Great old song - The Blacksmith

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

I picked up one of my old songbooks from1902 and it opened to a song, set to music by Mozart, called "The Blacksmith". I think somewhere I have a turn of the century (1910 or so) recording disc of that song by Reinald Werrenrath. It is not the same as Longfellow's poem, but the theme is the similar - The Blacksmith is strong, hardworking, honest, his heart is true and mellow, he stands for what is right, ... and, of course, he is handsome.

Here is the song on YouTube: