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[HughHDavis]

Wonderful. I've sent you a message to see if you can share a file of this.

[PeggyPMS1]

Beautifully done!

[AboutFlyFishing]

This is indeed a beautiful rendition and I really appreciate it. Thank you for posting this video and song. You did a fantastic job, and you have some real talent there.

Thank you.

[21twolf]

@StanMcLarson where can i find tabs or sheet music for the guitar version you played here? it is outstanding!

[StanMcLarsen]

@21twolf

Sorry, it just comes out of my head - I don't have music of any format for this.

Glad you liked it though.

Sean

[catheryne82]

This is beautiful! Such a gorgeous rendition. I have been singing this song to my 2 month old for a few weeks and decided to look up a video in yt and came up with many versions, but yours is the loveliest and the one she enjoyed the most. Thank you for sharing this :-) We will have fun listening to you for many years to come.

[halimaali]

Thanks, I really enjoyed that and am going to listen again!

lovely

[tilburyfarm]

Outstanding sir! You are an amazing talent!

[nedthebed07]

There is only one place for this beautiful rendition and that's in my fav's..hope you don't mind me using it to blow my harmonica along with, cheers Ed

[monduffy1]

stunningly beautiful, would love to have a copy on CD, is it possible?

[StanMcLarsen]

@monduffy1

Sorry, I don't have it on CD. If you send me a personal message with your email address (go to my Profile page and click on Send Message) I will happily send you an MP3 file which you could copy on to CD.

Regards,

Sean

[junkyman2]

beautiful man

[Yassiearai]

Quite fanatasitic of StanMclarsens.

Thanks. from Japan, Yassiearai

[CurtDogg]

0:13 *KABOOM!*

[rhjaeger]

Outstanding. This may be the best love song/poem ever written.

[brautigan1]

Reed college in Portland, OR uses this melody for their school song. I was curious, so I looked up the tune here.

I did not expect this.

Absolutely enthralling.

[boritchka]

I often watch this in the mornings to brighten up my day, and have been doing so for months. Love it!

[EarthaKit2]

Beautiful!

Thank you.

[mercenaryfifer]

I can't remember if I've posted here or not, but I just wanted to say that I've always loved this song, and I love your version of it! I just wish I could play guitar well enough to fingerpick. I blame it on being left-handed :-P (now you'll tell me you're left-handed). Anyway, thanks for the beautiful, inspiring music - I used this song to make an anniversary video for my husband :-D

[StanMcLarsen]

Thanks for your kind comments. Sadly, I don't think being a lefty is an excuse - some of the world's best guitarists are !!!

All the best, Sean

[Valred78]

@StanMcLarsen

Love this song as it was one of my late Mother's ...but glad also lefties are well able play guitar as it is a wish of mine but thought it might go against me!!

[macyoutub1]

@StanMcLarsen

Our family has played and song this song and weddings and funerals, and at other family gatherings. We play it much faster, but I think I like your version better. I think we will slow it down for now on. Thanks for the video.

[fireballflammable]

Stan this is beautiful, it took my breath away!

[bsam20uk]

Stan, this is great, I keep coming back here again and again and this time I'm playing along, thanks again for such a beautiful, deep and honest interpretation of this timeless song.

[Jake9360]

Very nice! Thx, MAN!

[Paukerwolf]

Very well done, greetings from Germany.

[maeri1]

very very beautiful, greetings from switzerland .-)

[alohachristine]

Beautifully sung and played

[mamaunderscoresays]

such a gorgeous rendition

[Tibernite]

very beautiful, well done sir

[djonas79]

booom!

[themacjune]

beautifully played & sang. am playing this on my zither, hope it sounds as good

[karebear71284]

this is AMAZING. do you have any recordings of it available via mp3 or CD? this is the most beautiful modern version of this song I've ever heard.

[StanMcLarsen]

Send me a Personal Message & I will get the file to you.

[monduffy1]

Is there any chance you could send me a copy also?

[dmcrain]

Lovely. Thank you.

[cezza44]

good job man, this sounds awesome

[Kittielips]

Lovely song, well done.

5*****.

Jennie.

[oldfolkiepad]

You sing and play this lovely old song exceptionally well. Very enjoyable.

[Philly5834]

Great job, my friend!

