i met a few ex marines lately doing private security work in africa, really nice guys and no extremism and were getting tired of living on the edge they were all about 40 years of age,.
i was in iraq as civilian in the 80s and never had fear of anything,.guess i was young back then,
I am proud to say i was taught by the wife of a member of the clancy brothers and that she told us the story of them. she's keeping them alive just as much as the songs do for me
A brilliant performance, a terrible, terrible subject. My grandfather carried a Turkish bullet in the muscle around his heart for the better part of 60 years after Gallipoli. Hard to imagine what it must have been like with that constant reminder of what they'd gone through.
That song should be Australias National Anthem instead of that dirge,God save our gracious Queen.Who never lost canapes never mind her legs.From Ireland.
I thought I knew the Clancy Brothers in the 60's. I don't know anything about this stuff. Powerful indeed. My Mum was 5 and my Dad was 0 when this happened. And still in 2011 we cannot get peace in the world. Peace on Planet Earth. The "Good Earth" still has Herberts on it. Peace to the World this Christmas Tide. Or is it just a dream. Merry Christmas Everybody.
i lived in oz unfortunately onli for 7 months but i tell ya somethin perth is a place i will always remember and hold close to my heart. loved australia and often wish i was back there in the sun. ireland will always be home but this song will always remind me of my other home austraila!
I;m afraid banking is not sectarian - not remotely Christian or Jewish. It's mostly about greed.
And its get nothing to do with this beautiful sad song about brave young who did their duty as they saw it, at the behest of old men who "who could not work and dared not rob, therefore they lied to please the mob". No one gets more out of this song which Liam made his own.
@tolanwann You are dead wrong about everything. The bankers just took out Libya because Gaddafi wanted to institute a gold standard. They want to take out Iran next. Their end game is a world bank issuing "outa-thin-air" money, like Euros and US dollars and all other OTA "fiat" currency. They print it up and convince the Goyim that it is real money. The Eurozone is collapsing. So will the US. Keep fighting the Cath/Prot thing and go research "City of London" and the Queen. Rothschilds.
Why do so many people find the need to worry about silly details. The Australian army and indeed, a huge proportion of the Aussie population has always been Irish. Just like the army and navy of the US was during the un-Civil War. Many of the "Diggers" still had Irish accents when they landed in Galipoli. Find something important to argue about. Like, "Why stupid Goyim nations always allow themselves to used, fleeced and slaughtered at will by the Jewish banksters." How about that?
@Albainn used, fleeced and slaughtered? I'm Irish and the only crowd who have ever done that to my nation was Protestant and Catholic people, Not Jewish bankers so keep that kind of crap to your local Nazi party coffee morning. Ireland has just went through a banking collapse caused by Irish Catholic bankers ignorance and aided by Irish Catholic politicians.I suppose these are silly details?
If lag1946 doesn't appreciate Liam, don't listen to him, it's your loss. I appreciate him and will listen to him ( or Tommy Makem) every chance I get.
liam is one of the best singers of all time! thank you for posting it! who cares about the accent. i hope he's up there singing!! a nation once again!!
@matsp I don't understand why you would be so rude. I was only making a query and yet you feel it's okay to speak like something the cat dragged in. I never said anything about not appreciating him either redhatave. What's wrong with you people. I did not say one derogatory word about the man's singing I simply asked a question. Please don't bother to answer this as none of you have any manners.
@youngian Yes it would seem so and they don't read what you write. I never mentioned not appreciating the song or the artist and I wasn't being trivial. It's just a bit of banter on a web page with a question I had. Now people are arguing about banks and nazis. Most peculiar, but that you for your kind reply.
@lag1946 It's a great song. Liam is Irish and is a great singer. It would sound wierd and not nearly as good if he tried to do an Aussie accent just like when Americans try to do an Irish song in an Irish accent.
I get that he's Irish what I mean why would you need an Irish accent when singing an Australian song. It doesn't make sense unless you are singing something from the colonial days where the convicts did have various accents. This is a war song and does not require anything but an Australian accent.
