Song for the Mira (John McDermott - Canadian Tenor)

McDermott's live DVD "A Time to Remember" (2002) where he sings a nice rendition of "Song for the Mira". This folk song is about the Mira River in Nova Scotia Canada, and also mentions the community of Marion Bridge. The song was originally written by a local songwriter named Allister MacGillivray, and has also been recorded by Nova Scotia native Anne Murray. The studio (not live) version of this song is also on the CD (also released in 2002) that has the same title as the DVD. This DVD version omits one chorus and the third and fourth verses of the song:

"Out on the Mira on soft summer nights,
The bonfires blaze to the children's delights.
They dance 'round the flames, singing songs with their friends-
I wish I was with them again.

And over the ashes the stories are told,
Of witches and werewolves and Oak Island gold.
The stars on the river, they sparkle and spin-
I wish I was with them again."

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"JOHN CHARLES McDERMOTT is a Canadian tenor best known for his rendition of "Danny Boy." Born the ninth of twelve children to Irish parents in Glasgow Scotland in 1955, John and his family moved to Canada in 1965. Growing up in a musical family, his only formal musical training was at St. Michael's Choir School in Toronto, Ontario in 1971 and 1972."