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It's sad that music like this is becoming more and more rare.... there are a few surprises every once in a while.... but few that are anywhere near this caliber! Wish they could have all lived longer!
@Lovelyman2001@Lovelyman2001 music like this is still very much alive, yea its not simon "deep pockets" cowels choice, but bands like solas, lunasa, the mighty altan and the new, and very fresh beoga keep the music very much alive across the globe. This music will never vanish as it is in places like donegal and clare, antrim, mayo and kerry that these sounds still echo through pubs and lounges. Listen to beoga's stuff on here and get yersel down the fesh!!!
@DonegalRaymie201 Well I dont know if your Ulster history is up to scratch mate, but most of Ulster, culture, music and even gaelic dialect are influenced by the scots. Anyway, perhaps your knowledge of music might be better. The clancy brothers, and liam clancy ARE irish and DO use terms like lassie when there singing Scottish songs. The great thing about trad is the links it carries with other cultures across europe. And fyi, i am familiar with whats said in ireland as i live there. thanks
"DO use terms like lassie when there singing Scottish songs"
That's exactly my point! The video claims this song to have been written by Belfast's Francie McPeake, when the lyrics at least, were written by a Paisley poet called Robert Tannahill and published in 1805!
As to my knowledge of Ulster history, well I live there! And I would argue, that it was Ulster that influenced the Scots first; indeed it was Ulster from whence the "Scoti" originally came!
i am a 19 year old living in germany but i was born and raised in donegal were all my ancesters are from... this music has true beauty and reminds me of that wonderful country i coome from!!
The poet Robert Tannahill lived in Paisley which is near the Firth of Clyde so is quite near Ireland. Actually further south in Galloway it is easy enough to look across the water and see the lights of Irish towns. There was also of course a large population in Northern Ireland desdended from Scots immigrants and many of those came to Scottish universities etc. People jumped back and forth all the time as did their music. I don't think there is any doubt that the lyrics were adapted by McPeake
Aye, I've no doubt that Tannahill wrote the words first, because I've looked at his "braes o' Balquidder", and in fairness, old Francie Mcpeake said he learned it from his uncle. And aye, the Mcpeake family were/are Ulster-Scots.
There are so many versions of this song on you tube, yet the greatest of all, the mcPeakes original, like an ironic elephant in the room, remains unposted,
I hope this tradition never dies please god. I want it to be that a thousand years from now. Long after I'm gone. That these songs still are being song and that the Irish are still as proud as they ever have been. I love this music but it has had a tough fight. The English tried to kill it and all identity of the Irish. But it made it to the 1970s and the Clancy Brothers are one major factor. And now in the 21st songs thousands of years old are still being song around the world.
@LordHannigan Ireland does have a great tradition but I don't think there are many songs thousands of years old being sung around the world. As for this song I doubt if it in this form could be dated much further back than little over half a century. The song and poem it is based on (the words of the verses are just about lifted directly) are from 18thC Scotland - though that itself is supposedly based on a slightly earlier Scots song. I'd imagine 300 years antiquity at the most for it.
@gaconnochie That is true but I bet the song is older than that because like most celtic civilizations and those similar to it. Did not write anything down. It was passed on by word of mouth. So it is very possible that it was only written down in the 18th century. Very possible it had been said for generations passed down by a family and one day in the 18th century one of the family members desided to write it down.
You can't judge something's age by just a piece of paper.
@LordHannigan No but you can't claim a song is thousands of years old when you can only trace version of it back a maximum of 300 years. The words for Wild Mountain Thyme were not written by McPeake. The verses of the song are basically lifted verbatim from Braes of Balquidder a lyric by the Scottish poet Robert Tannahill. McPeake only tweaked the words. The tunes are similar in style but not the same though it is possible the Ulster Scots simply adapted and improved the older Scots tune
@LordHannigan There's no need to go back and forth here are cut and pastes from the Braes of Balquhidder which is readily available on the net anyway. Noo the summers in prime, Wi' the flooers richly bloomin', Wi' the wild mountain thyme, A' the moorlan's perfumin'. Let us go, lassie, go, Tae the braes o' Balquhidder, Whar the blueberries grow,'Mang the bonnie Hielan' heather. That is the parts of Braes which were tweaked to make the 1st verse and chorus of Wild Mountain Thyme. The rest was
@LordHannigan --- That's just fine, except that this isn't an Irish song. Franics McPeake copied a Scottish song, 'The Braes of Balquhidder' by Robert Tannahill.
Does it matter where the song is from Irish Scottish,so what.I am Irish with a Scots name so I am a Celt,and I dont hate the English.I think if we would have had the English power at that time we would have been as bad.Many Celts killed minorities under the convienence of the British flag.We all have skeletons in are cupboards,Celts Blacks Asians so forget it and enjoy your short life.
@soulous1 I would never deny that the English behaved like arseholes to all Celts in the past, but to hate Englidh people like myself who were born in the last 40 years for stuff that happened decades and hundreds of years ago is wrong; you're blaming us for the sins of our fathers. I would assume you hate Germans because of the 2nd World War and as a result, millions died?
To bigbosscat: how can you call what the english did to the scots and irish as a bloody rivalry. The english murderd hundreds of thousands of irish and scots mainly in the name of religon. A RIVALRY MY ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They're all dead, holy shit. I am sad that all 4 of them are dead but I know they all led fulfilling lives at least, I'm not saying good, I hope they all had good lives but I'm sure all 4 lived fulfilling lives as many Irish do.
@twodogshellbound I am a mutt like you--English, Irish, Scot, German, Polish--and I love my roots. I listen to a lot of traditional Celtic music, and if I was good enough at it to record it, I probably would.
I still love to sing this. I was a folkie in my younger daze. Hehe "daze"........these records were some of the few things I had that helped pass the time. We didnt have much at all but singin and playin was somethin special. Almost makes me cry now. Thank you for posting this.
@Justraycarroll In the 60's I was a "know nothing" american in Australia. I heard Pommie Bastard so often I thought it was one word. Don't know what that means but the comments made me think of it.
@nicodagger the song was written by an irish person based on a scottish poem written in the 1700's, heres a vers from the scottish poem Chorus: Will ye go lassie, go, To the braes o' Balquhidder? Where the blaeberries grow, 'Mang the bonnie bloomin' heather
ireland isnt known for heather or the word bonnie.
@gaelscot also if the irish want to claim this song they should realise that Danny Boy was based on an irish tune and the lyrics were written by an ENGLISHMAN. So with their logic Danny Boy is English.
@seonidh lol just like john jameson of jamesons irish whiskey is scottish. he was a scottish business man who just happened to start distilling whiskey in dublin.
@seonidh I don't know, because I'm argentinian . Lyrics and tune can come from different countries just like father and mother can. But I think that a song belongs to the soil it grew from, maybe to the land where people love it most and make it their own
Every Christmas,wedding,birthday,anniversary,we partied all day and every time we ended the night with the Clanceys and Tommy Makem sing a long and boy did we make the rafters sing.I wish we could turn back the clock and do it all again.what wonderful times they were.Thank you Tommy,Pat,Tom and Liam i will never forget all those wonderful times with all my family singing their hearts out "Will you go lassie go" God bless the 4 of you now all in Heaven.
So agree with previous poster..... let's not try to score points....I .am a humble German....living in Ireland these past 25 years.....enjoying English/Scottish/Irish/Welsh music and culture....as well as my own......Let's embrace our differences.... that is the only way to lasting peace.. ... if we can't even b civil on you tube...... what hope is there????
As a young child (around age 5, roughly ten years ago), almost all of the music I listened to was from Ireland. It was mainly Chieftains music, but I'm pretty sure this was one of the more memorable songs.
As a wee lassie 45 years ago I remember my grandad Harry McPake come home after a drinking session and get his Clancy Brothers LP's on he radiogram (LOL). Oh happy family days when we all lived together x
I agree. I'm proud to be a Scot, but I'm happy to be an Earthling - a word I use when a form asks: race/nationality - all this fighting? for what? I just lost my beloved sister and she and I, had agreed to enjoy life in our 60's and now she's gone, just like that. In our youth it was a fight for this pride or that cause. Glad we mellowed. Please people, relax and enjoy. It goes too fast.
When the queen say's sorry for the millions of Irish her family killed in our country and say's sorry for putting medals on the men who murdered 14 innocent people in Derry then I might consider getting along.
Nice song! But I think it's a bit stupid when posters try to score points by saying 'this culture' or 'that culture' are better. Can't we just enjoy great songs like this, wherever they come from? I'm a proud English person, and although I enjoy our rivalry with the Scots, Welsh and Irish, I don't hate them or think I'm better than them. I think we have just as much in common with them as we have differences. Can't we at least try to get along - please?!
I can't wait till we find life on other planets so we can band together and hate them as Earthlings, instead of pounding on each other. The Clancy Brothers music is wonderful, it's not a contest, just enjoy!
I'm from the Boston area of Massachusetts. Few of them are pure Irish. Pretty common for them to be an English, Scotch, Italian and Polish mix. Here, I'm going to post something from my exhusband, really funny perspective on British dispute. He's Irish, mainly, but Polish, English and German after that. Married a Jewish girl, me. This is his joke after finding I was listening to the Clancy Brothers for the past two days: (Irish or British humor still stong, I must say)...
@BigBossCat Joke from an Irishman named Kowalski: " Liam Clancy's story is a very sad one. His sister was a prostitute. One of the British soldiers gave her the clap. Liam vowed to end the British' oppressive rule of not using condoms when they fucked Irish whores through song with notable ballad anthems including "Don't let your sister fuck the British", "Use a sheep skin (Don't fuck a sheep)" and "British clap blues".
@BigBossCat Not so much a Rivalry as the English always trying to keep the Celts down in submission, or extermination. Believe me, I know. America hasn't been much different.
@Cstrife234 I'm in the U.S. & I know nobody who wants to keep Celts down or even dislikes any. I've heard there's more Irish in the U.S. than in Ireland. Americans were subjects to the English crown just like Ireland, Scotland (don't know much about Wales)& others. My -ex is half Irish & I was happy to have a daughter 1/4 Irish, w/a middle name of Kathleen & a birthday four days from St. Patrick's. If she'd been a boy, I would have named him Patrick. I have some Connemara marble, etc.
@Cstrife234 I'm in the U.S. & I know nobody who wants to keep Celts down or even dislikes any. I've heard there's more Irish in the U.S. than in Ireland. Americans were subjects to the English crown just like Ireland, Scotland (don't know much about Wales) & others. My -ex is half Irish & I was happy to have a daughter 1/4 Irish, w/a middle name of Kathleen & a birthday four days from St. Patrick's. If she'd been a boy, I would have named him Patrick. I have some Connemara marble, etc.
