Roger Whittaker - Streets of London (with lyrics)

[ssorinssimona]

superba melodie,superbe versuri,super..........

[MyDeterioration]

he looks sooo lovely. xD

[backorder8418]

Lovely song - wonderful voice. Thanks for sharing,

[horgensnot]

If anyone here remembers him and his style, THIS would be a song Roger Miller should have done, too.

[kittykattkassi]

my dada used to sing this to me as a child to make me see how much i had ;-)

[Kri77ian]

is he lonely?

[Cool2BCeltic]

Music for elderly housewives.

[firefox123456789100]

amazing, beautiful song :)

[AlCyaLater]

lovely song... the beginning does remind me of Lord of the rings, the shire though lol

[ummah08]

Gunnerthedenmark: How do you fight the guilt of fighting and killing people in Iraq? Anyhow fantastic song!!

[tinpax1]

@ummah08 fighting for your freedom

[gunnerthedenmark]

@ummah08 do you think i like what i did downthere? as a law in denmark i had to join the army at age 18, was forced to go to iraq, i had to carry out my orders, i killed people and sor my freinds die, i sat whit my freind in my fucking arms while he died, he begged me to save him but i couldent do enything... i dont blame them for killing my freinds, they did as they where ordered, and so did i, yes, i feel guilt everyday, and i cant fight it, and i never will be able to do so

[MeridaElma1]

@gunnerthedenmark I know how hard it is to be in your position.  Pray and offer to God whatever it is that your are feeling and you will find peace. God bless.

[6taffy7]

@gunnerthedenmark you have broke a soilders moral of telling which makes me think your lieing??????????????, a soilder never tells from a para, explain?

[jafacake09]

We sang this in Primary :)

[1978jabbo]

i miss my dad :-(

i love this song and so did he

[theoriginalbadbob]

I think that Cleo Laine's version is far and away the best of the lot. Unfortunately, it's not on YouTube. The original title of this song was to be "Streets of Paris."

[1978jabbo]

@theoriginalbadbob no it wasn't

[theoriginalbadbob]

@1978jabbo According to Dame Cleo, who was told this by the person who wrote the song, he wrote it in Paris, and was going to call it, originally, "Streets of Paris," but changed his mind, and named it "Streets of London." I don't make things up, and I know whereof I speak, unlike you.

[1978jabbo]

@theoriginalbadbob The "person" who wrote it was Ralph Mctell. Mctell spent his early years travelling europe busking for money. A lot of this time was spent in Paris and London, and the song talks about the things he saw whilst in these two great cities. The song was always going to be called streets of London because it just flows so much better than the streets of Paris. You may not make things up but get all your facts correct before posting and being rude.

[theoriginalbadbob]

@1978jabbo In the booklet that is included with the 2-CD album "The Very Best Of Cleo Laine," Ms. Laine states that the song was to originally be titled "Streets of Paris." I would tend to take her word for this. I wasn't being rude, I was merely stating a fact. If you think THAT was rude, you've never seen rude.

[TheWhiteFerrets]

I sung this so often in Primary School. It was my favourite <3

[CalBW]

@TheWhiteFerrets Me too !!!!! I still know it word for word and chord by chord (I used to play the guitar)

[freestylee19]

love it....

[duchessofbloomsbury]

At a Wimpy Bar on Buckingham Palace Road many years ago a man sat pouring ketchup in his hand and adding salt and ate... that was the "Streets of London" in real life.. and the that will remain with me forever...

[gs2811]

Good Lyrics!

[MissJoanes]

mooi

[rarecockneyguvnor]

Give London Back to the indigenous Cockney's.

[bettygirlsboy]

@rarecockneyguvnor  I agree....

[winterbound123]

He sung so "effortlessly". His voice was like the summer breeze, gentle and warm....

[neeeevis]

@winterbound123 so true...and poetically analyzed if u ask me lol :D

[gunnerthedenmark]

@winterbound123 i agree, i have been fighting in iraq and lost my two best freinds there, this song is one of the few songs that makes me relax and forget about the pain

[tinpax1]

@gunnerthedenmark thx man for serving the war. keeps us all safe

[juliesfar]

@gunnerthedenmark We have draft military service in Denmark. It's completely volountary if you go abroad to fight in our wars. No one have forced you. Stop the BS.

I've been in the danish army for 10 years, and been out there.

