The High Kings, Rocky Road to Dublin

[kjfahey4]

Chorus:

One two three four five,

Hunt the Hare and turn her down the rocky road

And all the way to Dublin, Whack fol lol le rah!

[kjfahey4]

In Mullingar that night I rested limbs so weary

Started by daylight me spirits bright and airy

Took a drop of the pure,

keep me heart from sinking;

That’s the Paddy’s cure whenever he’s on drinking

To see the lassies smile, laughing all the while

At me curious style, ‘twould set your heart a bubblin’

An’ asked if I was hired, wages I required

‘Till I was nearly tired of the rocky road to Dublin,

(Chorus)

[kjfahey4]

In Dublin next arrived, I thought it such a pity

To be soon deprived a view of that fine city.

Well then I took a stroll, all among the quality;

Bundle it was stole, all in a neat locality.

Something crossed me mind, when I looked behind,

No bundle could I find upon me stick a wobblin’

Enquiring for the rogue, said me Connaught brogue

Wasn’t much in vogue on the rocky road to Dublin,

(Chorus)

[kjfahey4]

From there I got away, me spirits never falling, Landed on the quay, just as the ship was sailing. The Captain at me roared, said that no room had he; When I jumped aboard, a cabin found for Paddy. Down among the pigs, played some funny rigs, Danced some hearty jigs, the water round me bubbling; When off Holyhead wished meself was dead, Or better far instead on the rocky road to Dublin, Whack fol lol le rah!

[ironman76496]

The second guy from the left is REALLY into it! He's dancing around!

[godifathers]

125 people can't hold their liquor

[ironman76496]

I am addicted. Thanks Robert Downey Jr.

[gigasloth]

124 people were from Liverpool.

[Me3ho3]

SHERLOCK HOLMESSS! -33333

[goert616]

TLO fighting!

[Conietic]

I like how when holding a violin the only dance you can do is the robot.

[IronHarper]

@Conietic Watch Vanessa Mae, you can also hump the air with great vigor.

[aegudger]

WOW I AM A NEW FAN ! I had never heard of the High Kings till now , incredible, one of the best recordings of Rocky road I have ever heard. Luke Kelly as well as anyone else who appreciates great music would give a thumbs up..

[adamfreed1990]

124 people can kiss my arse. 

[musiciskey15]

I need some advice on mic'ing a bodhran! If anyone has any please reply! Thanks

[Thrawn6211]

Mr. Kelly would be proud.

[biggestnascarfan548]

124 people dont like ireland

[grometmate]

i cant keep up

[catch61183]

einfach nur der hammer!!!

[jbLover852]

What's up with all the fucking negative comments!? These guys r awesome plus I just like the Celtic music

[jbLover852]

My dad loves this band !!!!!

[Skcull210]

Its songs like this that give me massive amounts of pride to be an Irishman. The High Kings are a credit to our heritage.

[hamr3773]

Woah is that Gord Downie?!?!

[drinirealmadrid]

3 days ago this video had his birthday!

[MsChevChelios]

Also ich finds Geil

[rfarhad]

Best people to go to a pub with are the Dutch/Flemish, German, Scandinavian and Everybody from Great Britain (ire, n-ire, scot, eng, wales). in No particular order!!

These people Know how to Enjoy themselves.

Don't agree? Drink a few more pints listen to the song a few more times and then go hit the pub tonight with one of the above mentioned nationality's..

[vozzdtorima]

@rfarhad Clearly you've never drank with Serbs :)

[Evilstealer404]

@rfarhad too bad, can't find any in the middle south of Russia. Forever alone. :(

[IronHarper]

Second from the left is like an awesome John Barrowman

[JeiH]

cant... stop... listening



[SpReEct]

Best Song :)

[serep8l]

ooo I love ireland and your magic music!

Greetings from Bosnia and Herzegovina

[SpReEct]

This is good ;)

[rutgerporsche]

124 people need condoms and a time machine...

so they can travel back in time, and give these condoms to their parents,, so they were never born....

[roxtor55]

@rutgerporsche HEY SHUT UP!!!!

[glengarslasher]

@rutgerporsche

Well I definitely do not need to get a condom but to compare this to Luke Kellys Version I think anyone with a knowledge of the Tradition would see this is just very commercial and not very real

[JealY666]

@rutgerporsche That doesn't make sense, because if you wasn't born you couldn't go back in time to prevent your birth. Classic rookie time travel mistake!

[DarkKnightCZ]

@JealY666 Every time traveller knows it will create new universe (similar to this and the old one will vanish), so no paradox :)

[steveaus88]

@rutgerporsche i like ur comment dude..its new concept..!!!!!

[jezabels95]

Sherlock Holmes^^ amazing song!

[zbraswell2000]

Headbangers beware... heavy metal falls flat compared to this :P

[skinandsteel123]

Irish!!!

[gingerdragonfly]

best version eveeeeeer!!!



[ScuderiaBull]

Dude seriously, who dislikes this?

[AsymmetricalWarfare]

@ScuderiaBull Commies.