@Cstrife234 I'm in the U.S. & I know nobody who wants to keep Celts down or even dislikes any. I've heard there's more Irish in the U.S. than in Ireland. Americans were subjects to the English crown just like Ireland, Scotland (don't know much about Wales) & others. My -ex is half Irish & I was happy to have a daughter 1/4 Irish, w/a middle name of Kathleen & a birthday four days from St. Patrick's. If she'd been a boy, I would have named him Patrick.
Naw mate, americas struggle against england is nothin compared to scotland or ireland. The americans your on about were just a bunch of ex-colonial rascists who had no more right to be in the US than the English. The Scots and Irish however, are an ancient people who wanted nothing more than a cruel bully to leave their country. Anyway, aside fae that wee point, fair play to ye mate ;)
Naw mate, americas struggle against england is nothin compared to scotland or ireland. The americans your on about were just a bunch of ex-colonial rascists who had no more right to be in the US than the English. The Scots and Irish however, are an ancient people who wanted nothing more than a cruel bully to leave their country. Anyway, aside fae that wee historical point, fair play to ye mate ;)
@BigBossCat Amen to that, I was brought up in an Irish household who hated the British, what a waste of time and emotion! Like or dislike someone because of who they are, not their relatives or government, thank you!!!
Irelan/Scotland+Africa=Old Time Appalachian Music+Blues=Bluegrass+Jazz & Cajun=Boogy Woogy=Rock'n'Roll=MoTown=Disco=Funk=Rap(HipHop) The Beauty of American if we don't screw it up
The tune and majority of words are scottish "braes of balquidder" written by Robert Tannahill (1744-1810 from Scottish from Paisley I think . Mcpeake changed a few bits ,in 1957. both the original and mcpeakes wee changes are great so 2 songs for price of one! bargain
Heated regionalistic/nationalistic arguments are always bunk, but especially when it comes to music. You hear that banjo on this track? That's an American instrument. Incorporated into an Irish folk song, which makes sense considering this group performed in New York during the folk revival, when artists drew influence from American, African, Latino and European traditions (and everything in between).
Every culture makes its own contribution, so get into the melting pot. We;re making stew.
I accept that but it bugs the hole off me when African Americans Think Rapping is music, The funny thing is they have great if not the ledgends of soul, Jazz and Blues.
Well what i find so funny about Americans is There aint no such thing as a true american first of all second Lets Look at Louis armstrong he is not a rapper and second of all he is African Heritage so yes the African. Oh then we have 50 Cent the toughest measneast bad ass in rapping was afraid to do a concert in Belfast because a few ppl had a fight with the local cops.
What does that even mean? I assume you're refering to the fact that most everyone here is descended from immigrants. Be that as it may we're still true american thanks to our culture.
And if that doesn't prove you wrong, what about native Americans.
I never said Louis Armstrong was a rapper, and he was definitely American, since it had been several generations since his ancestors had been brought here.
Are you saying that because he's black he's not american? That would get you into some trouble here mate.
And whats 50 cent not wanting to perform in belfast have to do with american culture? Can't say i blame him though... Anybody with any sense would rather perform in Dublin for the real Irishmen. Not the retarded prods.
William McPeake, a native of Belfast, Northern Ireland. but I guess it does not matter much where the song came from ... it is a treasure for everyone to listen to such a great song.
The Irish and the peoples of the Highlands and Islands are the same and the Lowlands of the West as well. Same traditions, genetics and gentle spirt. My Grandad was a Scottish man from the West Coast, I love that country and the country of my birth Ireland.
Guess who the two nations with the most ginger people are? Scotland and then Ireland, but quite a bit. That's inconsequential however, my friend is Chinese yet he is a Scot too. Culture is what it's all about, and I'm sure that this video is evidence enough that we are culturally brothers.
I remember seeing the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem in Vancouver, British Columbia, many years ago. I have always loved Celtic music, whether Scottish, Irish or Welsh, and don't understand why this page is full of rude, crude arguments when it is meant for comments on this beautiful video.
Primae Noctis was never used against the Scots, clearly you base your knowledge of Scottish history on Braveheart, and it really shows.
"Other than that what a waste of human life Scots are" Lmao! Someone also hasn't heard of the Scottish Enlightenment!
America's Declaration of Independence is based on the Scottish Declaration of Arbroath, Adam Smith invented modern economics, Baird invented the TV, Bell the telephone, Telford British and Irish infrastructure.
Highest number of university graduates per capita in Europe for years, you can check that if you really want. As an American, I don't think you really have the right to comment now.
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edgens147 3 weeks ago
this song is so beautiful.
rebkev01 1 month ago in playlist Clancy Brothers
listening to this beautiful song makes me so sad... :(
bryankjins 2 months ago
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bryankjins 2 months ago
i love love the song....
leighane83 3 months ago
A++
Finarphin 7 months ago
tUnE
sirnigealot 7 months ago 6
TuNe
sirnigealot 7 months ago 4
This is the first version of this beautiful song I heard as a boy in the 60s and it still sounds great today.
Broonzied 7 months ago
They don't Makem like this no more!
What a wonderful rendition of a wonderful song. It's a shame Tommy Makem died before I even knew how magnificent he was.
richardn413 8 months ago 2
What a song !
ernstbecker1 9 months ago
It's sad that music like this is becoming more and more rare.... there are a few surprises every once in a while.... but few that are anywhere near this caliber! Wish they could have all lived longer!
