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Killarney By Killarney's lakes and fells emerald isles and winding bays mountain pass and woodland dells mem'ry ever fondly strays bounteous nature loves all lands beuaty wnaders everywhere footprint leaves on many strands but her home is surely there angels fold their wings and rest in that Eden of the West Beauty's home Killarney ever fair Killarney Innis Fallen's ruined shrine may suggest a passing sigh but man's faith can ne'er decline such God's wonders floating by Castle Lough and Glena Bay Mountains Tore and eagle's nest still a muckcross you must pray though the monks are now at rest Angels wonder not that man there would fain prolong life's span Beauty's home Killarney ever fair Killarney Noplace else can charm the eye with such bright and varied tints Ev'ry rock that you pass by verder 'boider or besprints Virgin there the green grass grows, ev'ry morn springs natal day bright hued berries daft the snows smiling winter's frown away Angels often pausing there doubt if Eden were more fair Beauty's home Killarney ever fair Killarney Music there for echo dwells make each sound a harmony Many voiced the chorus swells tillit faint in ecstacy With the charmful tints below seems the Heaven above to vie All rich colours that we know tinge the cloud wreaths in that sky Wings of Angels so might shine glancing back soft light devine Beauty's home Killarney ever fair Killarney "Killarney" Harry Macdonough sings the Irish classic song. Harry Macdonough was born on March 30, 1871, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, as John Scantlebury Macdonald. During the two decades he was active as a recording artist, the tenor was perhaps the most popular ballad singer to make records aside from Henry Burr, also a tenor from Canada. Determining who made more records before 1920 would be a challenge since both Macdonough and Burr worked regularly as solo artists and also within duos, trios, quartets, and larger ensembles. He first made cylinders for the Michigan Electric Company in Detroit. In a letter written to Jim Walsh dated February 9, 1931, he states that these cylinders "were not sold but merely used in their `Phonograph Parlor' on the slot machines in use at that time." The June 1920 issue of Talking Machine World states he "spent his early business life in Detroit." John Kaiser, who recorded "Casey" monologues and later served as a U.S. Phonograph Company executive, helped Macdonald enter the record business on the East Coast. After Macdonald made a test record in October 1898 at the New York studio of Harms, Kaiser & Hagen, Kaiser himself played the test record for Walter H. Miller, then Edison's recording manager. As a result, Macdonald began making commercial recordings at the Edison laboratories in West Orange, New Jersey, on October 17, 1898. He wrote to Walsh, "At my first session I made twelve selections, for which I received $9.00. The regular rate was at that time $1.00 per song but being a beginner I was supposed to be satisfied with anything they chose to pay me and, as a matter of fact, I was. That $9.00 seemed pretty big pay for the afternoon and I had no complaint...shortly after that they paid me the regular rate of $1.00 per 'round' as it was described in those days. Each morning or afternoon session consisted of 30 'rounds,' consisting of five or six songs..." Miller objected to the name John, claiming it was not "romantic enough," and told the singer, "You're Harry Macdonald from now on." However, on the singer's first cylinder, the last name had been mistakenly printed as "Macdonough." The tenor later explained why he continued using this name: "...I was completely indifferent to what they called me. I thought then that record-making was a sort of lowdown business, anyway." As a solo artist he recorded in 1899 and 1900 a few dozen titles for Berliner. In 1900 the tenor made discs for Eldridge R. Johnson's newly-formed Consolidated Talking Machine Company, soon to be called the Victor Talking Machine Company. He recorded more titles for the company in its first year than any other solo artist (S. H. Dudley was the company's second busiest singer in that year). When Macdonough was asked to join the Edison Quartet, it consisted of first tenor John Bieling; second tenor Jere Mahoney; baritone S. H. Dudley; and bass William F. Hooley. Macdonough replaced Mahoney (tenor Fred Rycroft sang during some 1900 sessions instead of Macdonough), and the four sang together for a decade, employing the name Haydn Quartet when singing for Berliner and Victor. The tenor had a long career in the recording industry. He died on September 26, 1931. "Killarney" Irish classic song = By Killarney's lakes and fells emerald isles and winding bays