McCormack sings The Meeting of the Waters (old Irish air) with Gerald Moore-piano acc. 1940.

HMV recording D.A. 1752. John McCormack recorded this Irish air in 1940- 5 years before he died. He made some gorgeous records on this label. He had begun his musical partnership with the sought after pianist Gerald Moore (Edwin Schneider had retired). For more about the life and career of John McCormack go to "Irish Mike" here on Youtube. He is a wealth of knowledge. The Meeting of the Waters Poem by Thomas Moore. The Meeting of the Waters There is not in this wide world a valley so sweet As that vale in whose bosom, the bright waters meet Oh, the last rays of feeling and life must depart Ere the bloom of that valley shall fade from my heart Ere the bloom of that valley shall fade from my heart Yet it is not that nature had shed o’er the scene Her purest of crystal and brightest of green ’twas not her soft magic of streamlet or hill Oh no, it was something more exquisite still Oh no, it was something more exquisite still ’twas that friends, the beloved of my bosom were near Who made every dear scene of enchantment more dear And who felt that the best charms of nature improve When we see them reflected from looks that we love When we see them reflected from looks that we love Sweet Vale of Avoca, how calm could I rest In thy bosom of shade with the friends I love best Where the storms that we feel in this cold world should cease And our hearts, like thy waters, be mingled in peace And our hearts, like thy waters, be mingled in peace. Played with a Burmese Colour Needle (thorn)