Lovelyman2001 9 months ago
@Lovelyman2001 @Lovelyman2001 music like this is still very much alive, yea its not simon "deep pockets" cowels choice, but bands like solas, lunasa, the mighty altan and the new, and very fresh beoga keep the music very much alive across the globe. This music will never vanish as it is in places like donegal and clare, antrim, mayo and kerry that these sounds still echo through pubs and lounges. Listen to beoga's stuff on here and get yersel down the fesh!!!
nucklejam 8 months ago
@nucklejam
We don't use terms like "lassie" in ireland, it's a Scots word! We would say "colleen" for a young girl!
DonegalRaymie201 7 months ago
@DonegalRaymie201 Well I dont know if your Ulster history is up to scratch mate, but most of Ulster, culture, music and even gaelic dialect are influenced by the scots. Anyway, perhaps your knowledge of music might be better. The clancy brothers, and liam clancy ARE irish and DO use terms like lassie when there singing Scottish songs. The great thing about trad is the links it carries with other cultures across europe. And fyi, i am familiar with whats said in ireland as i live there. thanks
nucklejam 7 months ago
@nucklejam
"DO use terms like lassie when there singing Scottish songs"
That's exactly my point! The video claims this song to have been written by Belfast's Francie McPeake, when the lyrics at least, were written by a Paisley poet called Robert Tannahill and published in 1805!
As to my knowledge of Ulster history, well I live there! And I would argue, that it was Ulster that influenced the Scots first; indeed it was Ulster from whence the "Scoti" originally came!
DonegalRaymie201 7 months ago 3
@Lovelyman2001 Yes This is What makes Ireland unique xx :) ....
MissPinkie344 8 months ago 2
i am a 19 year old living in germany but i was born and raised in donegal were all my ancesters are from... this music has true beauty and reminds me of that wonderful country i coome from!!
TheDoomace 10 months ago 3
The poet Robert Tannahill lived in Paisley which is near the Firth of Clyde so is quite near Ireland. Actually further south in Galloway it is easy enough to look across the water and see the lights of Irish towns. There was also of course a large population in Northern Ireland desdended from Scots immigrants and many of those came to Scottish universities etc. People jumped back and forth all the time as did their music. I don't think there is any doubt that the lyrics were adapted by McPeake
gaconnochie 10 months ago
@gaconnochie
Aye, I've no doubt that Tannahill wrote the words first, because I've looked at his "braes o' Balquidder", and in fairness, old Francie Mcpeake said he learned it from his uncle. And aye, the Mcpeake family were/are Ulster-Scots.
DonegalRaymie201 7 months ago
gay white boys....
er20092009 10 months ago
@er20092009 Fuck up ya dick.
HooHeeHaHa 10 months ago
There are so many versions of this song on you tube, yet the greatest of all, the mcPeakes original, like an ironic elephant in the room, remains unposted,
ramqen951 10 months ago
@ramqen951 And thus it tragically goes unappreciated.
tomzorzzzz 10 months ago
Grandads song :) R.I.P xxxxxx
redasho1 11 months ago
lay back with your love and your boy and dream
tezzabanboy 1 year ago
eight people are stupid. this is probably the most beautiful song in the world!
Intensiive 1 year ago
I hope this tradition never dies please god. I want it to be that a thousand years from now. Long after I'm gone. That these songs still are being song and that the Irish are still as proud as they ever have been. I love this music but it has had a tough fight. The English tried to kill it and all identity of the Irish. But it made it to the 1970s and the Clancy Brothers are one major factor. And now in the 21st songs thousands of years old are still being song around the world.
LordHannigan 1 year ago 18
@LordHannigan Ireland does have a great tradition but I don't think there are many songs thousands of years old being sung around the world. As for this song I doubt if it in this form could be dated much further back than little over half a century. The song and poem it is based on (the words of the verses are just about lifted directly) are from 18thC Scotland - though that itself is supposedly based on a slightly earlier Scots song. I'd imagine 300 years antiquity at the most for it.
gaconnochie 10 months ago
@gaconnochie That is true but I bet the song is older than that because like most celtic civilizations and those similar to it. Did not write anything down. It was passed on by word of mouth. So it is very possible that it was only written down in the 18th century. Very possible it had been said for generations passed down by a family and one day in the 18th century one of the family members desided to write it down.
You can't judge something's age by just a piece of paper.
LordHannigan 10 months ago
@LordHannigan No but you can't claim a song is thousands of years old when you can only trace version of it back a maximum of 300 years. The words for Wild Mountain Thyme were not written by McPeake. The verses of the song are basically lifted verbatim from Braes of Balquidder a lyric by the Scottish poet Robert Tannahill. McPeake only tweaked the words. The tunes are similar in style but not the same though it is possible the Ulster Scots simply adapted and improved the older Scots tune
gaconnochie 10 months ago
@gaconnochie I think you are wrong but I'm not going back and forth with you.
LordHannigan 10 months ago
@LordHannigan There's no need to go back and forth here are cut and pastes from the Braes of Balquhidder which is readily available on the net anyway. Noo the summers in prime, Wi' the flooers richly bloomin', Wi' the wild mountain thyme, A' the moorlan's perfumin'. Let us go, lassie, go, Tae the braes o' Balquhidder, Whar the blueberries grow,'Mang the bonnie Hielan' heather. That is the parts of Braes which were tweaked to make the 1st verse and chorus of Wild Mountain Thyme. The rest was
gaconnochie 10 months ago
@LordHannigan --- That's just fine, except that this isn't an Irish song. Franics McPeake copied a Scottish song, 'The Braes of Balquhidder' by Robert Tannahill.
kamenski27 1 month ago
@kamenski27 Well I don't really care I heard it from the Clancy Brothers and so thats who I will give to credit to in bringing the song back.