[Ignauhak]

I recognise this song most as the one Bugs Bunny usually plays wrongly on some sort of keyboard (AKA piano or xylophone) deliberately to frustrate his enemy (Yosemite Sam or Daffy Duck) into setting off the TNT they'd rigged in it for him! Why he picked this song, I'll never know

[Kebabbish]

thank you so much sean :D

ur so right, the emotion's got to be there or it really doesn't work. and this song especially, as it's so beautiful and sweet.

thank you again :)

kebab :D (alice)

[StanMcLarsen]

Glad you 'get' my comments. Let me know how you do. I come from an Irish folk music background where this song fits quite comfortably. I 'guessing' you don't ;-) Get your version on here ASAP. I want to hear it with an R'n'B slant. If that's your style, sing it that way. I see so many violinists trying to play trad Irish music - but they will NEVER be fiddle players. Be true to your roots - don't copy - don't pretend - make the song yours.

Sean

[Kebabbish]

i'm singing this song for my grade 3 singing :D i adore it. you sing and play it brilliantly ;)

[StanMcLarsen]

Dear Miss Kebab, ;-)

Thanks for your nice comment.

Follow the advice that I gave Christie (below) & you can't go wrong. My daughter (on flute) won countless competitions & raced to Grade 8 because she played will real feeling. Understand the emotion of the composer before you sing or play in public. There are 2000 other people who's techinque will be better than yours - but do it from the heart and you can't lose.

Good luck,

Sean

[Christie9738]

I am going to sing this song for a singing contest any suggestions?

[StanMcLarsen]

Hello Christie,

It is funny you should contact me right now because I was in HK 2 days ago on my way to Dongguan where I am on business.

When you sing any song, especially one like this, you should understand what you are singing. Don't just learn the words - read them as a poem and try to understand the emotion of what has been written. This is one of the greatest love songs. A performance with feeling will always impress the judges more than just good technique.

Good luck,

Sean

[TheDebSW]

awesome job!! I first heard this watching the Andy Griffith Show growing up! Let me say you are a lot more in tune than Barney Fife trying to sing it :D

Way to go!!!

[acebabam]

Beautiful. I love this song- first heard it in Littlest Rebel w/Shirley Temple. You brought tears to my eyes.

[newrochellephoenix]

1st time I ever heard this song-I was watching The Little Rascals with my old Irish nana.Alfalfa,of all people , was singing . My grandmother told me that her father had sung it to her mother before they were married. So,its found a place in my heart. Your version is wonderful.

[llibmahargtube]

Very nice singing and playing of this beautiful song. I really like the instrumental in the middle. I see it has 8 strings, but is it a mandolin? I've never seen one that large.

[StanMcLarsen]

It is an Octave Mandolin (tuned an octave lower than a mandolin) - not a true member of the mandolin family (mandolin, mandola, mandocello & mandobass). I love it because with a capo way up the neck it sounds just like a normal mando - 2 for 1 !!!

[mianno58]

Awesome, my friend.... trying this on the Uke.

[oldbikersrule]

Pretty good effort on this song and the mandolin was a nice touch. Love this song,too. My redneck friends and relatives seem to have no taste for good music.

[Rikki0]

Manda, this song was written by Ireland's poet laureat, Thomas Moore. It takes on more meaning when you realize that he wrote it for his wife, Bessie who had developed a terrible skin disease which ruined her looks. She was afraid that he would leave her. He wrote this song to assure her that he still loved her and would never leave her. He never did.

[newrochellephoenix]

Ive heard a further telling of this story- Bessie had shut her self off in her dark room,not wanting to ever go out into the world again. Thomas read the words that he had written,and Bessie left her room to join him and venture out again.

[Rikki0]

I've not heard that, newrochelle. But I don't doubt that it is true. " A man's a man for all that ". That is what makes a true man. There were men like that then. I can only pray that there are still men like that today.

[Rikki0]

I know that was Rabbie Burns. But it does apply.

[newrochellephoenix]

I think that there still men and women like that. Just takes an open caring heart and a little inspiration. Im glad that Bessie was wise enough to know that she was so loved that it gave her courage. Alot of people with what ever problems do have support from others,but just not within them selves to face it.

