Boston Rose - Wolfe Tones

[KINGSEAN6669]

+1 for southie girls :) im from the mainland bout 3000 miles away and i still love you!

(thats what being irish means! i love all irish/celtic brothers and sisters (i still love everybody else! but nowhere nears as close as my brethren) :D

[TOMMYBOSTON508]

SOUTH OF BOSTON???...RAYNHAM?? HA!!!

[jonspawnjovi]

probably one of the most beautiful songs ever written

[KingVeedor]

now whatever happened to the good old days of the "tache" mid 90's most tims had them .... hail hail .. Y.N.W.A...TFAL.

[guinness02122]

Is that St. Ste(v)ens Green? Too bad about the parking lot footage. Love the tune, and they play it here in Boston over and over. Sorry, I'm a Steven, not a Stephen.

[ireallylikebaileys]

Nowadays they'd just keep in touch on facebook.

[missshazeire]

Has to be their best song ever...grew up with it+nw my own children sing it for every1!!

[hateutdandliverpool]

class song

[hateutdandliverpool]

@johnjturner1 everybody in them days had moustaches n beards n they all wernt gay,hes a legend n so r the rest of the group

[CapitalBhoy78]

BEAUTIFUL SONG AND MAY GOD BLESS NEIL LENNON

[drimnahoon]

Jesus galway football/ wexford hurling sing it better in the villagio on a Monday :)

[Burncourtable]

Jaysus it brings back memories :)

[DannyBruins]

Show at Local 103 was,again,AWESOME....got to meet Noel and brian before the gig...what a great time....The boys sound as good as ever.

[musicfreakme91]

i love his voice...i think liam reilly sings it well too though

[DannyBruins]

I'm from South Boston...and have met these guys every year since the mid 80's at the I.B.E.W in Dorchester and the IA in Malden...someone posted earlier that the Wolfe tones are an embarrassment to Ireland,and he couldnt wait for them to kick the bucket...i'd like to invite that idiot down to the next gig this March st the hall...I'll enbarrass you...

[giantscauseway45]

@DannyBruins well said lad

[babyrosepedal]

@DannyBruins  I agree with you 100% i will like to see that idiot come down to see their next gig. I am from southie and have seen them sing.

[peterdougie]

the song only tommy can sing

[daniellemcauley]

 up the ra

[MsPadraigh]

My Friend In Glasgow A Special Song For A Very Special Friend, Padraigh {S.F}

[fruitbowler]

great song shit video



[Curbinator]

god bless Boston. Though i make my own way now, the image of your cold rainy streets at 4 AM will never leave my heart

[coletteconroy]

CLASSIC :)

[SuperHenke7]

Beautifull song

[chaddembuckley]

great song never seeing the wolftones live but hopefully i will soon

[daesju]

Everytime when I here this song, I want to go home

[taggart2009ftact]

very good song here

[gerkate4]

great song . . . . well sung!!!

[martin28917]

good

[SEAJEA6560]

Nice 1 ...T.A.L

[edgeydee]

Love this song.... Love Tralee also.... Love the Wolfe Tones.... One will never forget their roots as long as they have the wolfe tones playing!!!!!

[mvam319]

Love this songs reminds me of JJ Foleys this song played many times a night on the old juke box Boston Irish #1

[guinness02122]

Wonderful song. I just wish they had a better shoot than at a parking lot (sorry, car park).

[travellercrew]

codie and roisin loves this song great song

[padward09]

a group of many like many others who sing for ireland ! and our troubles !!! tiocfaidh ar la!!!

[Noeld5]

Wolfetones excellent..seen tehm many times live and brilliant each time.! Poxy video though, very funny.! Check out My Heart is in Ireland live in Cork 1986..quality.!

[nutsanbolts09]

Ha ha ha ha!! had to comment on this video, funniest ever!! such awkwardness throughout the whole song!! and are that couple at the start supposed to look like a cute couple or what?? makes me laugh all the time!!Love the song though and The Tones!!

[SEAJEA6560]

I love bagatelle singin dis ...T.A.L

[mikejaney]

he needs a match 3 razor

[SuperNakamura25]

Best Night ever at the barrowlands;)

[darrennolan100]

seen them life, have to say probs the best night i ever had out

[glenn7070]

best group ive heard love to see them live

[tommystros]

ya should listen to the dubliners

[solas2009]

tom morriesy is a legend

[madfortrad5958]

great stuff tommy

[seamuspowers]

boston, I will not miss MA, I hate this place! Its a prison for irish americans, we should all immigrate back to Ireland.