[suhanows]

@AsymmetricalWarfare No way, I'm commie and i like this

[Dudin4tor]

@ScuderiaBull They probably though they weren't really hitting the bodhrans.

[Coughlan1916]

Hahahaha this was my study for my jc pres too mate :L and I did just fine :P

[hammerhead66able]

Aye dats what I'm talkn bout .....

[lilgreenman185]

yea, this is as close to studying for my junior cert mocks tomorrow...GOD I LOVE THIS SONG

[Avengers816]

just beautiful



[sacul19700]

i love this music so much :D

i like it very much like gangs of new york

[7headed1]

australias origins

[dairerob]

what a load of queers these people cant compare to the dubliners

[tired040]

Im so hitting the pub tonight.

[BlueMaxOneNine]

This is hands down the best version of this song. Not even The Dubliners can hold a candle to how polished this performance is.

[TheKrake36]

@BlueMaxOneNine

by far :)

[TheLandgreven]

@BlueMaxOneNine agreed



[tony10396861]

@BlueMaxOneNine What are you on about this is awful!! By a long way the worst version of this song I've ever heard. The autotune or whatever it is they use to sound so polished almost makes me feel nauseous

[MrListetyv]

This is music!

Thumps up from Denmark! 

[dracula343]

the dubliners version is much harder to sing for non-Irishmen.

[Dannyhuppjazz]

....has anyone tried to play this against the version on their record? It's identical. Same with 90% of the other songs they played on this special. It's a shame, but I'm certain they were lip-synching. It's too spot on to the album to be live.

[rudderick]

@Dannyhuppjazz did you think that the album is the recorded version of this without the claps?

[Dannyhuppjazz]

@rudderick I thought about that, but, for example, Ar Eireann Ni Neosainn Ce Hi doesn't match up perfectly. So either the record was doctored after this performance, which could be what happened, or they lip-synched. I really do hope it's the former, because I love their music.

[blinks44angels]

@Dannyhuppjazz it might not be lip synched though because when you have a group with vocals of this caliber its not uncommon for them to be spot on. its essentially like a choir but much smaller, and its hard to find a bad sounding professional choir.

[lutralibre]

@Dannyhuppjazz It's not uncommon for performers, particularly if they're outside, to lip-sync or sing over themselves in concerts. The sound quality is better that way and gives the audience a better experience.

[Warrior0fSteeL]

Orthodox Celts are betterr..

[erinil0905]

@Warrior0fSteeL then go watch then instead of posting negative/ hate comments in hope that anybody would care about what you opinion are...............

[dano1k]

i am just 14 but this music is so awesome i love that!

[7headed1]

needs more views

[rudderick]

like if you knew this song before Sherlock Holmes!!!

[MeatballMassacre]

@rudderick hahahaha what a lame try to get thumbs up esp when someone else allready wrote that !

[JJessicaJJ7]

a.m.a.z.i.n.g. Harmonies were wonderful. Gives me goosebumps x

[alikutay95]

greetings from Turkiyee

[hellenis82]

Love and greetings from Greece!!!!! You are amazing you guys!

[Mannugrela]

Muito bom! :D

[Chizo5791]

If you like this Check out Luke kelly's version

[arkera11]

thumbs up if Sherlock Holmes brought you here ^_^

dude those 2 in centre are hot.

[4eJIHAX]

It is amazing! I am from Ukraine, it is wonderfull!

[TheArtisticGirl1]

Thumbs up if you think the whole 'who sings it better' fued is stupid and that you adore both versions of this wonderful song

[ribcho85]

Cheers from Bulgaria!!!

[dabe95]

I really like irish people, never met one, but they sure look friendly

[aussymimi]

By far, one of my fav versions of this! <3

[EmeraldFantasy]

one of my favorite songs of theirs! makes me smile every-time :) made a ringtone out of it too on phonezoo

[swordfish1946]

Early rap song.

[Wtuwa4]

hi from russia. thumbs up if sherlock holmes. is the reason you are here

[SarahAndTheMoon]

Pure energy. Thank you so much!

[5Agni]

I'm norwegian but just Love it! Great song! Long live the irish!

[darkstar5871]

celtic music, y do i love u so

[howling8mad]

How does this have a lot more views then Luke Kelly's one? Makes no sense to me.

[Doribi117]

and this is why Celtic Music rocks

[dragonheart198]

I´m once again proud of our irish brothers! sad that not all scots think like me.

[christianedu]

i wish i'd born irish, i love beer, fighting with my brothers and drunk singing... but im chilean

[Apothtolith]

hey i am Greek and i cant get enough of this!

[MrMinilla]

@Apothtolith Hey, I am from Estonia, and we don't give a shit where you're from!

[getthedrum11]

This song is still legendary in 2012 :)

[udit15121988]

@getthedrum11 and that is no suprise.. is it????

[jdelphin]

love the song makes ya want to learn the lyrics and burst out singing!

[shaunbukovnik]

I wish I had an Irish accent SOOO BAD

[95jjs]

Never seen any musicians so in sync with one another, these are true artists!

