Nan Merriman sings “Bring Flowers of the Fairest“

√°°°•ПРЕКРАСНОЕ МЕЦЦО-СОПРАНО И КОНТРАЛЬТО•°°° Here is rare video footage of the great American mezzo-soprano Nan Merriman singing an old traditional Catholic hymn to the Blessed Virgin. The tradition in the United States and many other countries has been for school children to have a “May Crowning“ ceremony, with a procession, pretty dresses and a wreath of fresh flowers that one child gets to place on the statue of Mary. “Bring Flowers of the Rarest“ appears to have been wri