My father got this album when it was new. He'd play it on a blond wood Magnavox phonograph and and would whistle along with this song in particular. When I hear d this recording just now, the whistling in the background sounded like him, and I got teary eyed. He died many years ago, but this song brought him back.
@lichtbroeder This should be the top rated comment. I love seeing things like this. My own Da would sing me to sleep as a child. I still remember Toora Loora Loora, the Whistling Gypsy rover, Did your mother come from ireland, the wild colonial boy, wild Irish rose, and others.
@MegaDizzyDez My father loved and listened to Irish music too, and he was born in Austria and raised in Germany :) He loved German music too of course, and some of it almost sounds Celtic! Look up the following on youtube: Aennchen von tharau deutsches liedgut ostpreussen gumbinnen,trakenen
@CompVid101: Thank you soooo much for posting this! This song has been on my mind all day. My friends and I used to play it when we were in high school BB (Before Beatles). ;-) It has been about 40 years since I heard this song, but as soon as I started listening - I knew the singer's first name was Nick! ...And most of the time I can't remember what year this is! =)
@Dizzywoodrock4: I relieved to know that I wasn't the only one!
@madipup12 - Well, everyone is entitled to an opinion and to be able to express it. But you subscribe to Justin Bieber, so I don't think that anyone over the age of 12 is going to regard your ideas about good music too seriously.
@Glasstoymaker - Actually, no - as noted - it's Nick Reynolds, who would have been 77 years old yesterday. Nick sang most of the tenor harmonies in the group - but as you can hear here, he was really a baritone with an amazing range. Shane's vocal timbre has always been (and remains) darker, duskier, fuller.
@Dunkleosteus9 - Usually he did Dunk, esp. "Goo Ga Gee" and "Coo Coo U." But the guys all did some - John Stewart did "Strange Day" and "Laredo?", and all three on songs like "The Tattooed Lady" and "With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm."
@electricslipper : The River Claydee is one of the Major tributaries of the River Rime. Which empties into the beautiful Sea of Dew (mentioned in the song "Winkin', Blinkin', and Nod). The Sea of Dew is part of the Ocean of Bard which along with the entire continent of Poetic License can be found in the inkwells of every poet in the Known Universe. You don't have to be Irish to understand this, but I hear it helps.
Hello again Dunk! You've commented before on my videos both here on CompVid101 and on the channel Sensei48 for my folk group, The Chilly Winds.The lead vocalist here is Nick Reynolds, who is at the center in the album cover picture on the video. Nick normally sang the tenor high harmonies in the group, though as you can hear here he was actually a baritone with a great range. Sadly, Nick Reynolds passed away Oct. 1, 2008 at age 75. Lots of vids on YT of him though - look for "Hobo's Lullaby."
Right you are, H. It's both Scots and Irish in origin, except when an Irish singer does it, it's 100% Irish. The best version out there IMHO, as i note below, is Tommy Makem solo.
But the Kingston Trio does its usual excellent, energetic job here.
A beautiful Irish singer Rose Brennan had a big hit in the UK with this in 1950. Can't find it anywhere though. She went on to front the Joe Loss Band in the fifties and early sixties. I am a great fan of the Trio, but think I prefer the Highwaymen's version of this particular song.
I too really like the Highwaymen, but my all-time favorite is Tommy Makem doing it solo at Newport, 1959, accompanied by (I believe) Bruce Langhorne on guitar. I'd love to hear Rose Brennan or Leo Maguire's own version.
Your reference to the song being copywrighted in 1950 makes me more certain than ever that Rose Brennan recorded it in 1950. I think I know a man who will confirm this. Thanks for replying.
I remember The Highwaymen being the first to make this song popular in the early 1960's. They definitely sang it before the Kingston Trio, as much as I love The Kingston Trio!
Yes they certainly did. But the Chad Mitchell Trio recorded it before the Highwaymen - and they ALL got it from Tommy Makem, who sang it at the Newport Folk Festival in 1959 and later with the Clancy Brothers.