[larry1eire]

rem youse in andytown leisure centre. batmans in the ra, oglach abu

[delathsaigh]

eddie walsh

[kw5gh6]

Simply and well sung by Wolfe Tones.

lyrics are narrative and understandable.

Boston beauty might have been a

irish transcendent whose ancestors

had immigrated from Ireland and inhabited mostly at south part

of Boston when and after the potate famine had occured.

Thanks for uploading.

[Moluaa]

Hi wolfetones i love all your songs this song is very heart warming. Me & my 2 freinds copy a lot of Irish Related songs & play them here in Downtown Chicago in the Irish pubs. the appreciation we get from the crowd is 2nd to none. i myself am an ex pat the parents moved over here in 1987 lived in Boston for 2years then moved to Chicago here ever since, Wish ye would come over & do a gig sometime it would be a sell out Guranteed...

[josparkes1]

Fabulous song, by the fabulous W Tones

[kilkennyhurler]

some tune every time i hear tis,and sean south,i just cry proud to be irish

[zRosemarie]

Wonderful song

Love & Hugs

Rosemarie

[terryclary]

Agreed Rosemarie. I love Irish bands like this. Thanks for sharing.  Terry X

[Spaingy]

brill

[claasact1]

class just class

[Scalliescouser]

SSSSSAAAAVGEEEE

[JimmyGoggin]

I love that song and it reminds me of a girl I knew in Tralee in 1971. Happy memories.

[madmilepauric]

great song great singers!

[madfortrad5958]

GREAT POST THANKS

[mitchell139]

What a beautiful song, very well written and equally well performed by tommy burn, a great ballad singer ! Note he always sings the tough songs - i wonder why !

[josparkes1]

It is really fantastic, I went to a Wolfe Tones gig in Dublin last month and they were fantastic, Brian W and Tommy B were lovely, and I had my photo taken with them, awesome !

[machree01]

I seen them twice in concert, that's is when the four of them were togather. that was 1984, and 1994. they can put over a concert and still do. Brilliant.

[josparkes1]

They are certainly brilliant, I had a great time the night I saw them perform, at Taylors Tree Rock in Dublin 9 Aug.The room was absolutely crowded and heaving !

[HannahGrahamOfficial]

@josparkes1 Ay, I saw posters for a Wolfe Tones gig in Dublin on the internet...but I'm English...!?!

[coletteconroy]

@HannahGrahamOfficial that wouldnt matter once you enjoy the songs.........................­.......... there not all what you think ya know

[greengray1967]

what a beautiful song, no better to sing it than tommy byrne. i feel so proud to be a friend of liam reilly, a pure legend

[kogekonen]

allthough you may not like me, i like you very much. you have so fine voices and play fine i hope someday you will come and play in my little town. PS. we have got you on the jukebox, in my pub and i play you often..

[jpg71]

Happy St. Patricks Day to all from Boston,

[josparkes]

Thank you from Norfolk. I love The W Tones, irrespective of the content of their songs. Tommy Byrnes is so talented, and the band are brilliant. Love this.

R U from Boston Massachussets ?(spelling ?) Erin go bragh

[jpg71]

Yes, and the spelling is spot on ! Enjoy!

[josparkes]

OK glad I got the spelling right !

Love the W Tones

[Coppa1972]

2 t`s in Massachusetts. I worked in Boston for the last ten years, now I`m a cop in a suburb of it. I heard the Wolfe Tones are supposed to be coming to Boston sometime in the near future.

[josparkes]

That's great, I hope they do come as they are legends and brilliant performers !

A classic childrens book 'What Katy did, and 'What Katy did next' was set in Boston, and I read them as a child, loved them, what's Boston like, it's supposed tobe rather posh isn't it ?

Norfolk UK

Female 59

[Coppa1972]

Boston`s cool, mostly working class. Some parts are really posh, other parts not so much. Lots of Irish folks here. Southie and Charlestown especially. I used to work in Government Center. Theirs a lot of pubs and bars nearby at Fanieul Hall. My favorite is McCanns on Portland street.

[josparkes]

Thanks for the reply. I went to an Irish pub in London called O Neill's in Camden on Euston Rd and it was a ripoff, nothing Irish about it. Hope yours are better pubs !

[Coppa1972]

Theirs lots of good Irish pubs around here! The Kinsale, The Purple Shamrock, McCanns....Just to name a few.

[josparkes]

That's really great, you are very lucky, I spose it's the next best thing to being in Ireland !

[buckfastred]

Out cast to some people.But that was not the real fealling of the irish people to wards to the tones.They had a huge following every body had a cd of them.And they filled concerts hall`s every time.

