Bing Crosby "TOO-RA-LOO-RA-LOO-RA" Going My Way (1944) BARRY FITZGERALD James Royce Shannon

[WolverineandtheXMen1]

I cried when I actually watched this movie, and I'm crying now. Bing Crosby has one of the godliest voices ever. LIVE ON CROSBY

[undclassof80]

This movie, folks, is what you call a hidden gem

[tequilaandoldlace]

Great video and audio quality. My favorite scene in one of my favorite films. Sweet :)

[RandomPersonNumber73]

I love Bing Crosby's work!

[xuwo]

This video captures so much about that generation .. As smart as we think we are,

we are losing our ability to be compasionate and non judgemental..

[thegorn68]

@xuwo Very astute observation.

[ChihuahuaShrink]

My grandmother sang this song to me everytime i cried...i lost her last winter and i would give anything to hear her sing it to me again.

[RockyBalboa211]

I love this movie! (crying)

[GeorgeVreelandHill]

Bing is one of the all-time greats.

No question.

What talent and what a voice.

George Vreeland Hill

[Todvonmir]

Such a soft song can't be any better to calm a kid...even me....I'm 17 and I admit that I love Bing. His voice is so rich and this lullaby brings it out in a way that can't be immitated by any other man on the globe. When my baby cousin, Mikey, turns 3 or 4, I think I'll sing this to him to put him to bed at night. Such an incredibly peaceful song....I can't even hum it without a smile. If I ever do have kids of my own, this song will be at the top of my list of songs to sing to them.

[johnnycade823]

i first heard this song from my grandfather about 2 years ago. he told me to "listen to some good irish music." it was played at his funeral a couple weeks ago and i couldn't stop myself from crying even though i usually smile at the song. so many good memories with you pop love you

[Ulysses61]

Bing has been my favorite singer since I was 4 years old. No one... no one ever... could sing like him.

[celestehyatt]

My grandfather was a beautiful wonderful Irish man, and my life was blessed by knowing him, and I keep my Irish going and pass on that man to my children. Thank you, beautiful tribute.

[77MommaBear96]

Bing's voice never fails to make my knees buckle!

[Mom1910]

I don't think you will ever a voice again, his talent was other worldly.Bing Crosby voice is perfection.

[TheGingerellas]

@Mom1910 And in spite of the slander this good man's reputation has suffered in the years since his death (they didn't dare lie about him while he was alive) I believe there is a real possibility he is singing with that beautiful voice to Our Blessed Lord even now. :)

[theLadySpies]

he absolutely had one of the best voices in the history of the world. we need more talent like him.

[sherfdad]

This movie had the happiest ending that ever came out of Hollywood.

[ColexLover92]

I prefer this generation of music over my own I am 18 years old, but I would rather listen to Bing then most of the music of my generation.

[jimmbo13]

@ColexLover92 21 yrs old, and I agree wholly. 

[TheBeatles193]

What a beautiful song!

[gompth1966]

Best singer of all time.  Yes, better than Frank and Elvis.

[SharonDudd]

I used to play the organ and sing this to my Dad, who passed away 30 years ago today and this is my youngest son's favorite song. I had to sing it to him for hours when he had surgery many years ago.

[AThosandSongedVoice]

my mom used to sing this to me when i went to bed, and she told me her mom sang it to her too

[AnberlinAMV]

@AThosandSongedVoice same here!! ^^ I get tears from this movie and from the memory of my mom singing it to me.

[charias72]

My heart just melted.

[his1sparrow]

My grandmother, who was Irish, had a blue music box that played this song...so many years ago..thank you.

[Broblem12]

Lovely moment from a classic movie. Thank you for sharing this gem.

[kirinrosenbaum]

Oh his voice makes me melt in this song.

[elmerschild]

I sing this song all the time, it just pops into my head I love the ending of this movie

[LRad98]

How could someone dislike this song?...

[TheNightowl55]

My Dadused to sing this to me and my little sister. It's beautiful.

[32trixieh]

I sang this to both my kids at night, alternating Galway Bay. Learned these songs in Catholic school, best thing I ever learned there!

[grandmallie]

I to would love to find a music box that plays this song~~~nowhere to be found, if anyone ever finds one? please email me. this movie is one of my favorites and makes me cry every time~~~

Happy St Pattys day to you all

[DeanCahill]

This is my favourite film of all time, it has it all, Comical scenes and wit, Sentiment, GREAT script and lyrics, how catchy is ''Would you Like To Swing On A Star''???

