58 years ago my dad looked at the little girl baby who had just been placed in his arms at the St Joseph Hospital, Port Elizabeth South Africa; he looked over the beautiful nun who had helped with the delivery, looked at my mum and started singing with his wonderful Irish baritone "Kathleen Mavourneen" to his new little love. I am so Blessed to have found this incredible version by John Whitehead to send to my little sister, Kathleen, for her birthday . God love you and I am so grateful that He picked you for me as my sister. Lisa Benedix, Grand Lake NB Canada
Sir, you sang with such emotion that moved me to tears. It caused me to visualize many husbands having had to leave their wives and children behind and to die during the American civil war.
Thank you for this beautiful rendition of this song! I had not heard of it until the movie "Gettysburg" when it was played in the background. With my name being Kathleen, I can't help but love it!
I first heard this on a recording called "Songs of the Civil War." I gave the record to my brother-in-law, who was teaching US History then. I later found the song in a collection of songs -- perhaps one of the books published by Simon and Schuster. I still have the photocopy of that.
What a beautiful rendition John. My name is Kathleen, and my beautiful Irish nana used to call me Kathleen Mavourneen when I was a little girl, growing up in Liverpool. I have lived in north America, now, for almost 40 years, but I shall always remember her endearing name for me and what it means, ' Kathleen my beloved'.... Thank you, John.1 second ago•
Many thanks; I've been re-reading The Killer Angels which prompted me to try to track down a version of this song closer to the way it would have been sung here in the States during the Civil War.
A lovely song, John, sung with deeply affecting sentiment and resonant emotional persuasion. You fashion each phrase with great artistic care, allowing the breath and spirit of the music to thrive and "blossom" from line to line of the lyrics. Here and there are points of reflection and gentle emphasis, whereupon the listener seems to be transported to another time, another place, another century, another luminous landscape, apart from the cares of this present day world. As there are what appear to be arches or doorways in the room where you record your songs, so the listener is treated to multiple perspectives in the musical environment so deftly painted via voice and guitar. Here are poems of the heart, written from experience and shared to untold admirers, poets and artists from the latitudes and inner depths of an expressive soul & spirit. Glenn
Many thanks Glenn for your encouraging words. I fear that my performance can never match the poetic elegance of your comments, but I will never give up trying. ~ John ~
@@john-whitehead Oh but dear Mr. Whitehead, it truly does. How lovely the voice to tell the story and how perfect the poet that penned those words to you, for my heart was in my throat while you sang and while also read the words. Thank you both 🌹🌹 Kathleen
John, it's lovely. You've given me some much happiness and insight with your version. My mother, here in Argentina, has sung this song all her life. Today it's her 84th birthday. I phoned her and put her to your singing... she also loved it. She sang along with your recording on the other end of the line. Thank you!
Thank you again, dear Hella, for you kind support. This song was very difficult for me and I had had to record it many times but I'm so glad you enjoyed it. Good night to you in Leipzig. Best wishes ~ John ~
Triste mais belle chanson John et j'aime la musique. Votre interprétation est super comme d'habitude. Merci. Bonne journée à vous. Amicalement. Monique
Merci comme toujours, chère Monique. J'ai dû travailler très dur sur cette chanson, donc je vais prendre un repos maintenant et peut-être essayer de faire un vidéo piano. Je pense qu'il est temps de voir une autre vidéo de vous ! Avoir une belle journée et le week-end. Votre ami ~ John ~.
Many thanks again Michele. I am always afraid of running out of these old songs but they they still keep coming thanks mainly to UA-cam and UA-camrs. Have a great weekend!
Дорогой Джон, я поражена красотой этой песни! Это очень красиво! Ваше исполнение заслуживает отдельных слов - по-моему, это феноменально.Это высочайший уровень, такое эмоциональное трепетное исполнение, такой прекраснный дух, свободно и легко.... Браво!! Спасибо!!!!!
Благодарю вас так много, уважаемая Елена, за Ваш обнадеживающий комментарий. Это было очень трудно песня для меня.. так что я очень рад, что вам это нравится. Я отдохнуть от песни сейчас и попробуйте другой фортепианная пьеса. Добрый вечер Елена ~ Джон ~
That was stunning. Well played fella. There's a beautiful version by a singer called John Gary. Not a very showbiz name but my God he can belt them out.
Hello John. I have listened to the performances sung in the Tenor range and maybe leaning towards the operatic. I must say, in all honesty, I prefer your interpretation, even over that of John McCormack! (and I have great respect for John McCormack) As always, you bring in a lot of gentle emotion with an empathy for the lyrics.
Hello there Mike. Thank you for most generous remarks. Of course singers like McCormack would have had to shout to fill large theatres....I wouldn't be able to do that singing in a more homely tone. My father was a great lover of John McCormack but although I loved his voice, I thought that singers like him somewhat over-did the diction instead of concentrating on the emotion. Nevertheless, I feel greatly honoured to be mentioned in the same sentence as him...so thank you! I think this song was sung mainly by opera singers in the 19th century. Best wishes ~ John ~
Frederick Crouch was a Plymouth music teacher. He had the famous daughter called Eliza Emma Crouch, who later called herself Cora Pearl. She became famous tfor cleaning out rich lovers. But as so many others she ended up in a poorhouse and died all alone.
