It must be the snow that is giving rise to this nostalgia. Wasn’t every winter as white and as angelic as this long ago when we all knew our sweet love of youth? I know that I then first came to meet the sweet Deanna Durbin when I was in my teens and just beginning [...]
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The last rose
Posted in culture, Uncategorized, tagged Deanna Durbin, The last rose of summer, Thomas Moore on November 30, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Angels guard thee
Posted in culture, tagged Angels guard thee, Kenneth McKellar on November 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Angels guard thee Sung by Kenneth McKellar Beneath the quiv’ring leaves, where shelter comes at last, All sadness sinks to rest, or glides into the past; Her sweet eyes prison’d now, in their soft silken bars, O! my love, calm she sleeps beneath the trembling stars. Ah! wake not yet from thy repose, A [...]
A feast of the days that were
Posted in culture, tagged Deanna Durbin, The banks of Loch Lomond on November 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Hard on the heels of re-discovering Deanna Durbin came my finding of this, the very first recording of hers that I heard : The Bonnie, Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond. Well, actually, it isn’t the same recording, but it is the same song. I hope you enjoy it too, though I doubt if you’ll hear [...]
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