I was introduced to this film when I was about 13 or 14 by my Mum and I'm 40 now, I can't remember a month since then that I haven't watch this all time classic!!! By the way, How difficult is it to buy a Music Box with 'Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral'!!!!???? I can't find 1 any where!!!!

[LRad98]

@DeanCahill My little sister has one now up in her room...

[zellince]

This movie was made almost forty years before I was born but I sit with my daughter and we watch this this scene together at night to go to sleep, and I hope she would be able to do the same years from now.

[BrandyJean2003]

I sing this song to my daughter every night before bed time. It was the first song I sang to her the day she was born.

[undclassof80]

to anyone who hasnt seen this movie, i recommend watching it ASAP- just saw last night, absolutley fantastic

[Hudak0581]

I am 29yo and everytime I see this movie the ending gets me all choked up. Seeing Barry Fitzgerland's character's mom show up and they sing this song. I cry!

[Rube2zday]

Pass it on to your next generation and it will be shared

[ShannonNMcKenzie]

my grandpa when i was a baby he use to sing this to me to get me to sleep:)<3

[MsLeprechaun7]

You know it's movies and songs like these that keeps me wishing to have been born in the time of Bing, Gene Kelly, Fred Astire and all those wonderful old time actors and actresses. All we have to do is just keep it alive find their music on iTunes, buy CDs of them and Put them on your iPod and just sit back and swoon over their voices...I swoon over Bing, Gene, and Fred whenever I find a clip of them singing and wishing I can find a guy who can sing like them but who knows...keep it alive!

[rockonhard77]

my grandpa used to sing this to me. He died last thursday and we played it at his funeral today. I miss him

[horsters]

bing not only had a terribly beautiful voice, he was also a very handsome man :)

[Jangocat]

This song is precious to Irish families. My grandmother, mother, and sister have all sung this song to their babies. This song has literally been sung to babies for centuries. Bing was the best...

[Jolson1950]

I LOVE this scene and Bing sings the old Irish song perfectly

[Ionalito]

Barry Fitzgerald.....God bless him.

[Mikej1592]

I love this song, and the way Bing sings it is like the angels themselves. :-)

[SilverMyst787]

Oh I LOVE this man's voice!

[Emothehappywriter]

I love him!!!!

[neilnsue]

So amazing-what a voice!

[mr0329]

love bing crosby! he's got a voice that's smoother than dove chocolate. I was definitely born in the wrong era.

[Rangerhalt1]

This was an awesome movie. I wanna watch it now.

[misshollyxox]

Im 17 and it's rare to find someone my age and younger who knows who Bing Crosby and Bob Hope and Danny Kaye, Fred Astaire, Peter Lawford, Dean and Jerry, Andy Griffith and so on are. They are really missing out~

[ashleyliz29]

I love Bing Crosby and I'm about the only person my age that I know of that does, I'm 31 and my daughter who is nine loves him at Christmas time, she can recognize his voice in an instant!

[cpsakn]

My mother sang this song to me...and I sang it to my children too....hopefully they will pass it along to their children ..

[stefansmom]

i love bing crosby and i managed to track down a dvd copy of the bells of st. marys aqnd i'm on the hgunt for going my way. all his movies are classic. i was soo born in the wrong decade.. i'm a child of the 70's and well this time of year isn't christmas without bing crosby siging christmas in kilarney as well as do you hear what i hear. music in this day in age sucks.

[therealmaddiemorgan]

my dad used to sing this to me every night before i went to bed. i can't wait until i have kids and get to do the same. so sweet and simple:)

[TheSandsie13]

i used to sing this to my niece when she was going t o sleep when she was wee. always loved thsi song.

[AshismeMiami]

One of my favorite movies to watch around Christmas time, along with The Bells of St. Mary's. A tradition started by grandfather and father. Someday when I have kids they will know these classics too.

[gompth1966]

What a fantastic movie. Thanks Bing, for this. And Merry Christmas everybody!!!

[jmjk63]

A Classic !

[sparklehal]

I am 32 years old and have been in love with Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra since I was 18. As a former choir nerd I have learned to appreciate the talent it takes to do what they did. Bing's voice was so smooth and although I don't think too awful much of him as an actor, he was still great to watch because of that same smoothness. My favorite has to be White Christmas just because of the great songs. I still sing "Sisters" and "Snow" all through the year. Yep...I'm a nerd!

