Going home - Song based on Dvorak's Largo

[randomforum]

skip the adds!!! say no to partnership!!!

[bl89ze]

what a true feeling ....

[4FabBEATLES]

my favorite version is the church boys choir "Libera"- their angelic young voices make this song so touching, but this version is nice, too

[lolotex1]

super song!!! XD

[TheMamajep]

Love the song, words and music. But the best performance ever is by Libera boys' choir.

[TheMamajep]

Love the song, words and music. But the best performance ever is by Libera boys' choir.

[mrsdoubtfire831]

This lady is called Mary Duff and she is Irish - fab singer 

[fedahlis]

Terrible!!!!!!'

[ReinerDe]

Antonín Dvořák by se z této verze vyvrátil! :(( Pěkně zpívá, ale ne zrovna tuto skladbu.

[milka123safari]

@JE TO PRAVDA ReinerDe 

[1949man]

This song has always brought tears to my eyes.Excellant rendition.

[toonbear1]

the number one version of this song by Paul Robeson

[chadwickbob]

Lovely Voice makes this a beautiful rendition.

[tsazar]

This sounds like doo doo

[SueOlsson]

Wow...what a voice. She did this beautifully.

[koliiikh]

sílenýýýýý... :-( Dvorak se obraci v hrobe, mam pocit.

[johninthemix]

The singer is Iirsh her name is Mary Duff

[iRxMario]

Played at my dads funeral .. Love it!

[MegaStano123]

tohle je největší sračka

[MegaStano123]

tak tohle je největší sračka!!!

[crazymelomanka]

she sings well, what's her name?

[Rayoohoo]

Goin' home, goin' home, I'm a goin' home; Quiet-like, some still day, I'm jes' goin' home. It's not far, jes' close by, Through an open door; Work all done, care laid by, Goin' to fear no more. Mother's there 'spectin' me, Father's waitin' too;  Lots o' folk gather'd there, All the friends I knew, All the friends I knew. (max allowable words)

[dragibolos]

Lyrics are shit .

[fiona2201]

I love you Mam. I'll be seeing you when its my time to go home. Not even 2months and it feels like I havent seen you in 2 years. I love you and thank you for everything.xxxx

[Metallicafan882]

dvorak's largo is better before they did this crappy remake because i have it in my sheet music book and it sounds much better when i do it lol

[paulostroff99]

Awesome! TY.

[Maha1943]

It's on Mary Duff double dvd Mary Duff in concert / an evening with

[Maha1943]

Andre Rieu's version of this is beautiful but you don't get the nice words but I LOVE it

[PJwith12d]

@Maha1943 THANK YOU! Yeah, I had found that in a comment thread for another of her songs here on YouTube, and was going to provide that information, but you "beat me to it". NOW, the only problem is finding it. I've called 2 different large chain stores that sell CDs and DVDs and they can't find it available in the States. I'm still looking. Look up the word "frustrated" in the dictionary....my picture is there temporarily.

[PJwith12d]

Thank you to the folks who have suggest other artists who have recorded this. I'm NOT a religious person at all, but as preparations for my final departure, I wanted to have this piece played at any memorial given for me. I've always hated "Amazing Grace" Plus, I've always loved Dvorak's "From the New World Symphony" OK, in addition to the other artists people have suggested, one other (on YouTube) that does it beautifully is Bryn Terfel. Thank you again.

[jbuckaroo82]

@PJwith12d

If you aren't "religious", don't you think it a little odd to think that you'd be going ANYWHERE once you are kaput?

[PJwith12d]

@jbuckaroo82 Well OF COURSE I'm not "going ANYWHERE" when I die....NO ONE "goes" anywhere except into a casket and underground, or into a vault, or they're cremated and the remains scattered somewhere. The only point of my desire to have this played at any sort of memorial of "celebration of life" upon my death would be to satisfy those who are religious and need this sort of crutch to help THEM cope. And out of respect for me, I don't want "Amazing Grace" played....I HATE that thing!

[jbuckaroo82]

@PJwith12d

Philosophical question (not to be snotty but just to make things interesting):

Where does your concern for others' feelings about your future demise come from? That is, if we are only so many cells congregating together, what does it really matter whether they are comforted or otherwise?

[thumbpickr1812]

@PJwith12d Your body's not going anywhere - but your spirit might be? The idea that we are no more than a 'cosmic accident'/ bundle of cells may be true. But it may not be. If each view is equally incredible, it's also equally credible! It's a crazy world.