LordHannigan 1 month ago
@LordHannigan I bet it'll still be there. With the amount of interest in it right now there's no doubt it'll still be there.
PatrickM1996 1 month ago
Does it matter where the song is from Irish Scottish,so what.I am Irish with a Scots name so I am a Celt,and I dont hate the English.I think if we would have had the English power at that time we would have been as bad.Many Celts killed minorities under the convienence of the British flag.We all have skeletons in are cupboards,Celts Blacks Asians so forget it and enjoy your short life.
MICHAELCAMPBELL69 1 year ago 2
Brilliant! We had a Makem & Clancy tribute in October for the lads anniversary. Check out part 4 of it featuring Go lassie go.
fingalfolkclub 1 year ago
@soulous1 I would never deny that the English behaved like arseholes to all Celts in the past, but to hate Englidh people like myself who were born in the last 40 years for stuff that happened decades and hundreds of years ago is wrong; you're blaming us for the sins of our fathers. I would assume you hate Germans because of the 2nd World War and as a result, millions died?
BigBossCat 1 year ago
To bigbosscat: how can you call what the english did to the scots and irish as a bloody rivalry. The english murderd hundreds of thousands of irish and scots mainly in the name of religon. A RIVALRY MY ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
soulous1 1 year ago
They're all dead, holy shit. I am sad that all 4 of them are dead but I know they all led fulfilling lives at least, I'm not saying good, I hope they all had good lives but I'm sure all 4 lived fulfilling lives as many Irish do.
Seasino 1 year ago
@Seasino This music will live long beyond the grave
StAlfonzo420 1 year ago
Fight for your heritage. lol..rofl, roflmfao, pmslmfao.
Shit, My kin were transported from England, Ireland and Scotland.a long time ago.
Married to Germans and French,lol, Black French at that.. (never knew what that meant)(still don't)
Love what is on offer.
twodogshellbound 1 year ago
@twodogshellbound I am a mutt like you--English, Irish, Scot, German, Polish--and I love my roots. I listen to a lot of traditional Celtic music, and if I was good enough at it to record it, I probably would.
Yes, it's love, and its meant to be shared.
catalot 1 year ago 2
the clancy's rock from Norway ^_^
nordmann93 1 year ago 2
I still love to sing this. I was a folkie in my younger daze. Hehe "daze"........these records were some of the few things I had that helped pass the time. We didnt have much at all but singin and playin was somethin special. Almost makes me cry now. Thank you for posting this.
NoRosesForMe 1 year ago
brilliant....never gets old
LilMissMcGirl 1 year ago
Well thanks big boss Cat. Your name says it all about the Brits, & why the Celts hate them
Justraycarroll 1 year ago
@Justraycarroll In the 60's I was a "know nothing" american in Australia. I heard Pommie Bastard so often I thought it was one word. Don't know what that means but the comments made me think of it.
1diesel1 1 year ago
Beautiful
NJHater 1 year ago
Peu importe celui qui la chante, cette chanson est toujours magnifique! Une de mes préférées...
DuneDingDong 1 year ago
@DuneDingDong si vrai si vrai.
nordmann93 1 year ago
i thought this was a traditional Scottish song. No? When was it written?
nicodagger 1 year ago
@nicodagger the song was written by an irish person based on a scottish poem written in the 1700's, heres a vers from the scottish poem Chorus: Will ye go lassie, go, To the braes o' Balquhidder? Where the blaeberries grow, 'Mang the bonnie bloomin' heather
ireland isnt known for heather or the word bonnie.
gaelscot 1 year ago 2
@gaelscot also if the irish want to claim this song they should realise that Danny Boy was based on an irish tune and the lyrics were written by an ENGLISHMAN. So with their logic Danny Boy is English.
seonidh 1 year ago
@seonidh lol just like john jameson of jamesons irish whiskey is scottish. he was a scottish business man who just happened to start distilling whiskey in dublin.
gaelscot 1 year ago
@gaelscot I think he was from perthshire right? Also he was the first person to triple distil whiskey and market it as Irish.
seonidh 1 year ago
@seonidh yes but the tune is very Irish and is called the Londonderry Air
DiegoElArbol 1 year ago
@DiegoElArbol and will you go lassie go is a scottish air too so if its irish because of the words then danny boy is english by definition?
seonidh 1 year ago
@seonidh I don't know, because I'm argentinian . Lyrics and tune can come from different countries just like father and mother can. But I think that a song belongs to the soil it grew from, maybe to the land where people love it most and make it their own
DiegoElArbol 1 year ago
great stuff, never gets old!
bytor21122112 1 year ago
Such a beautiful song.
Thonolan 1 year ago
Every Christmas,wedding,birthday,anniversary,we partied all day and every time we ended the night with the Clanceys and Tommy Makem sing a long and boy did we make the rafters sing.I wish we could turn back the clock and do it all again.what wonderful times they were.Thank you Tommy,Pat,Tom and Liam i will never forget all those wonderful times with all my family singing their hearts out "Will you go lassie go" God bless the 4 of you now all in Heaven.
