Mountains of Mourne, Don McLean - beautiful version with captions

Don McClean sings a beautiful version of Mountains of Mourne. The lyrics to the song were written by Irish musician Percy French. “The Mountains of Mourne“ by Percy French (1896) The lyrics to the song “The Mountains of Mourne“ were written by Irish musician Percy French. It is normally sung to the traditional Irish folk tune Carrigdonn or Carrigdhoun (as it is sometimes spelt). This was the same tune used by Thomas Moore (1779–1852) for his song “Bendemeer’s Stream“. The song is representative of French’s many works concerning the Irish diaspora. The Mourne Mountains of the title are located in County Down in present-day Northern Ireland. The song is a whimsical look at the styles, attitudes and fashions of late nineteenth century London as seen from the point of view of an Irish labourer from a village near the Mountains of Mourne. It is written as if the singer is sending a message to his tru