The Song of the Olden Time: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Song of the Olden Time, credited to Thomas Moore, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of The Song of the Olden Time by Thomas Moore. This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 4, 2016. Read in English by Bruce Kachuk; Greg Giordano; Lee Ann Howlett; Matthew Datcher; Phil Schempf; Scotty Smith; Tomas Peter and tovarisch. From a relatively early age Moore showed an interest in music and other performing arts. He sometimes appeared in musical plays with his friends, such as The Poor Soldier by John O'Keeffe (music by William Shield), and at one point had ambitions to become an actor. Moore attended several Dublin schools including Samuel Whyte's English Grammar School in Grafton Street where he learned the English accent with which he spoke for the rest of his life. In 1795 he graduated from Trinity College, which had recently allowed entry to Catholic students, in an effort to fulfill his mother's dream of him becoming a lawyer. Moore was initially a good student, but he later put less effort into his studies. His time at Trinity came amidst the ongoing turmoil following the French Revolution, and a number of his fellow students such as Robert Emmet were supporters of the United Irishmen movement, although Moore himself never was a member. (from A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH BY WILLIAM M. ROSSETTI - the introduction to THE COMPLETE POEMS OF SIR THOMAS MOORE)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Song of the Olden Time
• Author credits: Thomas Moore
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 8
• Listed recording duration: 12:35

Catalogue topics

• poetry
• nature
• song
• time
• philospohy

Track guide

1. 01 - The Song of the Olden Time - Read by BK — 1:40
2. 02 - The Song of the Olden Time - Read by GG — 1:54
3. 03 - The Song of the Olden Time - Read by LAH — 1:29
4. 04 - The Song of the Olden Time - Read by MSD — 1:20
5. 05 - The Song of the Olden Time - Read by PS — 1:16
6. 06 - The Song of the Olden Time - Read by SS — 1:59
7. 07 - The Song of the Olden Time - Read by TP — 1:21
8. 08 - The Song of the Olden Time - Read by VB — 1:36

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