If I Were A Blackbird

[lazylazyshark]

loved it, very good performance!



[arch2wifey]

Absolutely beautiful and haunting at the same time d(^_^)b

[moreheidi]

You've done a lovely job... my Granda used to sing this song many years ago... sigh.

[istahota1]

A grand song. I first heard Andy M. Stewart sing it and, like others, assumed it to be Scottish. Very well sung, thanks! If you would be so kind as to send along a chart for this or at least the chords, I would appreciated it!

[Dinges1234567]

who downvoted all responses here? lol

[savageminstrel]

@Dinges1234567 Loyalist anti-Irish bigots, basically.

[bowmbowchickabowmbow]

very nice! well done sir. I used to do a version of this with a Celtic band...i really like your interpretation. it's so soulful...can you send me the chord pattern?

[mydearstephy]

though i sing a different version this is alwasy a favorite balland of mine, and you done it justice. truly lovely

[deeneebee]

hey.. gorgeous singing and guitar..has the savage minstrel any cds ?

[accordiona]

A lovely performance of this most beautiful tune! Bravo!!

Lorna

[manicjoe]

great version of this beautiful song!!!!

[Splendidmemory]

Do you have any guitar tab for this? it's beautiful

[Robloxianguard]

celtic

[SevenLivelySins]

Man, i would really love the chords to this song. I've been looking all over, and i don't a very large library of chords yet, so i don't know which fingers would go where to make any sound. If anyone could help me out to find the chords, i would be very happy.

[Scotty1137]

Nice job my friend!

[Slagroomaardbeitje]

wow, you did a really good job singing this!

[jcl3x]

You did a beautiful job on this!!! I signed up to youtube just to leave this comment.

[harrymagi]

What do you mean that you don't do it good? I love this song and it's all your fault :P I have probably seen your video "If I Were A Blackbird (MRF 2008)" about a houndred times. Wonderful, just wonderful

[dulcibard]

Very nice!!

[1piratesluver]

Is it Irish or Scottish?

And my gosh beautiful song, and a very well suited song for your voice.

[savageminstrel]

I thought originally it was Scottish, since I learned it from Andy Stewart of Silly Wizard .... but it is an Irish song.

[joolsoffools]

Thank you. You moved me. :)

[Glamrockateer]

gorgeous... </3

[Reschissoerin]

oh that's wounderful... *sigh*

[fifthdaughter]

Beautiful!! Great job!

[SevenLivelySins]

What chords did you use man?

[ngveantat]

ummm...i'm most probably gonna get a bad reply on this comment but does irish people have their own language....just curious...

[SevenLivelySins]

They used to. It was called Gaelic, now they mainly speak English

[SirMontyBagger]

We have our own language, it's mandatory in schools. But it's dying out.

It's primarily spoken in the west of Ireland still though. English is the main language here.

[TallinStormdancer]

This song is great. Thank you for the performance. :)

[Milshare]

The first time I had heard this song, it locked itself into my heart and soul. You're voice is great, it gives the song a real emotional punch. :)

[PastraAchat]

Ich liebe dieses Lied.

I love this song.

[Noghoul]

i knew this song only in Silly Wizards version. this one is as wonderful as theirs.

Thanks for posting it. My respect...

[cmos80e]

I have only heard this song once before and am trying to learn harmony on the choruses. You do a fantastic job with this song!

[25beaumont]

Very nicely done.

[Georgiansilver1]

This song is a 'Traditional' song of unknown age which was put into sheet music form and performed by Delia Murphy in the early 1900s

[Audij84]

This song was sung by you very well however I don't believe this is a Scottish folk song as you seem to believe. This song was wrote and recorded by an Irish woman named Delia MURPHY and she was born on February 16, 1902 in Ardroe, Claremorris, Co Mayo IRELAND. In 1939 she recorded The Blackbird along with The Spinning Wheel and Three Lovely Lassies for HMV.

[savageminstrel]

Actually the song is much older, it appears as early as 1906 and Delia Murphy did her version afterwards, so I doubt that she wrote it.

"If I was a blackbird": there is a version in The Wanton Seed by Frank Purslow collected in 1906 by Hammond and Gardiner. So as is typical of old celtic songs, there are Irish, Scottish, and English versions. Delia said when asked that she heard it being sung by street performers in 1920 in Dublin.

[roughnecks2007]

Bravo great job!

[cacacacosa]

beautiful!

[IRVINEDRUM]

Wonderfully sung. Could you sing for us all, " Fair Helen of Kirconnel Lea ". The sad

song of Helen Irving who died of a musket wound, in the arms of her lover, Adam Fleming, after being shot by her rejected suitor, Bell of Blacket House Dumfrieshire.

[jenmoa]

This is beautiful! Thanks for sharing it!

[flipnlnl]

thank you for playing this song its my favorite also

[IslandinaCommonSea]

Your voice is gorgeous. It compliments the song wonderful. Wonderful, wonderful job.

[sandy2812]

i can't beleive this is only your second time singing this in public! you sang with confadence and very well. you are an AMAZING singer.

[sandy2812]

you would never beable to tell that its only your second time singing this because yu did an AMAZING job!!

[sharbas]

This really is a beautiful song. I would really love to have the sheet music for my daughter Siobhan to sing (I've also heard it sung with lyrics for a female).

[Luminasita]

I absolutely adore this song, and your voice and playing makes it even more beautiful than normal. Thank you SO much for posting this! ~Kat

[acousticnorth]

Just amazing! You´ve really captured the celtic spirit Sir! You have woken up the spirit in this song and you really give this song justice.

Greetings from a cold and misty FINLAND (TENALA)

[Seelenthron]

It's a Silly Wizard song, eh? Love ur voice!

[Smokey1t]

A beautiful song just like bonnie Scotland, and you sang it very well my friend.

[snufkin789]

beautiful, beautiful voice and nice guitar playing

[karmax456]

nice!

[LilColesy]

I know I already told you, but I always love to leave a record. I love this song, honey, it is absolutely beautiful, and you sing so beautifully. I cant wait to hear more xoxo dukky