[josparkes]

I'm not surprised, they are brilliant, I love their singing, 'Grace' is so beautiful, and also this song is wonderful and soul touching !

[rosscairns10]

your a hun bastard.get to the other side of ireland you idiot.and take your fucking union jack with you...god bless ireland freedom

[TarkinsApprentice]

I'm pretty sure this song is about my aunt

[denofassassins]

im sure it is.

[machree01]

The Song is about the 1967 Boston Rose.

[josparkes]

Am I right in thinking that The Boston Rose may have been a ship or something like that ?

Let me know !

[cargandaff]

It is Bostons entry to 'The Rose of Tralee< contest held each year in Ireland. Its a type of beauty pageant to celebrate Irish emigrants.

[josparkes]

Lovely ! Thanks for telling me about it. Great stuff, and a great band.

Norfolk female 59

[coletteconroy]

@josparkes no its an annual event in tralee every year, a girl from different counties and countries worldwide take part in a contest ,they must have irish connections in there family line. the event is in tralee and wash girl is a rose of the place they represent eg: rose of perth, rose of new york, rose of ulster etc... one girl is then crowned the winner overall.......... its to mark the irish wordwide :) this song was wrote in relation to the rose of boston who won the contest in 1967 or so

[luidbros]

@machree01 could you explain it? : )

[josparkes]

Fantastic !

Jo Sparkes

Norfolk

2/3/09

[Parrothead71988]

I'm glad to be able to say I've seen them 4 times in concert before they retired. Fantastic Irish band. I would give anything to see them again.

[josparkes]

They are wonderful aren't they. Must have been great to have seen them perform.

In Norfolk I have never seen an Irish band live as yet, would love to.

Jo Sparkes

Norfolk

2/3/09

[mqc6]

they havent retired i saw them last year and they will do an irish tour again this year aswell as some UK dates check out their website for details

[denofassassins]

playing Boston this Tuesday. I'm there.

[KingVeedor]

the wolfetones r amazin man no irish folk band r better than this oooo aaahh up the ra say oooo ah up the ra oooohhhhhh yessssss fuck the gers hahahaha

[hilly1690]

you're a fenian prick

[gmcfc]

whats a fenian u prick

[josparkes]

Fantastic

Jo Sparkes

27/2/2009

[italianirishman25]

great song. wolfetones are the best

[jkeppel90]

I'd hate to have a long-distance relationship with someone. They very often don;t work out.

[josparkes]

This is just lovely, what a beautiful beautiful song. I love it !

Tommy Byrne has a beautiful voice, and is very charismatic.

Jo Sparkes (Female 59)

Norfolk

8//2/2009

[cargandaff]

what was immature about losing virginity to this song ? I thought it couldnt have been better, didn't hear her complain either !! Explain yourself a bit more !! It's a fantastic song, one which I actually perform myself !

[josparkes]

I'm not saying she did complain, but you sound rather casual about this girl, perhaps I am being old fashioned, but I thought that the activity you were talking about should be regarded as special, and not just something where you did it to prove yourself. Have you ever seen the film American Pie, this film reminds me of you somehow. That's my explanation you asked for. Please write back and let me know what your thoughts are on this. Yes song great

Jo Sparkes

10/2//2009

Jo Sparkes

[twc01]

Is that George Michael singing?

[cargandaff]

Its amazin cos i lost my virginity to a girl from Quincey outside Boston, in a student house in Stranmillis in 1994, to this song !!! never saw her again !! no internet then !!! godammmitt

[josparkes]

It sounds like you were already planning to sew your next lot of wild oats !

Maybe she will see this comment of yours, but I don't know what message she 'd have for you.

prob be sympathetic because of your immaturity back then, and now.

Jo S

Norfolk

8/2/2009

[cargandaff]

We're talkin about smtg which happened about 15 years ago. I think its safe now !! Dont thin she'd be offended, maybe gald I remembered. People get very touchy about this stuff, plus as well this youtube is anonymous, or have I missed th point ??

[josparkes]

You're prob right, perhaps she will see this on her PC, and contact you, if she remembers you !

Jo S

11/2/2009

[niallcunny]

my favourite song from the greatest ever irish rebel band

[1daddyderek]

some song from some group rock on tones

[Keltikair]

stunning delivery of a great song

[buckfastred]

Love this song.Iam from co down and from the age of sixteen me and my friends went to killarney.The best part of the week was the build up to the wolf tones every thursday night in the gleneagles.that was back in 1992 till1996 great days.

[scuba19937]

tommy byrne great singer love this song

[foxymm]

absolutely awesome tune. have to sit down and learn the words!