How on earth can 16 people dislike this. Such an emotional song, and the Irish accent... apart from John Williamson, and old Slim, I dont think I have heard it any other way. It wouldnt work any other way.
It took me 40 years to find song on Youtube of all places! Never heard it on NZ radio, which says something about the commercial junk that populates our airwaves. Truly moving and worth the wait. Every NZer should hear it -its part of our ANZAC heritage. Beautifully sung by Liam Clancy.
@kiwitraveller551 Have you listened to John Williamsons version. Not the same without the Irish accent, But instead of singing the verse of Waltzing Matilda at the end... he plays it with a lone harmonica. It is haunting. Keep on travelling my Kiwi brethren.
This song hits me deep in my soul. After Nam I don't march either, but it does not mean I don't reflect on my dead friends or my own wounds, both physical and mental. I love you all who served or serve and all of you who didn't serve, but support those men and women who do, even if you don't support the wars. Sp5 Miles, Vietnam 1968
This song by Sasha Yatchenko was written in honor of the Navy Seals killed in the helicopter crash in August 2011. In three verses she captures the essence of their lives and their legacy.
Wow what a song, and here is me always thinking this was an Irish song. Never once did I ever stop to listen to the Lyrics. lol. Oh silly ole me. Love though. Love Australia too.
To all allied forces who died in two world wars and other conflicts throughout the world you have my utmost respect and that of our nations. Real men and women not like the wasters we have seen on british streets in recent days. Ihave one answer to that problem. no rubber bullets no water cannon SHOOT THE B********
Ironic that the best rendition of this song is not by an Australian, but by an Irishman. Great version of this classic Aussie song. Thanks for posting.
@foxtrot684 this is an obnoxious, ignorant statement. Unfortunately poor education is responsible for your remarks. Speaking as the granddaughter of a survivor of Gallipoli I know that my wonderful brave grandfather would be appalled by your remarks.
@msSuShen Being the grand daughter of someone who fought at Gallipoli means nothing to me. Did you serve ? I did. The ANZAC had no business being there in the first place. Got it :)
@foxtrot684 What are you doing on this site, hater? Everyone is speaking of their real experiences and music and you are spouting hate-filled paranoia. You are not wanted here.
One of the greatest songs ever written and Clancy is one of my favorite ballad singers. Two thumbs up for you and more. Makes your back hairs stand up. Very emotional song.
Incredible performance.For incredible people.God Bless the Aussies and Kiwis that served then and continue to serve today.A proud Canadian cousin here my friends!!
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All through history young men are sent out to risk their lives for the dreams of a few old men.They die, and so do the old men, and when time mutes the horror of it we start it all over again. I hoped after my year in Nam we'd learn some lessons, but W did it all over again, with nothing won worth having. Liam tried to make a difference, and his effort will play on in my mind to the end of my days, but also will play the last views of comrades who went out and didn't come back.
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Some things are more precious than life or life would not be so precious as it is, still the war we know now comes from planes we can't see and worse yet from people who have motives that have nothing to do with freedom or liberty but only with the profit of these "Masters of War"
When I was drafted and swore I'd "Uphold and defend" I knew this and worse was waiting for me and my friends. Some came home, some did not and some wore scars deeper than the wounds they brought with them.
Great song pity we learnt no lessons from it or the war it´s about, we still send our young people to fight and forget them when they come back fucked up.
This song never fails to touch me deeply with how devastating war is and how painful the results are. Yet it is celebrated and encouraged by public and governments alike despite such horror. Liam Clancy's version is, for me, the most eloquent and sorrowful declaration of this madness. Utterly beautiful.
If you were ever involved a coflict and took someones life then you have a right o comment on war. I was and have done. Every time I close my eyes I see there faces and I dont think I can live with much longer. Not even Ireland is worth what I am going through and I love Ireland.
@1645Irish fair play 2u this song was my dad's favorite song we played it constantly when he was dying of cacer Its a gr8 irish song that all irishmen and woman who fought for ireland,GODBLESS U
@1645Irish I have never been through your nightmare, but please believe you are a hero to us all that have never served. Your pain is a constant reminder of your humanity.