[gunnerthedenmark]

@juliesfar nej jeg var tvunget, pga karakteren 12 i engelsk, du ved måske ikke at forsvaret mangler folk med engelsk expertise (som de kaldte det)

som de sagde til mig du kan vælge mellem officers skolen, eller tage til irak som tolk og advisor for engelske og amerikanske tropper, eller du kan tage tilbage som civil og blive ingenting, den måde de sagde det på var halvejs tvang, jeg kendte 2 amerikanere som jeg var gode venner med som jeg mødte der, de døde begge,

[gunnerthedenmark]

@juliesfar den danske hær er ikke så skyld,s forladt som du tror, de benytter mange midler til at få dem som de syntes de kan bruge, og igen det kan godt være det ikke var direkte tvang, men det føltes sku sådan, jeg så mine to gamle venner blive slået ihjel, selv om de var amerikanere, min far var musiker, og jeg mødte dem på en tur i usa jeg var med ham for mange år tilbage, og ja det er sandt,

[hlimkb]

@winterbound123 well said

[EDLMARCHON]

I JUST CAN ONLY SAY THAT I LOVE MY LONDON EVEN MORE NOW I WAS JUST GREAT

[reb810407]

He didn't make it sound classical or pompus at all!

I'm 29 now, I used to spend hours listening to Roger Whittaker with my Grandad when I was little. Roger has such a reassuring voice to me.

[MrGrandMasTerMind]

@reb810407 Couldn't agree more with you, his voice is just unreal and it's you such a feel of warmth in the heart.

[cooligalgirl]

yes , its a beautiful truth, but also a sad truth about life,  and nothings changed in the world thanks so much for sharing

[RangersLadForever]

Not my genre of music... but this song is absolutely beautiful

[TheOLDYETI]

EIN WEITERER WUNDERBARER SONG VON ROGER

[AndrewBickle]

what a way to ruin a perfectly good song

[MrGrandMasTerMind]

@AndrewBickle how ? I think that everything is perfect about it.

[AndrewBickle]

@MrGrandMasTerMind he's made it sound classical and pompus,

[mzllng]

He'll allways be # 1

[ALEJANDR24]

excellent ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

[ArmandDeluxe]

Still amazing...

[annierox9]

19,999 views hell yes im lucky :)

[mickeymerc11]

what a tune from a truly fabulous singer and all time great i love him, thanks for posting this and many other all time greats of his.

[GoodVibesOfficial]

♪♫♥ !

[ForAllTime053]

Fabulous!

[Svendborg12]

"Streets of London" is a good song. Seen from a musical point of view, the song do have much in commond with the song "Rain and tears" from the Greek group Aphrodite's Child.

[hazegood]

@Svendborg12

That would be because like a lot of modern songs they use the D,A,B,F#m, G,D,G,A chord progression used by Pachebel in his Canaon in D Major

Look up Rob Paravonians 'Pachelbel Rant' on you tube for more songs based on this

[taosimplicity]

One of the greatest folk voices of all time. I'd like to hear him do a single for a film. His voice is spiritually pure and honest.

[tc030564]

simply the best version.

[felixcock]

is he a jabba?

[savimaharaj73]

What a song, and what a voice.... I Love those memories... Roger you made the difference..

[MrGrandMasTerMind]

16,600 views, c'mon!

[Drwhodunnit1973]

Only the greatest version of this song.. EVER! Just saying.

[xstayxbeautifulx]

I love this song soooooooooooo much! It's such a sad song really, and Roger Whittaker sings it so well.

[MrGrandMasTerMind]

its sad that about 10 people have commented and 11 thousand have viewed it.

[rsotbairnfire]

Love Roger Whittaker's singing, and I must say that this is my favourite recording of this song =)

[HerbyPumpkin]

I sung this when I was 18 with my first guitar...

Now 61, I live the song and run a drop-in Cafe for lonely people, ....43 years and still so much loneliness.

[stewartana]

my school had to sing it in assemberly

[XpredictorX]

translate it to your own language and find out its true

[MrGrandMasTerMind]

brilliant song, should be admired and should become famous. If only someone sang this on a singing contest like x factor or something.

[DoctorWhoFan19954]

saly this is true

[emeraldpegasus]

god thats cheeseiest version ever still

fond memories of being a kid and best teacher in the world Mr. Larkin teaching kids of 5-7 beatles songs mr.men roald dahl wot a teacher always encourqged our imaginations made loved writing stories cos him

thanx Mr.Larkin :)

kudos to ya

[emeraldpegasus]

lol i can still heaer samantha behan singin along my first crush ha ha ;)

[gunner1488]

good on ya mate.