this song.  His version has a bittersweet melancholy to it.

This song was sung at my wedding by a very good tenor so it has an emotional resonance for me. But I have to say The Counts version is sublime, what phrasing and timing... and perfectly complemented by the simple yet perfectly judged piano arrangement..... Thanks for posting

This version just devastates me. I like so many other artists who sing it, but his is an arrow thro my heart.

One of my all time favourite singers.

Beautiful and sparse. Makes all later versions seem unnecessary

the part where he sings 'so softly' breaks my heart every time, such a great song

I have this recording . In the states on fiesta records. Even though he would be dead in 4 yrs, and his breath was starting to go. He is such an artist. Its the best recording of this song

Staggeringly beautiful, I can't listen to any other version. Gerald Moore the greatest accompanist there ever was, Schubert's Erlkonig with Fischer-Dieskau another staggering thing. Here. Mixolydian mode.

Thank you Henry Davies. I was trying to find more about this version of this song, particularly the beautiful piano accompaniment.

Profound Artistry. Deeply moving.

Does amyone know which piano accompaniment arrangement this is? I have a simplified version but love this one. Thanks!

I was going to post Sinead O'Connor's version for St. Patrick's Day, but I found this, and it gutted me. It's like the ghost of my grandfather (Richard "Poppy" Delaney) singing to me again, as he'd come by to drive me and my brothers to school in the morning, on the rainy days.... ♫ Thank you.

I think this is still my favorite rendition of the song. Thanks so much for adding!