This is probably the most powerful anti-war song ever written... And this version by Liam Clancy is, in my opinion, the most powerful version ever sung! RIP Liam and thank you from all of us!
First of all, Rest in peace, Liam. Let's not blame the politicians. I blame myself, because I became one of millions of lemmings who willingly marched over the cliffs of war. I think they should be singing song like this instead of 'Mary had a little lamb' in the schools. Sp5 Miles, 1st US Army Special Forces, Vietnam 1968, Wounded Warrior
@jak649 I retired from 40 years of US Government Service to help these whiney cowardly craps until agent orange caught up with me. I thank you for your defense, but I fought and got wounded to protect their freedom to say what they want to say. I wouldn't worry about guys like him. Let him stew in his guilt. Things are a mess in this world and we need everyone to focus on that instead. Thank you, Sp5 Miles 1st SFGA Vietnam 1968
Old men wage war, and young men go off to be heroes or die. They fight and kill because they have to, or want to. Neither of which makes them heroes. Those dumb enough, or unlucky enough to get wounded, should hide their shame. They are not heroes. Most countries pay a lot of money to keep thousands of these 'useful idiots' on welfare, marching up and down, until they find a use for them. When soldiers go to war and do what they are paid for, they whinge about it for the rest of their lives.
@poolkop7 You are an ignorant man..its the nature of man and the times we live in..I do a job that is useful and like all people the world over I try to provide for myself and family..idiotic I am not..in these times as in most man does not want to die for nothing or hinder society..thats just one mans opinion.
I would love to know how in this global environment we stop killing each other??..show some respect...if you can grasp the notion..
@matt51231 I have respect for my fellow man.Having seen the dead of violence i have a problem trying to understand the previous comment.I do know however that this song brings tears to my eyes.Can this not be enough for whichever creed,i defy anyone to say they have the monopoly on sorrow and grief.Turn around, your brother is by you, and cherish the short time together
@juicybrucey1 No monolopy..my point is to the individual I directed it at that person..his or her opinion that people fighting for what ever it may be are idiotic and are a strain on society..I disagree THE GREAT WAR took a generation of men in myfamily one man went to look after his brother and cousin,he came home put his medals away and got on with ;living, his war pension went to his itellectually disabled daughter it was in his place the authoroties allowed her to be treated she died 84.
@matt51231 Matt,thanks for your reply,please dont think that people in the forces are idiotic.I am very liberal in my views-sometimes?i can sympathise with you on any loss in your family through war.You must look at the bigger picture,you are not unique,you alone do not grieve Matt.It is the sacrifice rightly or wrongly that allows you and i to live the life we do today.Can you not see that we ,the British nation were days away from being overun by Hitler and his ilk.War is bad,accept it Matt
I love to listen to him, before after the death, but the song is not about rainbows and screwing hot Irish girls! It's supposed to be an anti-war song. Shane MacGowan does the song perfect and there's no match for a legend as him.
I find this so emotive. Liam Clancy captures the essence of war so well.
MAGMfilms 15 hours ago
This song sounds so much better sung in an Irish accent, either Liam or Shane McGowan, both great!
jamsieboy1986 3 days ago
i met a few ex marines lately doing private security work in africa, really nice guys and no extremism and were getting tired of living on the edge they were all about 40 years of age,.
i was in iraq as civilian in the 80s and never had fear of anything,.guess i was young back then,
suirvale 4 days ago
One of my favourite songs..growing up! Haunting....reaches my heart every time!
GirlArmy21 1 week ago
Wonderful, poingnant and sad...It`ll go into my collection and Lets Not Forget .....
Matildabayxxxxx 2 weeks ago
that song is so beutiful.just like the green feilds of france i just wonder if any of those powers
that be ever listen to songs like this .maybe they would think twice befor sending our boys
to war.
emerac64 3 weeks ago
goose bumps
UnknownClancyBrother 3 weeks ago
I am proud to say i was taught by the wife of a member of the clancy brothers and that she told us the story of them. she's keeping them alive just as much as the songs do for me
Animerockchic 3 weeks ago
Holy crap I only knew Eric Bogle's original version when I stumbled upon this one. That just bought tears to my eyes - beautifully sung by Liam.
