Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem - Finnegan`s Wake

[newsmirna]

Like Willie Nelson, when the boys did a song they redefined how it was suposed to be performed.

[thomaslawton1]

i miss my grandad which was his song

[gmancwB]

I had the pleasure of seeing these lads perform at Carnegie Hall, and years later at a bar down the Jersey Shore. They are sorely missed.

[Wolfiemouse]

Aw ... so sweet! !!!

[tbear7672]

I was driving to Alaska to take my first full time college teaching position and I had to drive straight from AZ to Anchorage Alaska and I must have played this tape a hundred times...every time i thought I was to tired to go on-in went M&C and presto changeo I was re-engerized! God bless these boys!

[Cep2693]

"He'd a beautiful brogue so rich and sweat"

Sweat?

Do you mean sweet, perhaps?

Grief.

[Naruto6800004]

my name is tim and it's halarius how they pertrayed him as a drunk

[DaveLeary1]

I have to argee with TheCeliaLewis. I couldn't even get through it without seeking help from my english teacher who also taught an irish literature and culture class. When he told even HE couldn't get through it, I had to put it down with a sad heart. It's like Mr. Makem says in the beginng, "We all thought it was a simple drinking song".

[TheCeliaLewis]

Joyce's book is unreadable. I don't know why he wrote it any more

than why Faulkner wrote A Fable. Beats me.

[manasmith]

God, Joyce is a character. His book is near unreadable.

[USOtaku013666]

These guys make me proud to be Irish-American.

[damodepimp]

thnk you...........

[mirashep]

They beat the HELL out of the dubliners!!! Tommy Makem is now my 1# favorite singer!! they even beat weird al in my book!

[mirashep]

This is truly my favorite song ever!

[livingpiratelifeofhv]

I grew up on the Clancy's , got to see them in concert a few times and had a chance to drink with them,, in Burlington vt. heheheh

[LunaiiOliveia239]

løl_Ï_fêEl_sO_lòNÉly_tØDÃÿ

[Beakses]

How can anyone not like this??

[celticmama98]

Always been a personal favorite, Thanks for posting this =)

[MrSirliftsalot]

ehh irish are number #1 and the clancy brothers are the shit

[PearsePadraig]

I have probably played this ten times non-stop and I'm going to keep going...

[mrsavoy66]

thank god for the irish

[MrGuitarGuy93]

Who the HELL disliked this? String 'em up by their toenails from the rooftop ol' Tim fell from..

[sandinmyears1]

No one could introduce a song like Liam Clancy.

[JimmyDee1962]

@sandinmyears1 You got that one right.

[victortico1]

what a ballad!!  It doesn"t get any better than this.

[jericho51166]

My God, I wish could have seen them live. Great music and great singers may they rest in peace.

[cynamink1]

miss those boys badly! R.IP. Tommy and The clancys.

[werewolf231000]

threy are all great singers

[denisgerard]

it does"nt get any better .I just love these guys

[Lorrie1955]

last year saw liam in concert this year paying respect at his grave.. what a man..

[auntiemojo]

Absolutely love this - will play this at my funeral :-)

Another brilliant Irish band is The Rye from Galway - they're on myspace.

[xxbrutherxx]

I'm the biggest Polak fan of these magnificent men ever since they appeared at St. Joseph's College in 1963 and thanks to You Tube they'll be singing forever

[kentpaul65102]

Hey the lyrics do not match the song uploaded, I recommend editing it.

[pennsy671]

It doesn't get any better than the Clancy brothers and Tommy Makem...

RIP Liam... Thanks for the memories

[DMEB]

couldnt put that better..

rip

[veryrancid]

@pennsy671 very true

[Wolfiemouse]

@pennsy671 Amen and amen.

[TheTHEcoolchannel]

@pennsy671 I SAY WE POUR A BIT O' THAT WATER O' LIFE ON THE CLANCYS!

[AingealDubh]

@TheTHEcoolchannel and Tommy Makem as well!!!

[irishimmigrantcamp]

Born in waterford and meet Liam manys a time on the way into or out of town ..see him as the true gentleman that he was both on or off the stage ....sadly missed by many.... family and friends..R.I.P ..Liam sleep well ...good night ..my friend ..See ya up younder .

[tich64]

May perpetual light shine upon you Liam !

[tomhamilton8]

Liam Clancy has died aged 74 in Cork so sad RIP Liam

[loopstheloop]

@tomhamilton8 Yeah, I know.... Cork... nobody deserves that... the poor man.

[babybabs9]

Tim avoreen isn't his name, she calls him that cause it means beloved

[amdesro]

mavourneen i believe maybe at least one of the times they sang it, but its cool :)

[stratman687]

YEAH!!!!

[casperld]

Awesome version

[Bartoniusz28]

Don't quarrel people, let's enjoy a good music :)

[ddude119]

won't somewan pleAse tink o' de childer?

[dubbigot]

leave the kid alone and stop making negative posts , he made an effort to write out the lyrics and fucked up a few , boo fuckin hoo , at least he made an effort , if yeh want to be technical dublin doesnt have a walkins street ,good work young lad and thanks for promoting our music.

[dubbigot]

if you listened to the start you would have heard that it was a dublin street ballad , believe me DUBLINERS would not have listened to anything else , as dubs we do not need any direct pointers to point us to dublinish things . i said he made mistakes so what is your point , fuck off and leave him alone , he did make an effort , his effort was positive and your input was negative so fuck off again you prick.

[TheNatureBoy44]

It's langers like you that piss me off. Coming on the internet defending people you don't even know when they are met with criticism. Póg mo thóin is Téigh trasna ort féin.

[dubbigot]

but its ok for you to insult people you dont know , i cant kiss your ass because your sister is in the way, i can be as childish as you . i made a simple comment and you went off your head, are you from cork or did you just pick up the cork slang from someone else, i'm just curious,

[TheNatureBoy44]

I can't stand internet Knights like you that go around defending people. What do you hope to achieve? Do you think he was really upset by some people correcting his lyrics? And to answer your question: I am from Cork.

[dubbigot]

what people am i defending , i made a supportive gesture and for some reason you believe i am a knight, i've known cork fenno's for years and they never thought i was a knight, they will find this funny , are you ,north city, south city, center island or county.

[TheNatureBoy44]

County. Looking back on this argument, it was pretty funny, I must admit. I might have been langered for a couple of these comments :)

[ceilidh169]

seems foolish to be commenting on a video when you are langered. even worse to have only now realized it.

[selenecakesxoxo]

It's welt the floor. Sorry..

[NJD3110]

awesome!

[LadyMaggie1976]

Slan Go Foil!!!

[spudguru]

so proud to be of the green..........ira forever

[jimagarvey]

Such a nice clean corpes did ya ever see?

[luisrafael420]

thanks for puttin this on, its the exact version i was lookin for.

[gordinhurox]

the lyrics you wrote are wrong dude