Irish Song- Lord of the Dance (lyrics)

[punkgirldrummer]

Almost can't believe i'm listening to this. But it's just soooo catchy how can you not like this

[BubbasBoy1998]

The pope is a regular person not holy or any differant from others christians.

[BubbasBoy1998]

@BubbasBoy1998 other Christians

[Balzaz]

"the holy people" refers to the jews, not the pope.

[isabellalovescookies]

Shaun das Schaf!! Shaun the sheep!! ♥

[wouthezx]

thumbs up if Steen brought you here!

[herbivore007]

STEEN - BIER!

[bshayhoe]

remember singing this @ school

[olivia1551]

they wouldn't dance,they wouldn,t follow me!!! :(

[olivia1551]

i'll lead you all in the dance siad he!!!

[Kaskarion]

Steen - bier

[ikbenhetdatweetje1]

im sure jezus wins de the voce of holland as he come in real live

[49128]

yer all wrong its a pakistan song

[pogusto]

the sheep are laughing a lot!

[01ninjaman]

its a celtic song by the way

[samsmith92samsmith]

@01ninjaman Nope; it's not celtic.

[golu3990]

Linux penguin at 1:53

[heartcelt]

i dance all the time up the hoops

[MrCookiemonsterFTW]

"I danced on a friday when the world turned black"

ooowwhh, i see what you did there

[bluemainstreet]

when it said the holy people said it was a shame..y was the pope on it 4

[stallion494]

carefree, wherever we may be! cause we are the famous cfc! and we don't care, whoever you may be! cause we are the famous cfc!

[stallion494]

@stallion494 had to do the child friendly version :D

[namebeatname]

ohrwurm *___* den ganzen langen tag *__*

[heartcelt]

@namebeatname blah to u as well ha

[ikbenhetdatweetje1]

this song is epic

[BandiTx1800]

Rapper Steen brought me here :D

[ikbenhetdatweetje1]

@BandiTx1800

hhahah of nieee xDD

[lovearmin123456789]

@BandiTx1800 haha xD 

[Icedragon01234]

SHAWN THE SHEEP CLIP FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[gggkinc]

The song was actually written by an English band... `~`

[vanstoetenwolf]

Just back from LOTD Nordhorn 2011! Nice to hear this song back. They played this song to:c) nice to hear back

[sam15423]

by the way heres a joke why has jesus never been to ireland? because there isn't any virgins in ireland

[illywacker1]

Lord of the Dance is a hymn with words written by English songwriter Sydney Carter in 1967. He adapted the tune from the American Shaker song "Simple Gifts".

[chesspup]

Wonderful! I love the music AND the words.

[phokszahh]

dutch rapper "STEEN" brought me :D but who cares epic song

[schaapmaster123]

@phokszahh ja mij ook man

[Hardrockcafebarbie]

I'd like to hear the Folk metal version :D

[sctaber56]

One of my favorite Irish hymns! I Love Love LOVE the dancing sheep!

[peacemaker1ist]

Cilked on this because of Shaun the Sheep - loved it -bit of a revelation

[se44th]

Such simple lyrics, but if you really listen you can gain so much from them

[cheeseyman101]

whats up with shawn the sheep?

[wisewolfbane]

God bless the Irish :D

[SottoTailsPrower]

@wisewolfbane THANK YOU IM IRISH!!!

[samsmith92samsmith]

@wisewolfbane Just so you know, it's not an Irish song. The song is English and the tune is American.

[wisewolfbane]

@samsmith92samsmith Its orginal version come over to england through ireland, so technically it irish :)

[samsmith92samsmith]

@wisewolfbane Nope; this hymn, Lord of the Dance, has no Celtic or Irish routes. A common enough misconception though.

[wisewolfbane]

@samsmith92samsmith huh, must be thinking of something else, i remeber a song about the lord of the dance that come from ireland hmm oh well :/

[samsmith92samsmith]

@wisewolfbane 'Lord of the Dance' is an Celtic/Irish musical - which I would guess is what you were thinking of; but it has absolutely no relation to this English hymn, bar sharing a name and a broad subject.

[wisewolfbane]

@samsmith92samsmith hmm... now i think about your right damn you songs and musicals with same names!!!