[Mosikito]

this song is absolutely wonderful. where can i get the lyrics for this song?

[PJwith12d]

@Mosikito There are actually several variations of the lyric. Some accompany the music on the YouTube videos. You can also do a wikipedia search for "Goin' Home" or a Google search for "Going Home lyric" or "Goin' Home lyric".

[Maha1943]

The singer is Mary Duff who sings with Daniel O'Donnell

[PJwith12d]

@Maha1943 Thank you!! I've searched for this video, but have had no luck finding it. I've also searched for Mary Duff, and have found a CD with her doing this number, and am now trying to find it in a store.

[clarrisina]

this song really touches my heart, my dad passed away last year and it has giving the courage to look forward knowing he's not far away.

thank you for sharing

[PJwith12d]

I too like this recording.  I'd also like to know who she is. Lovely lady with a lovely voice. I've always been a classical music fan, but never knew the history behind the writing of the "New World Symphony", so when I heard this vocal rendition and the Celtic Woman doing a different lyric under the title "Non Cè Più" I had to research it. I'm not a religious person, and I HATE "Amazing Grace", but I might request that this be played at my memorial when I die. (IF I can find it somewhere)

[rjhwb]

@PJwith12d Jane Froman does this quite well. I have this somewhere by the Morman Tabernacle Choir. In the television production, Eleanor and Franklin, Goin Home played in the background and center stage for Franklin's final trip from Warm Springs to Washington. Heartbreakingly beautiful.  I had it played at my husband's funeral.

[phildaph]

Who is the artist? Is this version available on CD/DVD

Philip Immelman

[fabriciozu]

Beautiful version, much better I would expect. I thought the lyrics could be better, less common, but still beautiful anyway

[markvz]

I love this song. It was played at my Grandmother's funeral, and I've played it in public myself a couple of times. The soloist here sang it wonderfully.

[CrimsonKing589051]

@markvz

That's one heck of an eerie coincidence, because some lines in this song remind me of the circumstances in which my grandmother passed away!

[lbolger1]

a song that really means something to everyone in my family. i really mean us feel at peace and understand it was time.

RIP Bill

[garylarson1990]

I couldn't read your message above the foul stench of your anti-intellectualism

[Ascaidh]

Dvorak wrote this song about the turmoil African Americans had to endure. Look it up. Though I think this song speaks for all that seek sanctuary and peace of mind.

[PJwith12d]

@Ascaidh Interesting theory, but wrong. Actually Dvorak first heard this tune during his trip to America, being sung by the slaves, as a spiritual about the release from life's pain at death. He then returned to Czechoslovakia and composed the New World Symphony, which included this melody, as part of his impressions of the 'New World.

[garylarson1990]

this is outrageous!

a perverse adaptation of a pure piece of lyrical beauty.

What is this yat doing?!

[swanningaround]

gary. Thats hard. I don't think that the singer has strayed far from the composer's intention.

[aine121]

my gran had this song played at her funneral today, beautiful and very comforting...

[Flextones]

I have re-discovered this tune. I think I am going to start playing it at funerals. Antonin D"vorak's 9th Symphony Largo section was my introduction in his New World Symphony. I have an arragement set as an instrumental piano tune in a set of Classical Piano books from the University Series.

[irrelagh]

beautiful version of this well-known song/hymn

[druidia9]

While this is great, the band Renaissance with the ethereal voice of Annie Haslam did this song...I want it played at my funeral. Simply stunning.

[chitlika]

I aint ashamed to say it ...the tears rolled down my face

[bogsidebunny]

Beautiful song sung by a beautiful lady

Can't get any better!

[Gwendolena1]

my brother sailor good to me all my life just went home

i have loved thhis song since a small child \it was played when the soliers returned to there villages in the north of uk

who is this girl it is hard to find such uplifting clear words

[blackscorpione]

Quiet good!!!!

Nonthaburi

THAILAND

[olderngod]

Lovely!!! It is not easy to find a good vocal of this theme. Thank you.

[trooper766]

who is the singer?

[Segalmed]

Unfortunately I do not know. I downloaded it following a link I have lost and was unable to find again. So I simply uploaded it again but lack the info.

[drogmty]

mary duff - an irish country and western singer

[trooper766]

Many thanks for that information - I have ordered the CD from her official site.