[bladekissed]

I have seen this movie at least 25 times. I, too, still sob at the end. It is the normalcy of the era I love so much.

[wolfmanrick]

some of the best movies ever.i may be 47 but what is christmas without good old bing.we grew up with the best christmas songs ever.like frosty and yes white christmas.my kids love them also.i would like to start off by saying merry christmas .not happy holidays.this is america .

[GTFC80]

such a wonderful scene, still brings tears to my eyes to see an old man so happy, even though it is only acting.

[themonaghans]

His voice is so beautiful, it gives me chills.

[geetarnut]

What a song, and what a singer! My heart almost breaks each time I see this scene, and hear this song. I have to fight back the tears, but I am so greatful for the REAL REALITY LIFE OF LOVE AND CARING, AND I WISH THE MUSIC AND TV SHOWS THAT THEY CALL "REALITY SHOWS" WOULD STOP, BECAUSE THIS VIDEO CLIP AND THE SONG CAN NOT BE MORE REAL! PEACE TO YOU ALL!!!

[heyitsprincessj]

I'm an up and coming generation and I adore bing crosby his voice is what I hope angels sound like, when he sings little drummer boy with David Bowie to this day I get goosebumps

[FSG1958]

My Grandfather was Irish, and was my best friend growing up. He died in 1978 while I was overseas in the Navy. My Mother was half-Irish and died when I was 6. Whenever I see Fr. Fitzgibbon's mother shakily walking towards him at Midnight Mass while the choir sings this song, it feels as though my heart will break in two!! No matter how often I've seen this movie, it still makes me cry at the end. As I grow older, though, the tears are more of joy at a reunion than sadness at a loss.

[PiperFreeze06]

@FSG1958

I think I know what you mean about tears being more of joy at a reunion than sadness at a loss. Good to know that I'm not the only one who feels that their heart will break whenever the end of the movie approaches.

[AliciaLisha]

I just turned 21, and my Nona (mammy's mum) used to sing this to all six of us - as well as play the great crooners. So I thank you for putting this up. It brings back great memories of my grandfolks.

[lauracwhitney]

I have always teared up at the ending when the old priest's mother walks up to pay a beautiful surprise visit. Wow.

[Rick20069]

@lauracwhitney I thought I was the only one that remembered that part of the movie when his mother 90 comes to vist him my eyes water up beause it reminds me of my mother that I loved so much (RIP) ever though I am not Irish. She shakes a little bit as she walks towards her son. I keep on replaying this song as I write; it is very difficult for me! I love and miss you MOM always!!

[PiperFreeze06]

@Rick20069

That part makes me cry too, its so beautiful. I don't think you have to be Irish to understand or appreciate such touching moments and music. I'm most of Eastern European heiritage myself, with only a little bit of Irish and Scottish. My favorite kind of music has always been Celtic music.

[Rick20069]

@lauracwhitney I always watch and wait for this movie to play it is my favorite and it couldn't have been sung better by anyone else! Crosby and Fitzgerald are SPECTULAR and I always cry at the end 'cause it reminds me of my MOTHER (RIP)

[Jacobrester]

Bing Crosby.....statistically is the greatest entertainer that ever lived......Elvis Presley and the Beatles included.....nobody touches his accomplishments

[racheldaughertyohplz]

My grandpa sang this song right before he died... But at least he went out doing something he loved... Miss you grandpa :( you don't even know what I would hive to get my best friend back :"/

[terrisonb]

I have loved this song since I was a kid. I had to have been the only teenager in the mid 1970's walking home from scool singing this song. I will attempt to attach a recording of this song that I made a long time ago.

[LorenzoMagnifico]

Great, so great. thank you so much!!!

[AlansGirl48]

My Mother would sing us to sleep with this, I did the same with my Daughter when she was a wee lassie, Brings back so many memories, thank you for posting it.

[agatematt]

Barry Fitzgerald is an absolute joy in one of the greatest cases of what I like to term GTM --- Grant Theft Movie --- which led him to become the only actor ever nominated for an Oscar in both the Best Actor and the Best Supporting Actor categories for the same role! He won Best Supporting while Bing Crosby went home with the Best Actor award.

