Green Grow the Rushes Oh; Ireland Showcase

[micers]

Is it the best wee country in the world? And do you know that it was a Scotsman that wrote Amazing Grace? I mean that we have a history that most should envy, but why would we ask them to do that? We are what we are.... Erskine

[carp1844]

I'm a callused construction worker from the USA who knows very little of his Irish roots. I stumbled upon your video and was transported to a place that was both imaginary and strangely real. I now realize I've lost my way. I say this with tears in my eyes.

[conard3]

now they added lyrics? hmm.

[gaconnochie]

Lovely video and great version of the song - but as a 'showcase of Ireland' you'd think there would be plenty of Irish songs that could have been used :-)

[hercandmegs]

This song helped me to understand my Grandfather, and the value of women.

[deathray32]

Damnit, now I'm homesick! I hate you! :-) Seriously though, it's a beautiful song and a beautiful video - thanks!

[poshburd]

This is beautifuly sung although it is not truely burns. The lyrics have been manipulated into english so much that it does not represent ayrshire or southern scotland, where the words originally came from. I'm a stickler for Burns.

[sambolam82]

i'm a proud scotsman, it just shows how good a song it is that another nation takes it to it boosem.... ha... long live rabbie the greastest lyricist and poet ever.... the japanese think auld lang syne is a japanese song... as long as we know it scottish it doesn't matter..... the best wee country in the world... :-D 

[FusionAngelFuAn]

@sambolam82 I'm glad to hear that from you, coming from each generation to generation and know the greatest poems and songs coming from your home country.

[seahorse1088]

the singer is Aoife Clancy from the famous Clancy Brothers

[humanityfirstnow]

wonderful

[phoenix1916]

who is singing this version!?

[WARISHELL09]

@phoenix1916 None of you're business matey

[FoxEatFox]

This is my favourite Celtic song.

[MrPurplepuma]

BEAUTIUL!!

[larean57]

Who is the singer?

[richmanshosho]

@larean57 cherish the ladies

[fulgacian]

Same history once again! You better gather against er... you know, the great robbers instead of throwing stones to each others' roof!

[PinkNinjaStars]

Why be so critical? I think it's fine. Beautiful pictures go with a beautiful song.

[gnostical]

Why put a scottish song by robert burns to showcase pictures of ireland? just dosent make sense and is rather stupid, you should have used an irish song instead of trying to steal a great scottish tune by a great scotsman.

[flanncada]

@gnostical I don't think that anyone would claim that this is an Irish song. The words are by Robert Burns. Who wrote the music? There are numerous songs which refer to 'green grow the rushes' but none, as far as I am aware even close to this tune. I applaud your efforts to ensure that the writer (even though dead) gets the credit but there are many airs which were freely shared by both countries in the years when we didn't squable aout such things

[gnostical]

@flanncada How come theres lets be generious and say misinformed people thinking it is a irish song on a few different videos of this song.But on this particular video they are obviousbly being mislead because of the title of the video "Green Grow the Rushes Oh; Ireland Showcase" making the uniformed people who dont know the song think its irish.The song is by robert burns a proud scotsman just like myself.Burns is a icon in scotland and its annoying to see ignorant people not acknowledging him.

[flanncada]

@gnostical further to my recent email I have been googling the title and find numerous references to this title as an Irish folk song which it is, obviously not. However to be pedantic - Burns wrote the lyrics. Another google entry says the tune dates from 1549! I have no knowledge of Burns as a musician. Some of the confusion may arise from the existence of an Irish 'Green Grow the Rushes' which was considered indecent (page 24 -dunlaoghaire. I believe this was the true source of 'gringo'

[gnostical]

@flanncada See so you can see my annoyance at ignorant people.Robert burns wrote the every last word of this,its his.Robert burns was a poet and a lyricist,one of the greatest. Most people realise its from robert burns its just a select few who are stupidly unaware and thinking its irish.Especialy on videos with titles like this one but thats the poster of the videos fault,trying to mislead people through there own stupidity, as i bet the stupid american poster didnt know its a scottish tune.

[flanncada]

@gnostical I share your concerns. Burns is a major poet in anyone's book. The Yanks have a habit of appropriating other people's works - not alone in poetry. Keep up the good work. Poets (even dead ones) should be protected. Your post inspired me to research the Irish song which has been bugging me for a while and provides an explanation as to why its rarely mentioned - slan leat

[Thisnameistaken11]

Speaking of stupidly unaware...

The song is far older than Burns. It's been a Scottish drinking song for centuries. He simply wrote down one of the many versions of it in 1783/4, and perhaps added some touches of his own. He didn't write 'every last word of it'. Same goes for many of his other songs.

