Irish Rovers-Old Rocking Chair

[456coleman]

MANY THANKS FOR SINGING MY SONG AND ALL THE WONDERFUL COMMENTS I AM READING. I WROTE TIS SONG IN 1978 IT IS A SONG ABOUT MY GRANDMOTHER FROM IRELAND SHE DID HAVE SIX SONS AND MY FATHER WAS THE YOUNGEST. MANY THANKS AGAIN. LUV AND STUFF TO ALL. MICK COLEMAN.XXXXX

[somegalfromcan]

I wish I'd had a Granny like the one he describes in the song.

[LadyScorpio39]

i think Will Millar, the red haired guy with the hat is so CUTE!!!!!

can anyone tell me what yeart this concert was? and if its available for sale on DVD?

[footballgeorgiebest]

Are you putting the Rocking Chair on Ebay?

[aower123]

Love the song but I prefer the version where Michael and Brian sing it. Can't find that version anywhere, if you know please put it on youtube or let me know where to find it. It's the version that my grandparents would play for me.

[456coleman]

@aower123 I WILL TRY TO DO THAT FOR YOU MANY THANKS MICK COLEMAN THE MICHAEL OF B.AND M.XXX

[musicmandon1]

I discovered this unknown gem while looking for a different song. Glad I did. We had a double-LP of the Irish Rovers, but this song wasn't on it. They were something else again.

[knintly]

2:16

[knintly]

srry 2:21

[knintly]

what came out of his mouth at 2:23

[ulsterstan]

My friends the Irish Rovers and best friend back in Sydenhan ,N.Ireland Jimmy Ferguson ,we bit overweight here , sadly Jimmy passed away about 10 years ago only in his 50.s.

[CatpurrRobertaBobbi]

They dont make men like that Grandpa anymore. May the Lord look down and send me one who has the courage to love me the way he loved her. Granny was a lucky woman.

[Devastator1775]

I never had a grani. We were too poor.

But we had two fast dogs.

LOL

[Boombox1967]

My Grandparents have all passed on. I miss them dearly.

[FatherGregorian]

@Boombox1967 Same here. But we will see them again someday!

[wolvesrule4ever]

I miss my grandma =[ I love this song though

[rabc012345]

they did a song called granma got run over by a reindeer.....iheard it on a site called beemp3 try there to get it .

[Msvampiredarkness]

i love grannies

[cgastle]

Thank you for posting. The first time I heard this song was in 1979, broadcasted on tv, when they did a concert in Vancouver. It has been one of my favorite songs ever since.

[sandinmyears1]

They sang a good song about a "granny" and a reindeer. :)

[madmo32]

blackpoolmadteacher, you should get your facts right, many people from the island of ireland died in the 2nd world war, northern ireland was and is part of the uk and many people from the republic of ireland signed up to join many different uk regiments

[blackpoolmadteacher]

@madmo32

10,000 Irish men dies in WW2 fighting with Irish regiments in the British Army.

I was stating a fact, nothing more. My facts are right.

388,000 British people died during WW2, including civilians in our bombed cities.

WW1 947,000 British people lost their lives, don't know how many Irish.

Anyway, great song, I used to sing it 33 years ago when i was a kid.

[blackpoolmadteacher]

This is an old Northern English song made famous by Brian and Michael.

The song was the "B" side of Matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs.

"Wrote it all along the gasworks wall" and "The war it cut the family down to more than half it's size" suggests the circa of the song too. Not many Irish lost their lives during the World War 2 as they stayed nuteral throughout it.

[RobbieTyler1]

how sterotyped irish do they look??

they look ridiculous, if I were irish i would be annoyed.

you are expecting someone to sneak past in the background with a pot of gold.

[painnneck]

@RobbieTyler1 um dude they look like Irish men of their age. Nothing sterotyped about it. None of them were/are exactly young so it was pretty normal for them to dress the way they did considering when they grew up. By the way I am Irish and its not them that annoys me. Long live The Rovers and good old tunes like these.

[RobbieTyler1]

@painnneck I have Irish relations, I think everyone does...your location says USA but you are Irish, when did you move away? I have had many good holidays over there in ireland...

[jimmyjoeh2o]

i am crying why is this?

[TheKaran1998]

I like this song. It also reminds me of my grandma.

[donnahanson]

This song reminds me of my grandma... had me crying by the end of it... beautiful...

[mcmgag]

I've become a "granny" recently and I like this song!!! I also like to rock i.e. on a chair!!!

[valleyramstv]

I remember listening to this song on the lap of my dad growing up. I can't remember who the Orginal Song was by and where to get it.

[MrDead1972]

i use to watch their show as a kid i loved their music as a kid and i love it now thanks for the song

[mariaspencerfied]

Such a sad song...real feeling there.

[JBodine67]

Sadly,they don't write them like that anymore.

[Paden1865]

Such a sweet song, thank you so much for posting it.