[Istsa7]

So prety song.Serbia loves Irish people and Irish music <3

[AlfredIchcok]

orco dio bravi !!!!

[FTPITV]

Love Irish music and song but I hate these smug looking pricks

[44pedi]

super:-)



[MsCourtneyxox]

this puts shivers down my spine <3

[TheDeaddrop45]

Did anyone notice that this song was in the boxing match scene of the Sherlock Holmes movie?

[Peko1993]

@TheDeaddrop45 old meme...

[alegremerrydol]

@TheDeaddrop45 yep, but it's the dubliners' version :)

[albrechtion]

@TheDeaddrop45 i think at least 40% of the people who know about this song found about it from that movie.

[azinsanekiller]

@TheDeaddrop45

probably most of come from watching that scene

[Pivotdiddyx]

@TheDeaddrop45 differnent band, that was the dubliners in sherlock holmes.

[GothStyle1]

@TheDeaddrop45 yeah and it was also at the end of the of the movie but I didn't realized it was an Irish song

[bozo397]

@GothStyle1 You didn't realise "The rocky road to DUBLIN, was an Irish song?

[Ofians]

@TheDeaddrop45 That it's why i'm watching this video xD But I enjoy the song !

[dano1k]

@TheDeaddrop45 yes and also in the credits

[lilgreenman185]

a cabin wasnt found for 118 people when they jumped aboard

[TheReverend4Ever]

FU**IN AWESOME

[J88Wolf]

Amazing! Well done!

From Arkansas! :D

[Shakalaor]

Hmmm i found this music and i listenned already 17 times:D



[firestorm56270]

Cheer from Brittany !

[cougarooniejnr]

Flawless. The only men that should ever attempt to imitate the late great Luke Kelly.

Hup the Emerald Isle

[BrownieF1GH]

Guinnes and this song make Irish people awesome.

[SatanIsOn]

shit, i wish i was irish, such a great song.



[MichelleSeven]

I used to breathe....but then I took an arron in the knee ;D

[internetbites]

If you watch and listen closely you can tell when they take quick breaths.

[majorshares]

Darren could be David Cassidy's son, and Zac Effron's dad!! So similar.

[rockandrollking5]

116 people are not going to dublin

[hamhead4]

Incredible

[badman22341]

one word...respect

[fennell12]

cunts xx

[suhanows]

Greetings to the Emerald Island from Russia! We love Irish

[biyaneva93]

Because breathing is too mainstream.



[TheKrake36]

I am 15 and that is much better than all this techno shit ;D

[Littlehelperzzz]

@TheKrake36 I am also 15 and agree strongly.

[TheKrake36]

@Littlehelperzzz

:)

[namouk1]

@TheKrake36 je suis légèrement plus vieux que toi et tout a fait d accord :D

[TheKrake36]

@namouk1

:D

[MeatballMassacre]

@TheKrake36 Why cant more +15 think like you

[ppariah]

Rulez !

[antuization]

i dont no why... but somehow this song lift my spirit!!!

geesss~

[MrRallyRobban]

They good, but you need to her the Dubliners sing this song

[Thrawn6211]

Doesn't hold a half a match to Luke Kelly's rendition but it's really good nonetheless.

[StephenOgaldez]

We Irish make good music

[hamr3773]

Playing the bodhran with no tipper??? good on ya paddy!

[Drakkanis]

115 people hate to jig near a jug of ale.

[Tarik360]

P.s: these men has lungs of steel 0_0

[Tarik360]

This was Beautiful!

Greetings from a Swedish Born Serbian.

Selam!

[stefankortstee]

1,2,3,4,5 hey!

[stefankortstee]

wow, this music chills me

[sanitarful]

*w* 2:04

[Patricalypse]

I feel like this is actually extremely difficult.

[ShinGan1]

anyone else want to brawl with this song playing?

[jp159951]

i cant even follow the lyrics..

[boomchakalaka0]

god bless the irish!

[toomany0034]

God does not exist retard. god bless the Mexicans, and everyone else.I think that your god gets a hard on when he sees people suffer. Dickhead

[boomchakalaka0]

@toomany0034 lol u mad bro hahah

[CopperPiiipe]

@toomany0034 fuck off there, g'lad

[TheMrGrbert]

this makes me proud to be irish

[ozaki94]

@TheMrGrbert you should! Ireland is soooo awesome

[MeAndMyselfOwn]

@TheMrGrbert ..lucky fish

[TehLuvo]

@TheMrGrbert And i'm proud to have this awesome country on our world ;)

great song

[TheMrGrbert]

@TehLuvo thanks

[Pyhtoan]

i just wanted to be an irish right know

[ZRN1986]

@heaphcakes1988 you are absolutely wrong! This is a awesome song but Chuck Norris should roundhouse you for even uttering such blasphemy!!! Lol

[ramblerunner]

It's alright but where is the passion? The Dubliners and The Pogues murder these guys ten times over.

[Doctor1989able]

Give me my irish beer :D

They have plenty of room to breathe at several points during this song. My problem when singing this (well, TRYING to sing it anyway) isn't the breathing but the build-up of saliva which there isn't time to swallow :P