[fiddlenut24]

@agatematt so true, barry fitzgerald was an wonderful actor

[steinwaygrande1]

My parents used to sing this to me in order to get me to go to sleep. Brings back memories of my parents who have been gone for nearly 50 years

[pallidamors2001]

@steinwaygrande1 My youngest son is 13 years old and I have sang it to him since the day he was born. He says he likes the way I sing it better than Bing, which I may love to hear, but I don't hold a candle to Bing.

The song is slightly before my time, but I learned it when I was a kid thanks to a love of classic movies that I've always had. I hope that maybe my children will remember enough about it to be able to sing it to their kids if they ever have any.....youngest is 9 and oldest is 15

[Maureen712]

My Mother, who was Irish, used to sing this song to me. I've always loved it!

<3 Maureen

[RememberSoCal]

im 17 and i love this music. im going to raise my kids on real music...ella fitzgerald, bing cosby, glenn miller, dorseys,gene krupa nat king cole, benny goodman, andrews sisters... etc. i was adopted into a diverse family and my dad almost fought in WWII but right when he finished training the a bombs were dropped. thank god for that cuz he lived to show me this music when i was a kid. brings tears to my eyes. im so blessed hes still alive and well.

[katebisquit]

To those who never saw their mothers again, may you have reunited with them in a chorus of TOORA LOORA LOORAL. God Bless You Bing Crosby for the elegance you shared in this tune and many others.

Thank you all for the sacrifice you made for your children and theres as well.

[bpuligan]

One of the many heart warming moments in the wonderful movie "Going my way". Great lullaby, great voice, great scene, great movie, et al.

[allinwith2s]

my dad loves this movie!

[stefansmom]

my late grandmother used to sing this to me when i was little. I have sung it to my son ever since he was born every night and he is now 6 yrs old. and loves me singing it to him.. this version makes me cry and makes me think of my late grandmother who passed away when i was 10. she's always part of us and near to us when we sing it.

[dhart70]

It's even sadder that they can't receive the ability to spell from the past generations.

[wcd47]

It is a sad comment that the up and comming generations won't be able to injoy the likes of Bing Crosby, Dean Martin, Fred Astair, etc...Like we did...Music will never be the same...

[manokiller]

It is a terrible thing it is :/

[weatherboi]

No, but there will always be recordings for everyone to enjoy (not "injoy). :-)

[antij1]

@wcd47  Yeah, music is dead. Thank God for recordings, though.

[pianofreak91]

@wcd47 My grandpa used to sing this song to make me go to sleep... This is one of both my grandpa's and my own fav films. The music wont be lost so long as there are always people out there who seek something they cant find in more modern music

[jewelrox]

@wcd47 Im 20 and I love Bing Crosby! In fact I enjoy the music of Frank, Deano, Bing etc WAY more than the music of today....but then again I have good taste haha.

[apoco]

@wcd47 I am twenty years old and I believe and fortunate to have a mother her was born the time this movie came out, well a year or two later, and she's kept up some of these older types of music fresh and close and I am very happy she has done so.

[Jefferson1942]

@wcd47 Thats why we have youtube. Keep Crosby, Sinatra, and Bennett alive.

[girhawk]

@wcd47 I am very lucky to have been brought up with this music, unlike many other people my age, sad that many of my peers only know this music from war movies and videogames

[Torkec44]

@wcd47 it's not the shame we can't enjoy it, we can and we do - just the shame we can't enjoy it live ^^ whoever wants to enjoy the music will always turn to the greats of the past

[iLoveiLiveiDance]

@wcd47 it makes me really sad to see it. I'm 17 and I feel like such a freak at my school for being in love with this style of music... the music the radio pumps out nowadays will never be as beautiful as it used to be.

[U2Bwatcher]

@wcd47 Those with children and grandchildren will have to pass on the tradition. I remember watching RKO movies when I was younger and I absolutely LOVED it. And I know a lot of people that love Fred Astair.

Legends never die.

[cpsakn]

I agree totally.....i think I was born in the wrong decade

[BingandNelsonFan]

@cpsakn

My sister and I agree with you 100%! We live in the '30s and 40's and have a warped sense of reality. :) We were just born fifty or sixty years too late.

[LynnetteAndreaVictor]

@cpsakn I totally agree. I love all the old movies and looove Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole and Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller and.....Why was I born in the wrong decade?! WHY?!

[Iacy009]

@wcd47 I'm only twenty and I love them. I will be passing them on when I have children. And maybe someday someone will become "popular" singing like this and all will be right in the world again...one would hope.

[kryp10yt]

@wcd47 Perhaps not the same way, but I still find ways to enjoy them.