+Jessica Bunce - My mother was named after this song also. As a matter of fact, she wore it so well my stunning daughter now gets the pleasure of wearing the name.
John, I'm thrilled I just discovered you and your voice. I was doing some research on the song Kathleen Mavourneen, which I love. Your beautiful voice and guitar playing remind me quite a bit of the late Richard Dyer Bennett, a minstrel I have loved and studied for fifty years. Is music your profession or a passionate avocation? God has certainly gifted you with a beautiful voice and superb taste in music. Thank you for sharing. Gary Silber Jackson, MS
Thank you so much for your complimentary remarks. Gary. I am retired long ago and I wish that music had been my profession but I am just a self-taught amateur and just love to sing and try to play instruments. UA-cam has given me an opportunity to reach people with my efforts for which I am very grateful. ~John~
Ummm Fred Crouch was not American!!!! He was English. And he sang his song for the first time, himself, in a concert in Devon ... he was a baritone. The second performance was as a duet with his soprano wife. The song was first popularised in England by sopranos Susan Hobbs and Fanny Toulmin. I like your version best of what I have heard!!!!!!! (Ps dont get mixed up with Will Marion Crawford! This lyric was written by an English lady, Mrs Crawford)
58 years ago my dad looked at the little girl baby who had just been placed in his arms at the St Joseph Hospital, Port Elizabeth South Africa; he looked over the beautiful nun who had helped with the delivery, looked at my mum and started singing with his wonderful Irish baritone "Kathleen Mavourneen" to his new little love. I am so Blessed to have found this incredible version by John Whitehead to send to my little sister, Kathleen, for her birthday . God love you and I am so grateful that He picked you for me as my sister. Lisa Benedix, Grand Lake NB Canada
Sir, you sang with such emotion that moved me to tears. It caused me to visualize many husbands having had to leave their wives and children behind and to die during the American civil war.
Thank you for you moving words Shuping! ~John~
Thank you for this beautiful rendition of this song! I had not heard of it until the movie "Gettysburg" when it was played in the background. With my name being Kathleen, I can't help but love it!
Thank you so much, Kathleen. ~John~
Abso.lutely beautiful.Thankyou
I first heard this on a recording called "Songs of the Civil War." I gave the record to my brother-in-law, who was teaching US History then. I later found the song in a collection of songs -- perhaps one of the books published by Simon and Schuster. I still have the photocopy of that.
What a beautiful rendition John. My name is Kathleen, and my beautiful Irish nana used to call me Kathleen Mavourneen when I was a little girl, growing up in Liverpool. I have lived in north America, now, for almost 40 years, but I shall always remember her endearing name for me and what it means, ' Kathleen my beloved'.... Thank you, John.1 second ago•
Thank you for listening and for your touching comment, Kathleen. ~John~
Beautiful. Your rendition is very well done, sir.
Many thanks; I've been re-reading The Killer Angels which prompted me to try to track down a version of this song closer to the way it would have been sung here in the States during the Civil War.
I wonder how close my version is to how it would have been sung then. Thank you for listening. Regards
~ John ~
I was watching an old episode of Maverick called "The Bold Fenian Men" and they sang this song several times, and did it very well.
Stan daMann Thank you for that information. I must try and find the episode. ~ John ~
A lovely song, John, sung with deeply affecting sentiment and resonant emotional persuasion. You fashion each phrase with great artistic care, allowing the breath and spirit of the music to thrive and "blossom" from line to line of the lyrics. Here and there are points of reflection and gentle emphasis, whereupon the listener seems to be transported to another time, another place, another century, another luminous landscape, apart from the cares of this present day world. As there are what appear to be arches or doorways in the room where you record your songs, so the listener is treated to multiple perspectives in the musical environment so deftly painted via voice and guitar. Here are poems of the heart, written from experience and shared to untold admirers, poets and artists from the latitudes and inner depths of an expressive soul & spirit.
Glenn
Many thanks Glenn for your encouraging words. I fear that my performance can never match the poetic elegance of your comments, but I will never give up trying. ~ John ~
@@john-whitehead Oh but dear Mr. Whitehead, it truly does. How lovely the voice to tell the story and how perfect the poet that penned those words to you, for my heart was in my throat while you sang and while also read the words. Thank you both
🌹🌹
Kathleen
Wonderful work sir.
John, it's lovely. You've given me some much happiness and insight with your version. My mother, here in Argentina, has sung this song all her life. Today it's her 84th birthday. I phoned her and put her to your singing... she also loved it. She sang along with your recording on the other end of the line. Thank you!
I'm so glad you enjoyed it. A very happy birthday to your mother.
Best wishes ~ John ~
Thx
This is really lovely. Thank you so much. I love this song. It's as complex, musically, as a classical art-song. You sing it beautifully.