[fairplaynationalist2]

@samsmith92samsmith

Amazing how people talk with such conviction despite knowing they are wrong. Lord of the dance, the exact lyrics sang in this video was written in 1967 by Sydney Carter who is English. The tune is a 19th Century American Shaker tune although it bears close resemblance to Byrd's 16th century tune. Look it up, the truth is all out there. It doesn't matter where it originates except when people falsely (and rather sadly) claim it as indicative of National pride

[fairplaynationalist2]

@fairplaynationalist2

The Lord of the Dance producers tookj the song and lyrics as a cornerstone of the musical but without any acknowledgement to Sydney Carter who in an impressive act of Christian charity never sued before his death in 2004

[samsmith92samsmith]

@fairplaynationalist2 You wouldn't get too many people that generous nowadays lol; I didn't know this was actually used in the musical, I thought they just shared a name.

It's strange that so many people get up on national pride, claiming this as their own etc, when besides that both the Irish and English have such an amazing history on music. The Irish have even managed to win the Eurovision song contest like 7 times, while the English only managed 5 lol.

[nietaksky]

Two people cannot dance...

[OMGoc9]

luvd the part with shaun the sheep :)

[jojoxxx1001]

shawn the sheep?

[gagaandcherylcolefan]

Its a Scottish written song -_-

[vandpubsell]

@gagaandcherylcolefan Actually its an English written song to an old colonial American tune.

[gagaandcherylcolefan]

@vandpubsell It was written by the corries :/

[vandpubsell]

@gagaandcherylcolefan Lord of the Dance is a hymn with words written by English songwriter Sydney Carter in 1967. He adapted the tune from the famous American Shaker dance song "Simple Gifts". Look it up.

[ultramalakian]

@vandpubsell If she goes by the name "gagaandcherylcolefan", you can't expect that she would comprehend this kind of things so easily...

[Jarhead527]

what is with the sheep

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but awesome song, we always sing this song at campfire at my camp Camp Tamarack

[Imganna]

That was tasteless and a cheap shot,, it's shows where your heart is... Wecall have to answer

[Imganna]

The vicar is a very holy man... That was y

[victoriaisabeau]

The second sheep-Cheng is from "the first snow"

[victoriaisabeau]

I like the symbolic ...

[OhEmEfJesus]

Are the dancing sheep from anything?

[jaywolflover]

@OhEmEfJesus shaun the sheep

[jaywolflover]

@OhEmEfJesus well the first sheep were, im not sure about the second

[commodore665]

I used sing it at St Mary of the Angels Catholic school Choir .

[N1BOYZ]

I listened to this always at St.Angela Catholic School

[bulok69]

Shame on you for putting a picture of the Pope for the pharisees who had Jesus arrested considering this was a Catholic hymn

[HopalongKaty]

Thank you Mandolina! Very creative. Lovely!

[AwsomeAl96]

It's a good version but it isn't an Irish song at all. It's the farthest thing from anything that has to do with Ireland! An Irish guy just sang it that's all.

[Rosepop1234]

@AwsomeAl96 actually it is an irish song..because if you listen in the background..that is very irish music..and it is a fact that it was origionally an irish song..soo..yeeaa..

[WasabiBurgler]

i bet jesus is a amazing dancer

[FezMasterVids]

@WasabiBurgler Chuck norris is better :D

[WasabiBurgler]

@FezMasterVids better than jesus? no way!

[RTPye117]

@WasabiBurgler Yeah, I picked that up too the first time I heard this song, it's basically the story of Jesus ^_^

[MandolinaCarter]

This is pretty sweet. Who sings the song?

[ChinensisRosa]

@MandolinaCarter This is sung by the Dubliners. I must have forgotten to add that in the credits. Doh. Oh well. I'm glad you liked the video!

[RTPye117]

@MandolinaCarter John Allen Cameron sang it in the west originally but it's not a new song. The song itself is an old celtish piece.

[KittyStarlight]

@MandolinaCarter: You're right, this IS pretty sweet. ^__^ I love the pictures. ^____^

@ChinensisRosa: Oh, yeah, now I can hear it's the Dubliners, since you mention it...theirs is actually one of my favorite renditions of this. ^___^

Loving the dancing cartoon bird (at 1:52-53). (And the dancing sheep at the end. Adorable. ^___^)

Nice job. Thanks for posting! ^__^

(Er...sorry if I'm excessively making faces...I just can't help grinning at this video! ^__^)