BigDadO4 3 weeks ago
@ MrBilly Hunchback Our anthem isnt god save the queen. Hasn't been for 100 years or so
atlamalia 3 weeks ago in playlist Australian folk songs
A brilliant performance, a terrible, terrible subject. My grandfather carried a Turkish bullet in the muscle around his heart for the better part of 60 years after Gallipoli. Hard to imagine what it must have been like with that constant reminder of what they'd gone through.
noclovishere1 3 weeks ago
That song should be Australias National Anthem instead of that dirge,God save our gracious Queen.Who never lost canapes never mind her legs.From Ireland.
MrBillyhunchback 3 weeks ago
We in Britain well remember our ANZAC brother/sisters who gave so much!
grandslam1998 1 month ago
lets get liam up to 1,000,000 views
japmanmdna 1 month ago
The English still think they fought alone in both wars! How wrong can you be?
sionnyn 1 month ago
I thought I knew the Clancy Brothers in the 60's. I don't know anything about this stuff. Powerful indeed. My Mum was 5 and my Dad was 0 when this happened. And still in 2011 we cannot get peace in the world. Peace on Planet Earth. The "Good Earth" still has Herberts on it. Peace to the World this Christmas Tide. Or is it just a dream. Merry Christmas Everybody.
dtr748 1 month ago
to the 16 who dislike this... damn you to hell! How can you dislike something this powerful!!
hisfajar 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
Amazing Amazing performance
thecrookedman1 1 month ago
he gives me goose bumps cause he is so good
imJealousOfYourPjays 1 month ago
i lived in oz unfortunately onli for 7 months but i tell ya somethin perth is a place i will always remember and hold close to my heart. loved australia and often wish i was back there in the sun. ireland will always be home but this song will always remind me of my other home austraila!
Wat2callmyself 1 month ago in playlist nightime
This is beautiful. Was introduced to this song by Shane McGowan's version, also amazing, when I was 14 on my way back from France.
tomasmulligan 1 month ago
ur right a masterpiece,,,just look at his expression
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wleckay1 1 month ago
a beautiful song from the greatest singer there ever was
lunaticforrights 1 month ago
sad as shit pounds but good
pvtlemoine 1 month ago
try to perform like him, but no chance. thank you Liam, RIP
roadsinger52 1 month ago
terrific singer Liam Clancy R.I.P
Bull9189 1 month ago
I will pray for those who disliked this, may they never experience the hell that is war!
charliesommers494 1 month ago 15
@charliesommers494 well said
donkrichie79 3 weeks ago
weergaloos goed. wereld luister !
etiennekremer1 1 month ago
you shud hear the flute bands playing it. class!!!!!
TheHolywoodloyalist 1 month ago
Terrific, what a tribute to those who came home, and those who didn't.
barrygioportmorien1 1 month ago
Best singer of this song ever
Alhambrattp 2 months ago
Liam Clacy died on my birthday 2 years ago.
GravoForce12958 2 months ago
KIpling..
and they ask why we died
tell them because our father lied
cassandra4146 2 months ago
I;m afraid banking is not sectarian - not remotely Christian or Jewish. It's mostly about greed.
And its get nothing to do with this beautiful sad song about brave young who did their duty as they saw it, at the behest of old men who "who could not work and dared not rob, therefore they lied to please the mob". No one gets more out of this song which Liam made his own.
Horsemarine100 2 months ago
@tolanwann You are dead wrong about everything. The bankers just took out Libya because Gaddafi wanted to institute a gold standard. They want to take out Iran next. Their end game is a world bank issuing "outa-thin-air" money, like Euros and US dollars and all other OTA "fiat" currency. They print it up and convince the Goyim that it is real money. The Eurozone is collapsing. So will the US. Keep fighting the Cath/Prot thing and go research "City of London" and the Queen. Rothschilds.