I'm so glad you liked it, Francesca. Thank you for your kind comment. ~John~
a great lyric song dear John - You sing the treble and bass with an incomparable heat - wonderful - thank you for this gift!
Thank you again, dear Hella, for you kind support. This song was very difficult for me and I had had to record it many times but I'm so glad you enjoyed it. Good night to you in Leipzig. Best wishes ~ John ~
Triste mais belle chanson John et j'aime la musique. Votre interprétation est super comme d'habitude. Merci. Bonne journée à vous. Amicalement. Monique
Merci comme toujours, chère Monique. J'ai dû travailler très dur sur cette chanson, donc je vais prendre un repos maintenant et peut-être essayer de faire un vidéo piano. Je pense qu'il est temps de voir une autre vidéo de vous ! Avoir une belle journée et le week-end. Votre ami ~ John ~.
John Whitehead Merci John. Pour moi ce n'est plus qu'une question d'heures.... Je peaufine !!!
You really do dig out the old songs! That's wonderful! I love that! Extremely beautiful rendition John!
Many thanks again Michele. I am always afraid of running out of these old songs but they they still keep coming thanks mainly to UA-cam and UA-camrs.
Have a great weekend!
I have been away from YT for a while and I come back to this awesome rendition of this great song. Always a pleasure listening to you.....
Welcome back to YT Janet, and many thanks for your generous comment. ~ John ~
Дорогой Джон, я поражена красотой этой песни! Это очень красиво! Ваше исполнение заслуживает отдельных слов - по-моему, это феноменально.Это высочайший уровень, такое эмоциональное трепетное исполнение, такой прекраснный дух, свободно и легко.... Браво!! Спасибо!!!!!
Благодарю вас так много, уважаемая Елена, за Ваш обнадеживающий комментарий. Это было очень трудно песня для меня.. так что я очень рад, что вам это нравится. Я отдохнуть от песни сейчас и попробуйте другой фортепианная пьеса. Добрый вечер Елена ~ Джон ~
John WhiteheadУдачи с фортепианной пьесой!!!
У Вас отличный русский язык!
Хорошего вечера взаимно:)
Елена***
❤❤ Warbeling Mr Whitehead sing thy sweet Warbelings....FOREVER 😊 ☘🦌⏳
That was stunning. Well played fella. There's a beautiful version by a singer called John Gary. Not a very showbiz name but my God he can belt them out.
Thank you for your kind comment. Mark. I listened to John Gary and agree that it is a fine rendition. ~John~
good job John :) very nice !
Thank you Karolina for your kind comment. ~ John ~
Hello John. I have listened to the performances sung in the Tenor range and maybe leaning towards the operatic. I must say, in all honesty, I prefer your interpretation, even over that of John McCormack! (and I have great respect for John McCormack)
As always, you bring in a lot of gentle emotion with an empathy for the lyrics.
Hello there Mike. Thank you for most generous remarks. Of course singers like McCormack would have had to shout to fill large theatres....I wouldn't be able to do that singing in a more homely tone. My father was a great lover of John McCormack but although I loved his voice, I thought that singers like him somewhat over-did the diction instead of concentrating on the emotion. Nevertheless, I feel greatly honoured to be mentioned in the same sentence as him...so thank you! I think this song was sung mainly by opera singers in the 19th century. Best wishes ~ John ~
Frederick Crouch was a Plymouth music teacher. He had the famous daughter called Eliza Emma Crouch, who later called herself Cora Pearl. She became famous tfor cleaning out rich lovers. But as so many others she ended up in a poorhouse and died all alone.
My nanna was named after this song. 😃👍
+Jessica Bunce -
My mother was named after this song also. As a matter of fact, she wore it so well my stunning daughter now gets the pleasure of wearing the name.
Kathleen here :)
😍😘
John, I'm thrilled I just discovered you and your voice. I was doing some research on the song Kathleen Mavourneen, which I love. Your beautiful voice and guitar playing remind me quite a bit of the late Richard Dyer Bennett, a minstrel I have loved and studied for fifty years.
Is music your profession or a passionate avocation? God has certainly gifted you with a beautiful voice and superb taste in music. Thank you for sharing. Gary Silber Jackson, MS
Thank you so much for your complimentary remarks. Gary. I am retired long ago and I wish that music had been my profession but I am just a self-taught amateur and just love to sing and try to play instruments. UA-cam has given me an opportunity to reach people with my efforts for which I am very grateful. ~John~
Ummm Fred Crouch was not American!!!! He was English. And he sang his song for the first time, himself, in a concert in Devon ... he was a baritone. The second performance was as a duet with his soprano wife. The song was first popularised in England by sopranos Susan Hobbs and Fanny Toulmin. I like your version best of what I have heard!!!!!!! (Ps dont get mixed up with Will Marion Crawford! This lyric was written by an English lady, Mrs Crawford)
Many thanks , Kurt, for your corrections. I'm glad you like my version! ~John~