Enrico Caruso - Over There

@AIKevorkian Him and so many others :)

Caruso was the greatest operatic tenor of the last century but I prefer the Billy Murray recording. Murray was American, sang without an accent, and sounded like the "everyman".

Liner notes in 33LP said he sang this phonetically spelled out by his wife cuz he did not speak English well when he sang it dressed in red, white and blue pants jacket and shirt and tie to an audience of NYC police reservists! On a hot day outdoors in a park whose name I don't recall. I can see it all in "my mind's eye".

im 15, and i love this song, future US soldier and history teacher

It would be great if we had audio of Caruso recorded with today's technology. Even so, this remastered recording shows how great his voice was.
As for not understanding the lyrics, that's not unusual with opera -- or rock, for that matter. ; D

@WildeNotesMusic Ya :)

We can only hope the F.B.I. knows this tune as they descend on the Gettysburg National Military Park for one of the largest cover ups in the history of the National Park Service. And now they must investigate the reasons WHY the now soon to be EX - superintendant was downloading ADULT entertainment on his GOVT' issued laptop and desk computor instead of WORKING. .

What? I did'nt here about this.

It was nice to learn the patriotic songs when I was a kid in the early 1960's. I don't know if the songs taught us to be jingoistic but it seemed to have bought us closer together or made us all related in a way because we are all in the same family in a way.