Albainn 2 months ago
the song is universal just as war is.. fuck heads arguing bout stupid small things...shame shame shame on u
moemar84 2 months ago
@lag1946 Eric Bogle is Scots
Jane98E 2 months ago
Why do so many people find the need to worry about silly details. The Australian army and indeed, a huge proportion of the Aussie population has always been Irish. Just like the army and navy of the US was during the un-Civil War. Many of the "Diggers" still had Irish accents when they landed in Galipoli. Find something important to argue about. Like, "Why stupid Goyim nations always allow themselves to used, fleeced and slaughtered at will by the Jewish banksters." How about that?
Albainn 2 months ago
@Albainn used, fleeced and slaughtered? I'm Irish and the only crowd who have ever done that to my nation was Protestant and Catholic people, Not Jewish bankers so keep that kind of crap to your local Nazi party coffee morning. Ireland has just went through a banking collapse caused by Irish Catholic bankers ignorance and aided by Irish Catholic politicians.I suppose these are silly details?
tolanwann 2 months ago 2
If lag1946 doesn't appreciate Liam, don't listen to him, it's your loss. I appreciate him and will listen to him ( or Tommy Makem) every chance I get.
redhatave 2 months ago
liam is one of the best singers of all time! thank you for posting it! who cares about the accent. i hope he's up there singing!! a nation once again!!
jlcoury23 2 months ago
It'sawful that lag1946 cannot appreciate a storyteller at work.. no matter what the accent
no13gaa 2 months ago
There were thousands of Australian Soldiers who died to make the world a better place. They played there part too, not just us British
858jumper 2 months ago
Does the Accent matter???
858jumper 2 months ago
Up The Aussies!!!
858jumper 2 months ago
I am Australian and I don't get why there's an Irish accent. Lovely version but why not with an Australian accent.
lag1946 2 months ago
@lag1946 That's because he is Irish. Eric Bogle does not exactly have an Australian accent and he wrote it.
Murphy98112 2 months ago 2
@lag1946 Cos he's not australian numbnuts!!!
matsp 2 months ago
@matsp I don't understand why you would be so rude. I was only making a query and yet you feel it's okay to speak like something the cat dragged in. I never said anything about not appreciating him either redhatave. What's wrong with you people. I did not say one derogatory word about the man's singing I simply asked a question. Please don't bother to answer this as none of you have any manners.
lag1946 2 months ago
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Unfortunately most people on these boards are rude and nasty. Its very sad they cannot join the adult world of civil adult conversation.
youngian 2 months ago
@youngian Yes it would seem so and they don't read what you write. I never mentioned not appreciating the song or the artist and I wasn't being trivial. It's just a bit of banter on a web page with a question I had. Now people are arguing about banks and nazis. Most peculiar, but that you for your kind reply.
lag1946 2 months ago
@lag1946 Its a very popular song in Ireland, the Irish love a great song - and a great song this is.
jratt2 2 months ago
@lag1946 It's a great song. Liam is Irish and is a great singer. It would sound wierd and not nearly as good if he tried to do an Aussie accent just like when Americans try to do an Irish song in an Irish accent.
eclctcmnd 2 months ago
Lest we forget the sacrifices made for us
ecsplace 2 months ago 2
@ecsplace
I get that he's Irish what I mean why would you need an Irish accent when singing an Australian song. It doesn't make sense unless you are singing something from the colonial days where the convicts did have various accents. This is a war song and does not require anything but an Australian accent.
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gibser 2 months ago
There are few songs that move me to tears, this one gets me every time.
Omega52 2 months ago 2
@Omega52 Mee too. Perhaps the saddest song ever written.
darkoanton5 2 months ago
For the 11th hour on 11/11/11.
laboheme26 2 months ago
So moving. Rest easy brothers.
JamesTSinclair 2 months ago
Outstanding.
chuckeieio 2 months ago
How on earth can 16 people dislike this. Such an emotional song, and the Irish accent... apart from John Williamson, and old Slim, I dont think I have heard it any other way. It wouldnt work any other way.