[theshadow1932]

There are. When you find one, believe in him.

[Musikman47]

Beautiful! I Love it! Great voice too!

[ethereal51]

Sceptical indeed ..I'm suprised you owned up in the first place..

[ethereal51]

Got to be Taurus..In a class of your own..

[StanMcLarsen]

Virgo actually !!

[ethereal51]

touche^...a Van Morrison Virgo as opposed to a Michael Jackson one.

Your moon, mars, venus or something must still be in Taurus.

[StanMcLarsen]

If you say so.......being a Virgo I am naturally sceptical about such things :-)

[StanMcLarsen]

Manda.....what, you think I just made it up as I went along?

[manda2718]

Is this really how the song goes??

[Rikki0]

Sorry, should have written that as a reply. Manda, please see my explanation of the song above. Yes, it is indeed how the song goes.

[Ritterrit]

That was BEAUTIFUL! I am a 55 yr. old woman, whose dad died many years ago. He, my Mom, & my aunts & uncles (we all lived on the same 2 blocks!)would sing and harmonize Irish folks songs weekend nights, and it was like music from the angels to us "kids" upstairs in bed. This was one of my Dad's favorites, & I woke up with it in my head at 4:00 this morning, and wanted to hear it once more, so badly! THANKS YOU SO MUCH for doing a classic Irish tenor on it! Beautiful! God Bless you always!

[johnee77]

Great Job...I really like the solo!

[hildavar]

Thank´s, excellent guitar, very emotive

[dholeton]

Thanks Stan...I've kinda' dabbled with learning this song before but I just finished learning it in it's entirety from you. Also, I think I know some ViCeltics (ViKeltics?) in the US but they don't play or sing as good as you.

Dave

[onetwotreey]

great work! keep it up!

[mollynolan1]

Thank you. You sang this so well and you play beautiffuly. This is a lovely song and we enjoyed it very much. Thanks

[NoirMusic]

Very good! :) Keep 'em coming...

[calico992]

nice version, but bar none THE BEST version I have ever heard is (believe it or not) on the ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW an episode called 'Raif Hollister Sings' Its incredible hearing it in a Bass Baritone. I recommend anyone\everyone who loves this song to track down that episode...

[AlvinCoog]

Really nice version. I learned the song from Irish Nuns in 29 Palms California in 1957.

[nintendy]

BEAUTIFUL!! Wonderful wonderful! ; - )Truly lovely! Thank You SO much! x

[Travers54]

Awesome version thank you,well done.5*****

[imairlax]

incredible, excellent job. and 100% with you about it not being right to play during the day!

[timboytx]

That's one of the most beautiful songs every written, and you did a fine job with it.

[dragonmoon88]

You play well, and you've got a good voice for the song. ^_^

[brcp4321]

Really enjoyed that ive come from "tell me ma" thank you so much for all your postings you are good very good please put up some more you have give much pleasure

[ymhr1948]

very beautfiful song I love it

from tokyo japan

[ymhr1948]

Lovely beautiful song

I remember school boy from tokyo iapan

[Martink309]

Thomas Moore wrote this for his wife who had lost her attractiveness through an illness and did not want her husband to see her in this condition.

[zoedaria]

thank you for a most beautiful version of this song. my father was named after thomas moore as he was grannys favourite poet and is mine/ i have all poetry books etc in my collection and always look for anything connected with him/ thank you for a wonderful version of this song/

[EthanAllen420]

Lovely, man! Keep it up, you do us so proudL: I've been looking all over for this song, and finally someone does it bloody justice!

Cheers, mate, and countryman!

Ben

[yamahira1948]

when I was school boy I was singing very well

I love this song from tokyo japan

[bert4a]

Very much like you troubadour combination of instruments. This has been hanging in my mind for a few days and I keep coming back to it. Wish I had the voice for it. Must find me a copy of the sheet for my cornet when I get to the UK. Thanks for this fine song Sean.

[Yabadoodle1486]

You sound very good!

[cjs4663]

Thank you for such a beautiful and moving rendition of a beautiful and moving song.

[StanMcLarsen]

I'm not sure any woman would be happy if she was described, as in the end of the first verse, as a ruin - but the sentiments surely make this one of the greatest love songs. I'm glad you enjoyed it.