[Broslof]

Tommy Byrne may have the stongest voice I have ever heard. The only time I heard it really cracking was back in 94 after Ireland beat Italy in the World Cup.

[Broslof]

I love tbis song. This song makes me wish I was back in Tralee

[declant71]

this song is so good :)

[DeekoGoBragh1875]

Total Bliss!

The Tones at their very best!

God Bless the lads, and the rest of you!

ERIN GO BRAGH

[lennybhoy67]

the great appear great because we r on our knees

LET US RISE

[hilly1690]

aye sucking the priests cock

[hellotopher]

my funeral song. love the tones

[LaurenBabessxO]

I totally love this song !!

I agree everyone has thier boston rose

Shame its goodbye my boston rose xXx

[tooth1999]

:(..i remember walkin through that park in tralee after i fell in love whit a girl in tralee..and walkin back broken hearted..i cudnt stay in tralee no more after that or walk trough that park cause it reminded me 2much of her...so i came back 2dublin...watch them tralee girls....

[joeymartin012]

sum tune boi fukin leg

[meow123393]

i grew up listening to traditional Irish songs and it is truly beautiful

[Buzz051]

Have we all not had a Boston Rose at sometime during our life? If not, you will!! :-)

[seananthonygrew]

i think this guy has one of the best voices in the folk world. not many like him left. keep it up tommy your a great inspiration to all youg singers.

[pogmothone]

Well said mate, totally agree with ya. Hes a legend.

[weephil]

great thanks! :)

[hairyboy1970]

nice song machree!! ive followed a few of your songs on u tube and sometin tells me ur from my hometown lurgan!!

[lobbolil]

respect;

[prideofirish]

thats peter hawkins from tralee with his girlfriend at the start of the vid. lol

[rebel3redz]

luv liam reilly and luv these guys tunes so  much ;)

[irishfrecklefacex3]

i love these guys (:

theyre so talented.

and such great people [family friends]

[myself7]

I'm glad theres more ppl that like this song as much as me

[footballisgood55]

is this about a true irishman and an irish-american girl from boston?

[machree01]

It's about the 1967 Boston Rose, I don't know their names.

[Yealdin]

All these touchy feely comments are making me queasy. I shouldn't have eaten that peice of raison toast, oh god I'm gonna puke...

[celticlass32]

My boyfriend use to play this song for me all the time it touched my heart and soul like no other and it shall forever hold a special place in my heart just as he will forever be part of my heart and soul no matter where live takes us he will forever be worth it all to me.Miles apart no distance can change when two soulmate's hearts connect.."GOD BLESS"him always..

[machree01]

your very Poetic, and i'am sure Vice versa for you boyfriend.

[celticlass32]

Thank you for your kind words:) If i could share a wee story with you i did not know but i wanted to listen to this song because Jay use to play it for me all the time and funny how things happen because while reading the comments i noticed my boyfriend left a comment on here also :)Just deepens my trust and faith deep within my heart and soul Jay and i are destined to be together.

[Bemicon88]

my dad used to sing this to me. I'm from South Boston, and had blonde hair lol.

[lameexe]

Bemi, my Boston rose!

[machree01]

It was wriien by Liam Reilly of Bagatelle fame, a great song, filmed in Tralee. thanks for the comment.

[Conall06]

it really is beautiful song,, tickles a few heart strings lol,, come on lads done be afriad to admitt it lol!!! i love the live version also in the 40th anniversary DVD the lads performed it really well!!

[jonesycfc08]

GREAT SONG.TIOCFAIDH AR LA I.R.A

[KingSomething1]

Beautiful Song

[jaybhoy74]

she loves this

[jaybhoy74]

i played this for my girlfriend in Ajax, Ontario, Canada..

[mikeyfox23]

Probably my favorite Wolfetones song, but the cheesy videos crack me up.

[Risby44]

Great song, great voice Tommy.

Well done to the Wolfe Tones for singing it, best band ever.

[clareg288]

one of the best songs i have ever heard tommys a legend.

[utterlycutterly]

i met tommy when we playin in a festival in denmark i love him singing this song but i never got to hear him sing iy live yet it wasnt on their set list for that gig boy was i guted .but well done by these lads .

[figarty1]

there will be noboby as good as these boys!

[catalpa]

How did I miss this one, maybe the tags are a bit off,Whenever I put a song here I just put 'Irish' 'song' as tags,

Anyway great song written by Liam Reilly

[IrishDaragh]

such a great song!!

[Proud2bIrish1916]

Great tune...beautifully sang by Tommy B.