[Saberx723]

@wcd47 except they are preserved on records, cds, and youtube for every generation to enjoy them for ever.

[SUJAD57]

@wcd47 I agree it is sad that they won,t know who they are. So I made sure that my kids knew all about them. I used to sing Too Ra Loo to my kids when they were small and now I sing it to my 10 months old granddaughter. My son loved it.

[pianofreak91]

@wcd47 On the contrary. I am 19. This is one of my all time favourites. I grew up with my grandfather singing it.

There are still a select few from my generation who have the joy of listening to such legendary pieces. The stuff on popular radio these days cannot compare. Few can sing in the way the classics of your generation did. Those who think Akon and Britney are musical genius' have no idea what they are missing.

Take this as reassurance that these gems wont be wasted.

[katana364]

@pianofreak91 I must agree. There is a group in our generation (I'm 20) who loves this music, I'm glad I can say I'm one of them and that I know at least 2 others.

[scoop712]

@wcd47 Enough of us have parents who instilled in us a love of classics, or simply love and have access to great music, that we'll keep the sound alive. It might take a few years...but new talent, that sings and composes like they did, will crop up.

[BingandNelsonFan]

@scoop712 Yes, thank you to wonderful parents that have kept a love for this music alive. Though, I do not believe that new talent will ever be able to spring up to compare to these "greats". Things are too complicated and fast-paced these days, and people don't understand the value of simplicity. Bing sings alone with just a simple music box. That's genious in pure simplicity! :)

[megadork456]

@wcd47

I agree, sometimes I can't stand what we've been brought up on these days. I need to escape to these every now and then, and just loose myself in the simple purity of voice. :)

[FenianandLimey]

When I think my grandmother left Ireland when she was EIGHTEEN, and never saw her mother again. They wrote letters, there were no phones. Can you imagine, never seeing your mother again. The ending makes me sob.

[ladylike1980]

FenianandLimey,

Same thing happened to my grandmother. She came over in 1913, she was only 19, worked as a cook and maid for rich people on the Philadelphia main line. Never saw her mother again, yet supported her mother and siblings and sent most of her money to them. I recently visited Donegal, the town my grandmother had to leave. This movie reminds me of my Irish family. I love this movie and Bing and Barry Fitzgerald and I love this song.

[newrochellephoenix]

My grandmother too. She left "the old country" about 1901 when she was about 20. Not long after-her mother died. For the near 70 years left to her ,my grandmother felt that her leaving was the cause . This films end makes me sob too.Tis an Irish thing,Im sure .

[ktcat1]

@FenianandLimey Wow. The ending always misted me up before.  More now after reading this. At least your grandmother and her mother are together now. Imagine what the reunion was like.

[5678simon]

classic ending of this film needs no words

[IvyatHeart]

I love Bing Crosby and because of this scene I'm spoiled for anyone else singing this beautiful lullaby. It has to be Bing or noone at all.lol

[bigdawg25252525]

I remember when my Nana used to sing this to me, since she passed its been hard but every time I hear this song it takes me back to her holding me in her arms.

[grandmallie]

would love to find a music box like this that plays this song in an antique store, never gonna happen. every time I watch this movie like someone else said I cry like a baby at the end. my mom used to sing this to me when I was little,that and scarlett ribbons,anytime I hear either of these songs it makes me cry

[cestlouise]

makes me shed a happy tear...

thankyou,

peace to your heart,

louise

[bluedimonde]

i love this song i wanna meet a guy who can sing it sound half descent ..... but he'll need a vary deep voice lol love this song :P

[rouman7]

a tear for everytime i hear this, bing the best crooner ever.

[milesmathis]

Even the opera baritones can't sing with that much control. Really one of a kind

[maymaywebkinz]

i thing everyone crys when u hear bing crosby voice . i just love his singing

[Kedziekid]

I cry like a baby at the very end of this film everytime I see it!

[soundslikefrank]

Used to sing this to Amanda and Christian....Bing is the daddy of all the Crooners

[purplemoon17]

My wonderful Pop use to sing song to my Mum and Uncles when they were little and going to sleep of a night.

Goodnight POP!!!!

lots of love on Nan's Birthday xoxoxox

[nothinglikeafender]

bless you purplemoon17

[nothinglikeafender]

very sweet moment of a great movie

thank you very much!

[nothinglikeafender]

makes me cry.thanks for posting!

going my way-great movie