I found the song by Tommy Makem & the Clancy Brother - nice Irish lilt to it! But could not find the version by the Chad Mitchell Trio. So far I still like the Highymen's version best!
Beautiful. Thanks for posting.
darkallegiance666 9 months ago
loooove it!!!! i love celtic music
janbob73 9 months ago
My father got this album when it was new. He'd play it on a blond wood Magnavox phonograph and and would whistle along with this song in particular. When I hear d this recording just now, the whistling in the background sounded like him, and I got teary eyed. He died many years ago, but this song brought him back.
lichtbroeder 9 months ago 4
@lichtbroeder This should be the top rated comment. I love seeing things like this. My own Da would sing me to sleep as a child. I still remember Toora Loora Loora, the Whistling Gypsy rover, Did your mother come from ireland, the wild colonial boy, wild Irish rose, and others.
MegaDizzyDez 7 months ago
@MegaDizzyDez My father loved and listened to Irish music too, and he was born in Austria and raised in Germany :) He loved German music too of course, and some of it almost sounds Celtic! Look up the following on youtube: Aennchen von tharau deutsches liedgut ostpreussen gumbinnen,trakenen
lichtbroeder 7 months ago
Have been to Ireland years ago - unforgettable. Such nice and friendly people, and we sang together.
My favourite song is the gypsy rover.
I am from Berlin, Germany
Love&Peace
KatzPalme 9 months ago
Have been to Ireland and Scotland and loved it.
The people were the best.
I am from Berlin, Germany. One of my very favorite songs is "Loch Lomond".
Love&Peace
KatzPalme 10 months ago
just got back from Out door school and my cabin coundler sang this and she had such an amzing voise! :( i cant find one like it :/
SuperAshley456 10 months ago
I love this song! We sang it for a camp. It's such an amazing song, and I do have to say, I like The Kingston Trio singing it than any other. Haha
AkemiAizen 11 months ago
@CompVid101: Thank you soooo much for posting this! This song has been on my mind all day. My friends and I used to play it when we were in high school BB (Before Beatles). ;-) It has been about 40 years since I heard this song, but as soon as I started listening - I knew the singer's first name was Nick! ...And most of the time I can't remember what year this is! =)
@Dizzywoodrock4: I relieved to know that I wasn't the only one!
MrTwinclarinets 11 months ago
i sing this in school xD
toxicfrodo 11 months ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
worst SONG ever
madipup12 11 months ago
@madipup12 - Well, everyone is entitled to an opinion and to be able to express it. But you subscribe to Justin Bieber, so I don't think that anyone over the age of 12 is going to regard your ideas about good music too seriously.
CompVid101 11 months ago 14
I can't stop listening to this song...this is the best arrangement of this song I've heard :)
shantyfan 1 year ago
My favorite KT song ever!
lalawilks 1 year ago
@lalawilks - on the short list of mine, too. Nick Reynolds was a superb singer.
CompVid101 1 year ago
THIS SONG MAKE ME CRY IT REMINDS ME OF OUTDOOR SCHOOL
dizzywoodrock4 1 year ago
@dizzywoodrock4 me too!
thejessman21 11 months ago
Of All the Kingston's, John was my fav. Nick's voice is great here too.
CadillacL 1 year ago
Bob Shane was lead vocal on this fine song
Glasstoymaker 1 year ago
@Glasstoymaker - Actually, no - as noted - it's Nick Reynolds, who would have been 77 years old yesterday. Nick sang most of the tenor harmonies in the group - but as you can hear here, he was really a baritone with an amazing range. Shane's vocal timbre has always been (and remains) darker, duskier, fuller.
CompVid101 1 year ago
nice
missaneska 1 year ago
One of my greatest favorites!
zaaritha 1 year ago
One of my greatest favorites!
zaaritha 1 year ago
Did Nick sing the "funny" songs like Goo Ga Gee? we always pictured him as that when we were children
Dunkleosteus9 1 year ago
@Dunkleosteus9 - Usually he did Dunk, esp. "Goo Ga Gee" and "Coo Coo U." But the guys all did some - John Stewart did "Strange Day" and "Laredo?", and all three on songs like "The Tattooed Lady" and "With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm."
