Kate & Anne McGarrigle - Some Children See Him (with Rufus and Martha)

[gibbsy36]

Lovely; beautiful.Thank you for posting,xx

[Lolalovesamba]

Glorious music

[wisdomhut]

RIP sweet Kate, thank you for all the great harmonies and for Martha and Rufus.

[Dalyght]

My dad taped this song off the TV, a Tennessee Ernie Ford Christmas special, 1960ish. We played it over the years at Christmas. And I've never heard it again, until now. I'll bet that reel to reel is still in my mom's basement. Somewhere.

[breatheslowandlong]

i heard my children's pastor sing this song today in worship. She has an amazing voice that makes me jealous :) It was really beautiful, and they brought all the newborns up to the front.

[alex28388]

There's a live recording of this song on youtube for those of you who're interested. He sang it without microphone in the Royal Albert Hall on Wednesday. Gosh, I had goose bumps even in my head.

[talkedtoaflower]

@alex28388 I was there too and it was actually "O Holy Night" that he sang without a microphone but I loved his performance of this song too, I'd never heard it before. A really lovely song :)

[happytreefriends1001]

A Burt is Alfred Burt who wrote many Christmas songs. I grew up with the Jimmy Joyce singers and Alfred Burt carols.

[deborahsuewho]

Where is this from? Is recording available? I'm thinking its a holiday collection/various artists type thing. Any help appreciated...

[gazzacymru]

rufus wainwright and family have a christmas show at the Royal Albert Hall London on the 9th December 2009

[howdiddlydo]

McGarrigle Christmas Hour CD

[mollusc6]

Just so perfect for the season...

[thesnowbabies]

I saw Rufus in Wolverhampton a few years ago ~Wasnt impressed, but "some children see him" has changed my opinion. Martha is great.

[duron1221]

easily in love really needs to spend some time listening to rufus' mom and dad

[davidlenander]

You might want to add the writers of the song to your tags: W. Hutson & A. Burt, according to the liner notes from THE MCGARRIGLE CHRISTMAS HOUR.

[dave62nick]

Very interesting to hear his deep folk roots.

[easilyinlove]

Horrible, as much as I love Rufus for all his other songs, where he seems such an intelligent world citizen. This song really gives me the creeps.

[deborahsuewho]

Thats interesting. I could be wrong, but I think Rufus would be interested in hearing why, and ask "why?". I am interested too. Answer only if you like..

[easilyinlove]

Hi Deborahsuewho,

I'm sorry but my browser doesn't show my reaction for some reason and I cannot remember what I wrote a year ago...but I'm still a big Rufus fan so..

[deborahsuewho]

oh easily - I believe you made a comment that was negative about this song and his chpice to sing it. But that was last year, yes?