Spinkatron 1 year ago
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flapperjj95 1 year ago
This is my absolute FAVORITE version of this song. Great quality!
darckstaar 1 year ago
I love the joy on Liam's face in the picture
DiegoElArbol 1 year ago
This was played at my grandads funeral...Beautifull song...R.I.P You were an amazing,heart warming loving man....See you at the gates :)
redasho1 1 year ago
luv it!
sheba13gmail 1 year ago
So agree with previous poster..... let's not try to score points....I .am a humble German....living in Ireland these past 25 years.....enjoying English/Scottish/Irish/Welsh music and culture....as well as my own......Let's embrace our differences.... that is the only way to lasting peace.. ... if we can't even b civil on you tube...... what hope is there????
hensin91 1 year ago 6
As a young child (around age 5, roughly ten years ago), almost all of the music I listened to was from Ireland. It was mainly Chieftains music, but I'm pretty sure this was one of the more memorable songs.
SamHagagaga 1 year ago
As a wee lassie 45 years ago I remember my grandad Harry McPake come home after a drinking session and get his Clancy Brothers LP's on he radiogram (LOL). Oh happy family days when we all lived together x
catefromstirling 1 year ago
I agree. I'm proud to be a Scot, but I'm happy to be an Earthling - a word I use when a form asks: race/nationality - all this fighting? for what? I just lost my beloved sister and she and I, had agreed to enjoy life in our 60's and now she's gone, just like that. In our youth it was a fight for this pride or that cause. Glad we mellowed. Please people, relax and enjoy. It goes too fast.
catholicpagan 1 year ago
fuckin right!
willrogers5 1 year ago
anyone know where I can find the McPeake Family version?
Meowsaidthekitty 1 year ago
One of my favorites. Funny how I recall this song being in ¾ time.
sandinmyears 1 year ago
It's actually almost eerie how tightly harmonized their voices are on this.
FMNikoyo 1 year ago 2
Beautiful. Beautiful
MCLimeslimey 1 year ago
An all time Irish classic. RIP. Tommy an the boys
dazzy8 1 year ago 2
@ brelfan: lol, good joke! I do actually have a little bit of Irish ancestry, as my great-grandfather wad Irish.
BigBossCat 1 year ago
@BigBossCat
When the queen say's sorry for the millions of Irish her family killed in our country and say's sorry for putting medals on the men who murdered 14 innocent people in Derry then I might consider getting along.
joebhoy1916 1 year ago 8
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@joebhoy1916 When yooz fenian bastards apoligize for muredering so many Protestants then i might think about forgiving yooz cunts
aggyuvf 6 months ago
@ Celtic: I can't help your troubles, "Paddy" ;-p Stick your bigotry where the sun don't shine.
BigBossCat 1 year ago
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fuck u ya tan we r nathing like ye!!
eirin go brath
celtic3232 2 years ago
omg this song is so beautiful it always makes me cry.
yogman10 2 years ago 3
So here's the boys of 1/9, 1st Btn., 9th Marines. Forever in our hearts and prayers. My the Good GOD hold you in the Hollow of His Hand forever.
Semper Fi
ErnstBecker 2 years ago 2
Nice song! But I think it's a bit stupid when posters try to score points by saying 'this culture' or 'that culture' are better. Can't we just enjoy great songs like this, wherever they come from? I'm a proud English person, and although I enjoy our rivalry with the Scots, Welsh and Irish, I don't hate them or think I'm better than them. I think we have just as much in common with them as we have differences. Can't we at least try to get along - please?!
BigBossCat 2 years ago 143
I can't wait till we find life on other planets so we can band together and hate them as Earthlings, instead of pounding on each other. The Clancy Brothers music is wonderful, it's not a contest, just enjoy!
Burtdow 2 years ago 50
@Burtdow lol that's a sick way of looking at it
Cstrife234 1 year ago
@Burtdow Don't wanna hate nobody ;O
Cstrife234 1 year ago
@Cstrife234 thats fightin talk ;)
dishinoutslaps 11 months ago
I'm from the Boston area of Massachusetts. Few of them are pure Irish. Pretty common for them to be an English, Scotch, Italian and Polish mix. Here, I'm going to post something from my exhusband, really funny perspective on British dispute. He's Irish, mainly, but Polish, English and German after that. Married a Jewish girl, me. This is his joke after finding I was listening to the Clancy Brothers for the past two days: (Irish or British humor still stong, I must say)...
brelfan 2 years ago
@BigBossCat Joke from an Irishman named Kowalski: " Liam Clancy's story is a very sad one. His sister was a prostitute. One of the British soldiers gave her the clap. Liam vowed to end the British' oppressive rule of not using condoms when they fucked Irish whores through song with notable ballad anthems including "Don't let your sister fuck the British", "Use a sheep skin (Don't fuck a sheep)" and "British clap blues".
brelfan 2 years ago
@BigBossCat If it wasn't for the minorities, we could all get along.
John27346 1 year ago
@BigBossCat My thought precisely, and nicely expressed too. Well said.
WeirdDoline 1 year ago
@BigBossCat Get along sure, but not inter-marry
Seasino 1 year ago
@BigBossCat Not so much a Rivalry as the English always trying to keep the Celts down in submission, or extermination. Believe me, I know. America hasn't been much different.