CompVid101 1 year ago
this song is so COOL I sing it at school and my class love it
AadeenaCute123 1 year ago
I LOVE THIS SONG!!
zoememe1212 1 year ago
I have to sing this in my music class.... Im pretty good!
MrsCourt123456 2 years ago
wHERE IS RIVER CLAYDEE?
WHERE IS COSMIO PROPELLOR?
electricslipper 2 years ago
@electricslipper : The River Claydee is one of the Major tributaries of the River Rime. Which empties into the beautiful Sea of Dew (mentioned in the song "Winkin', Blinkin', and Nod). The Sea of Dew is part of the Ocean of Bard which along with the entire continent of Poetic License can be found in the inkwells of every poet in the Known Universe. You don't have to be Irish to understand this, but I hear it helps.
andhehorseurodeinon 1 year ago 3
You have an excellent command of the language. Thanks!
Hawaii Scribe.
electricslipper 1 year ago
@anfhehorseodeinon Well im Irish!!! and i get what your saying!
zoememe1212 1 year ago
Who's the lead vocalist here? This is the best version I have heard.
Dunkleosteus9 2 years ago
Hello again Dunk! You've commented before on my videos both here on CompVid101 and on the channel Sensei48 for my folk group, The Chilly Winds.The lead vocalist here is Nick Reynolds, who is at the center in the album cover picture on the video. Nick normally sang the tenor high harmonies in the group, though as you can hear here he was actually a baritone with a great range. Sadly, Nick Reynolds passed away Oct. 1, 2008 at age 75. Lots of vids on YT of him though - look for "Hobo's Lullaby."
CompVid101 2 years ago
I am singing this song in my choir! :) Lol!
danarocks248 2 years ago
It's not Irish, if an irish person sings a song it automatically becomes an "Irish song" :)
hetrodoxly 2 years ago
Right you are, H. It's both Scots and Irish in origin, except when an Irish singer does it, it's 100% Irish. The best version out there IMHO, as i note below, is Tommy Makem solo.
But the Kingston Trio does its usual excellent, energetic job here.
CompVid101 2 years ago
@CompVid101
It probably has Scottish origins, and is just as likely English as being Irish, even Danny Boy isn't Irish. i do like most of Tommy Makem's stuff.
hetrodoxly 2 years ago
A beautiful Irish singer Rose Brennan had a big hit in the UK with this in 1950. Can't find it anywhere though. She went on to front the Joe Loss Band in the fifties and early sixties. I am a great fan of the Trio, but think I prefer the Highwaymen's version of this particular song.
g1h2nedlaw 2 years ago
I too really like the Highwaymen, but my all-time favorite is Tommy Makem doing it solo at Newport, 1959, accompanied by (I believe) Bruce Langhorne on guitar. I'd love to hear Rose Brennan or Leo Maguire's own version.
CompVid101 2 years ago
Your reference to the song being copywrighted in 1950 makes me more certain than ever that Rose Brennan recorded it in 1950. I think I know a man who will confirm this. Thanks for replying.
g1h2nedlaw 2 years ago
I remember The Highwaymen being the first to make this song popular in the early 1960's. They definitely sang it before the Kingston Trio, as much as I love The Kingston Trio!
barbeep 2 years ago
Yes they certainly did. But the Chad Mitchell Trio recorded it before the Highwaymen - and they ALL got it from Tommy Makem, who sang it at the Newport Folk Festival in 1959 and later with the Clancy Brothers.
CompVid101 2 years ago
I found the song by Tommy Makem & the Clancy Brother - nice Irish lilt to it! But could not find the version by the Chad Mitchell Trio. So far I still like the Highymen's version best!
barbeep 2 years ago
This is as I remember it being sung. Well done mate.
hamrock44 2 years ago
fine version
Dunkleosteus9 2 years ago