[gnostical]

@Thisnameistaken11 Dont talk bollocks theres not a single shred of evidence for what you just said, so when you speak of the stupidly unaware, you obviousbly meant yourself. Burns wrote every word of it and theres more than enough proof to back up my statement unlike yours. So when you decide to try and spread a load of shite, make sure theres some proof.

[Thisnameistaken11]

I like how passionately you defend Burns, despite knowing nothing about him. Do some research, genius; there's plenty of evidence. For a start, you can look the song up on mysongbook dot de for a bit of the background.

[gnostical]

@Thisnameistaken11 Dont talk complete bollocks,theres no evidence at all for anything you said.But theres a overwhelming amount for what i said, with a shitload of proof that burns wrote every word of it.The burns version is all his own work completly diffrent from the so called old scottish drinking songs.Infact the version you see today has been completly rewrote from scratch word for word all by burns.So you saying he just wrote down someone elses version is rather stupidly unaware.

[Thisnameistaken11]

Are we supposed to just take your word for that? Five seperate sources listed on a database of folk songs vs. raving guy on youtube who can't admit he was wrong.

Hmmmmmmmmm.

[gaconnochie]

@Thisnameistaken11 Burns did rewrite or add to many existing songs - the most famous being of course Auld Lang Syne which was pre-Burns. He wrote several versions, including a real bawdy one, of Green Grow The Rashes. I 'think' that there has been plenty speculation that it may have existed prior to Burns but was of the impession that no-one can actually prove that. Do know of it in print prior to Burns? Not the same as someone writing long after Burns claiming it was pre-Burns!

[Kekothekid]

Burns did not "just happen to live in Scotland".. He was Scottish.... Like so many other great people from that Country.

[wiioperator]

did i say i love this song?

[BoudiccaBlanc]

This song is based on a poem by Robert Burns; who was a supporter of Gaelic culture. Burns just happened to live in Scotland (as Yeats and others lived in Ireland, Wales, Cornwall, etc.). For centuries these lands were known as the "Celtic Fringe" 

Britain herself was once Celtic before the fall of the Roman Empire. Rome also repressed the Celts in Britain, France and Spain.

The Muslim ' Ummah,' EU & NAU are the current threats to ethnic, racial, religious and cultural diversity.

[petekay62]

RE: KRMAFC: The Irish have never stolen anything. Reclaiming what is ours is another thing. Check your history books please.then comment back.

[KathyLtoo]

The beautiful voice of Aoife Clancy with Cherish the Ladies...best version of this song I've heard : )

[neo22334455]

Dulaman Renate

[gourdonboy]

Beautifully sung.

[jovibird]

The song and pictures are lovely. I never heard this song before although I know who Robert Burns was and read some of his poetry in school. (In the USA.) I did not know the origin of "gringo" although I know we got "redneck" and "hillbilly" from the Scots, "boondocks" and "boonies" from the Filipinos and many other slang terms from different cultures. We are a world melting pot now, especially since the Internet. Let's exchange knowledge, not slings and arrows. Ignorance is not stupidity.

[arya884]

I really like this song. It really ment something to hear Robert Burns Poetry sung. It brought new meaning to the poem.

[merryfiddler]

I love this song and i love the way it is sung and performed here. Thank you for it.

Thanks also for the gringo thing... It never occurred to me to wonder where the reference came from. Now I can think... oh, of course! haha.

Thank you... I have subscribed now... bring on more!!!

Luv Cath x

[malidrot]

I like the video, especially at 2:25

[JonnDalton]

It's a bit like playing Molly Malone with a backdrop of Edinburgh castle and Glencoe.

[KRMAFC]

Well said that man. Why o Why do the Irish have to steal other peoples heritage and claim for their own.

[barr6868]

I like the trivia bit.

The thing about the Burns versions of this is that it's "green grow the rashes" - in any stuff that I've seen.

I'm from Lanarkshire, which borders Ayrshire and we always called them "rushes" when I was wee

[quodlibette]

It's a Robert Burns song. Whether he collected it or wrote it, I don't know--but it's Scots. Sung beautifully by Irishwomen.

[moominpic]

Like many of Burns's songs, it's based on an older song (16th century I think) but he reworked the words.

[tbiggart1]

Bit of trivia about the song: it was popular with U. S. Army troops in Mexico in 1845, which had a high immigrant popoulation. The Mexicans took to calling the Americans Green-Grows, later shortened to gringo.

[mrswaxlrose]

soooo beautiful....so beautiful!!

[howie1961]

Yip thats a scots tune. Irish stealing songs again.

[Munchhurdle]

Stupid Comment

[gourdonboy]

The Irish are our kin.

[barr6868]

written by a scotsman

[Sollist]

Indeed

[chomaronga]

me parece una magnifica cancion las imagenes son estupendas

[1wasnearly]

Should mention: music by "Cherish the Ladies"