Cstrife234 1 year ago
@Cstrife234 I'm in the U.S. & I know nobody who wants to keep Celts down or even dislikes any. I've heard there's more Irish in the U.S. than in Ireland. Americans were subjects to the English crown just like Ireland, Scotland (don't know much about Wales)& others. My -ex is half Irish & I was happy to have a daughter 1/4 Irish, w/a middle name of Kathleen & a birthday four days from St. Patrick's. If she'd been a boy, I would have named him Patrick. I have some Connemara marble, etc.
stjulienlepauvre 11 months ago
@Cstrife234 I'm in the U.S. & I know nobody who wants to keep Celts down or even dislikes any. I've heard there's more Irish in the U.S. than in Ireland. Americans were subjects to the English crown just like Ireland, Scotland (don't know much about Wales) & others. My -ex is half Irish & I was happy to have a daughter 1/4 Irish, w/a middle name of Kathleen & a birthday four days from St. Patrick's. If she'd been a boy, I would have named him Patrick. I have some Connemara marble, etc.
stjulienlepauvre 11 months ago
@Cstrife234 I'm in the U.S. & I know nobody who wants to keep Celts down or even dislikes any. I've heard there's more Irish in the U.S. than in Ireland. Americans were subjects to the English crown just like Ireland, Scotland (don't know much about Wales) & others. My -ex is half Irish & I was happy to have a daughter 1/4 Irish, w/a middle name of Kathleen & a birthday four days from St. Patrick's. If she'd been a boy, I would have named him Patrick.
stjulienlepauvre 11 months ago 3
@stjulienlepauvre
Naw mate, americas struggle against england is nothin compared to scotland or ireland. The americans your on about were just a bunch of ex-colonial rascists who had no more right to be in the US than the English. The Scots and Irish however, are an ancient people who wanted nothing more than a cruel bully to leave their country. Anyway, aside fae that wee point, fair play to ye mate ;)
HooHeeHaHa 10 months ago 3
@stjulienlepauvre
Naw mate, americas struggle against england is nothin compared to scotland or ireland. The americans your on about were just a bunch of ex-colonial rascists who had no more right to be in the US than the English. The Scots and Irish however, are an ancient people who wanted nothing more than a cruel bully to leave their country. Anyway, aside fae that wee historical point, fair play to ye mate ;)
HooHeeHaHa 10 months ago 2
@BigBossCat Amen to that, I was brought up in an Irish household who hated the British, what a waste of time and emotion! Like or dislike someone because of who they are, not their relatives or government, thank you!!!
gabornadele 7 months ago
BRILLIANT
ninefrak 2 years ago 3
This is beautiful....
dbeater1 2 years ago 4
The history of American Folk Music;
Irelan/Scotland+Africa=Old Time Appalachian Music+Blues=Bluegrass+Jazz & Cajun=Boogy Woogy=Rock'n'Roll=MoTown=Disco=Funk=Rap(HipHop) The Beauty of American if we don't screw it up
Forysan 2 years ago
@Forysan I think what you added beyond Motown shows that it's a bit too late for that!
gregormann7 1 year ago
great song
madfortrad5958 2 years ago
1957 sorry
toolhand 2 years ago
is it really a scottish song????? was it not written by francis mcpeak from belfast in d arly 60s?
toolhand 2 years ago
The tune and majority of words are scottish "braes of balquidder" written by Robert Tannahill (1744-1810 from Scottish from Paisley I think . Mcpeake changed a few bits ,in 1957. both the original and mcpeakes wee changes are great so 2 songs for price of one! bargain
erchieplum 2 years ago 3
@toolhand its was based on a scottish poem written in the 1700's, THE BRAES O' BALQUHIDDER
heres a vers from the poem Will ye go lassie, go, To the braes o' Balquhidder? Where the blaeberries grow, 'Mang the bonnie bloomin' heather
gaelscot 1 year ago
This is one of my favorite Irish Songs, but it sounds better played slowly.
sandinmyears 2 years ago
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sandinmyears 2 years ago
Heated regionalistic/nationalistic arguments are always bunk, but especially when it comes to music. You hear that banjo on this track? That's an American instrument. Incorporated into an Irish folk song, which makes sense considering this group performed in New York during the folk revival, when artists drew influence from American, African, Latino and European traditions (and everything in between).
Every culture makes its own contribution, so get into the melting pot. We;re making stew.
mfb25890 2 years ago 5
lol, its a scottish song mate.
thegranitebison 2 years ago
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I agree with this guy. "American, African, Latino and European traditions (and everything in between)" but death to all muslims.
John27346 2 years ago
@John27346 lol
musicisexpression23 2 years ago
@mfb25890 na aa im makin waffles lol
musicisexpression23 2 years ago
one of my favorites
i play it often
the best part is when he says he will 'surely find another' ....ha!
rip liam, his brothers and tommy - thank you!!
SteveonLI 2 years ago
another good man gone macree
madfortrad5958 2 years ago
R.I.P Liam Clancy
jneill95 2 years ago 2
r.i.p. liam clancy
slndebbie 2 years ago
Rest in peace, Liam. Awesome singing!!! One of my favorite songs.
pammyk 2 years ago
RIP Liam.
Messjuh1 2 years ago
RIP LIAM,U R A LEGEND
dingdang75 2 years ago
up there with the brothers Ronnie Drew and Luke Kelly some craig at the perily Gates of heaven. We lost a true great RIP Liam
Milford06 2 years ago 4
How sad that Liam has passed away, the last of the band, and with the sweetest most melodic ballad voice ever
Mayqueen1805 2 years ago 4
RIP Liam Clancy
RubberBullet91 2 years ago 2
rest in peace
sirnigealot 2 years ago 2
Liam, Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam, God bless you man....RIP.
kiesersousa 2 years ago 2
RIP Liam Clancy
DiscoDaveIRL 2 years ago 2
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what the fuck is this horrible shit!
365to173repubsPWNED 2 years ago
not that rap shit you fucking yanks call music but hey hard for you to understand this music when you dont have any heritage or culture in America.
Milford06 2 years ago
@Milford06 I'm American and i love this music. Please don't assume a whole culture is ignorant just because of a few retarded gangsters.
