~Adelina Patti ~ Kathleen Mavourneen ~ Restored ~ Rare Version ~

This is the lesser heard version of Patti’s “ Kathleen Mavourneen“ from Marston’s C.D. Patti’s incomparable ability to communicate with her audience is something to marvel, even 100 plus years later. Patti brings so much tender, love and care to this old air. Her old fashioned phrasing of “ It may be for years and it may be forever “ is a message straight to the heart! The prince of Wales, later King Edward VII, always requested this song from her and one time he was very moved when she sang it for him, at Craig Y Nos, in 1910. Her last utterance of “ Mavourneen“ sounds like a weep, and is very dramatic and lovely.