Epidemic52 2 years ago
you're gay
365to173repubsPWNED 2 years ago
I accept that but it bugs the hole off me when African Americans Think Rapping is music, The funny thing is they have great if not the ledgends of soul, Jazz and Blues.
Milford06 2 years ago
and yet we invent stuff like the internet, youtube, google, and have one of the highest standards of living in the world.
Not to mention Jazz, rock and roll, blues, country (i try to overlook that), most of the popular music in the world, techno.
Oh and by the definition of culture, it's impossible for us not to have one. As far as musical heritage goes we've got plenty.
Check Louis Armstrong - One of the greatest.
lay of the hate you wanker
K3V1NMSU 2 years ago 3
Well what i find so funny about Americans is There aint no such thing as a true american first of all second Lets Look at Louis armstrong he is not a rapper and second of all he is African Heritage so yes the African. Oh then we have 50 Cent the toughest measneast bad ass in rapping was afraid to do a concert in Belfast because a few ppl had a fight with the local cops.
Milford06 2 years ago
ok, so...
There's no such thing as a true american?
What does that even mean? I assume you're refering to the fact that most everyone here is descended from immigrants. Be that as it may we're still true american thanks to our culture.
And if that doesn't prove you wrong, what about native Americans.
K3V1NMSU 2 years ago
Second,
I never said Louis Armstrong was a rapper, and he was definitely American, since it had been several generations since his ancestors had been brought here.
Are you saying that because he's black he's not american? That would get you into some trouble here mate.
And whats 50 cent not wanting to perform in belfast have to do with american culture? Can't say i blame him though... Anybody with any sense would rather perform in Dublin for the real Irishmen. Not the retarded prods.
K3V1NMSU 2 years ago
p.s. Depending on who's rapping, it can be quite musical.
All this is directed at Milford06
K3V1NMSU 2 years ago
@Milford06
And yet, american style music is the most popular and widepread music in all the world.
It feels nice to state facts.
shazam15 2 years ago
William McPeake, a native of Belfast, Northern Ireland. but I guess it does not matter much where the song came from ... it is a treasure for everyone to listen to such a great song.
siddharthamehta 2 years ago
Makem learned it in N. Ireland so I guess Scottish and Irish could both claim it.
Untemperedsteel 2 years ago
I remember my granda signing this to my granny Annie --- he would sing "Will ye go Annie go!" Fecking love this song!
anniej1961 2 years ago
Irish song
McRalphinson 2 years ago
Scottish song.
aeiou99999 2 years ago 2
makes me sad that i dont have any relation to the irish
gardengnome41341 2 years ago 2
one of the best songs ever. :)
Jaggerx33 2 years ago
The Irish and the peoples of the Highlands and Islands are the same and the Lowlands of the West as well. Same traditions, genetics and gentle spirt. My Grandad was a Scottish man from the West Coast, I love that country and the country of my birth Ireland.
MrThingy3 2 years ago 5
I love the Irish.
I'm Scottish :)
Apparantly my last name comes from the picts :D
AliceHastie313 2 years ago 6
My last name--Beggs--comes from the Picts too. A proud and long heritage.
allieree 2 years ago
Guess who the two nations with the most ginger people are? Scotland and then Ireland, but quite a bit. That's inconsequential however, my friend is Chinese yet he is a Scot too. Culture is what it's all about, and I'm sure that this video is evidence enough that we are culturally brothers.
NorthLimitation 2 years ago 3
wtf, whats the difference between us and irish. We are basically be the same
Johno5032 2 years ago 2
what is this tosser on about,uneducated gobshite,mrarratool it should be not mrarratoon,the oul oranges must be bitter this weather
nuttons67 2 years ago
very good sound from vinyl.
selenazsongs 2 years ago 2
I remember seeing the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem in Vancouver, British Columbia, many years ago. I have always loved Celtic music, whether Scottish, Irish or Welsh, and don't understand why this page is full of rude, crude arguments when it is meant for comments on this beautiful video.
MsNTK 2 years ago 3
Please, don't forget Brittany !
fanchbrezoneg 2 years ago
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You ma fucked fifty english cunts around the bloomin heather. So you dont even know if you're Scottish do you?
casperld 2 years ago
Primae Noctis was never used against the Scots, clearly you base your knowledge of Scottish history on Braveheart, and it really shows.
"Other than that what a waste of human life Scots are" Lmao! Someone also hasn't heard of the Scottish Enlightenment!
America's Declaration of Independence is based on the Scottish Declaration of Arbroath, Adam Smith invented modern economics, Baird invented the TV, Bell the telephone, Telford British and Irish infrastructure.
A real waste, eh? hahaha
NorthLimitation 2 years ago
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Scottish Enlightenment An oxymoron if I ever heard it. HAHAHAHAHAHHA. How come you're all stupid fucks now then?
casperld 2 years ago
Highest number of university graduates per capita in Europe for years, you can check that if you really want. As an American, I don't think you really have the right to comment now.
NorthLimitation 2 years ago
Im not American you moron. Seriously bye.
casperld 2 years ago
McPeake is Ulster by the way - but aye, see you later! :)
NorthLimitation 2 years ago
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Sean Connery was good, and the whiskey nae bad. Other than that what a waste of human life Scots are.
casperld 2 years ago
LOL! Classy! Lose and argument and let everyone know what a true moron you are. Bye.
casperld 2 years ago
what a fukkin song written by one of the best x0xxo0xo
slndebbie 2 years ago
Am a big fan of the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem.Never tire of listening to them!
ANE32 2 years ago