The1dasha 2 months ago 2
And I thought the Pogues version was definitive. Silly me.
jonmeltzer 2 months ago
A true hero putting shame to us all
agnewtreeman 2 months ago
Such a poignant song, brilliantly sung by Liam Clancy.
kevin9sc 2 months ago
It took me 40 years to find song on Youtube of all places! Never heard it on NZ radio, which says something about the commercial junk that populates our airwaves. Truly moving and worth the wait. Every NZer should hear it -its part of our ANZAC heritage. Beautifully sung by Liam Clancy.
kiwitraveller551 2 months ago
@kiwitraveller551 Have you listened to John Williamsons version. Not the same without the Irish accent, But instead of singing the verse of Waltzing Matilda at the end... he plays it with a lone harmonica. It is haunting. Keep on travelling my Kiwi brethren.
Dasha
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The1dasha 2 months ago
This song hits me deep in my soul. After Nam I don't march either, but it does not mean I don't reflect on my dead friends or my own wounds, both physical and mental. I love you all who served or serve and all of you who didn't serve, but support those men and women who do, even if you don't support the wars. Sp5 Miles, Vietnam 1968
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@tribegoddess je bent en held
etiennekremer1 4 weeks ago
@tribegoddess i'm decades younger than you,and in the another part of the world but also were in service.
...respect! for you and your sacrifice.
d20fc 2 weeks ago
@tribegoddess Welcome Home Brother !
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ernstbecker1 1 week ago
this is the best version of the song closely followed by shane mcgowans, what a talent indeed!
keezda1 3 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Liam Clancy
What a talent
MrBrownenvelope 3 months ago
This song by Sasha Yatchenko was written in honor of the Navy Seals killed in the helicopter crash in August 2011. In three verses she captures the essence of their lives and their legacy.
fps44 3 months ago
Wow what a song, and here is me always thinking this was an Irish song. Never once did I ever stop to listen to the Lyrics. lol. Oh silly ole me. Love though. Love Australia too.
Chris
Ireland
Emerald007007 3 months ago
wonderful vocals but such a sad song
rip in peace liam and thank you for this
platter1000 3 months ago
RIP Liam, most moving version of them all.
mefein71 3 months ago 2
So Powerful. Will always remind me of my father who sang this song so well......
oduf26 3 months ago 2
RIP long live
26pinkmist 3 months ago
Rest in peace Liam, you were the consumate balladeer.
meonetallguy 3 months ago 2
God bless them all. All the brave Men and Women who gave their lives for this great country! Lest we forget! I never will! Thankyou :) :)
MegaAzazel666 4 months ago 2
Steely. As a service man, this song makes me cry like a baby every time. To the dead, for they earned their much deserved rest!
TruthNugget85 4 months ago
Such beauty and intensity in his eyes, remarkable.
alfstewart12 4 months ago
more pointless dead and wounded for Goldman Sachs
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Sadly, almost one hundred years since the date of this event, many still will not go Waltzing Matilda ever again.
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sIRCuit77 4 months ago
For some reason he reminds me of William Shatner.
Kilfio 4 months ago in playlist Kilfio's Favorited Videos
From your Canadian brother I say this is a classic song.
99Beaumont 4 months ago
As far as I'm concerned the song is a masterpiece. And noone on earth does it as good as Liam.
tomthefunky 4 months ago 49
@tomthefunky I agree 100%! He's amazing and this song has a rare beauty that songs of this day cannot capture. Beautiful.
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@tomthefunky Marvelous, a great song about the true cost of war. "And it started all over again." Thank you for posting this.
TedMichaelMorgan 2 months ago
Moving!!
gotfarm 5 months ago
hear hear for claude ill raise a glass.hears 2 claude this 1 on me
katiesquarepants 5 months ago
legend, rip Liam
hollydhero 5 months ago 16
Liam Clancy some legend we will never see the likes of him or the lads again RIP
ganderman1000 5 months ago
God bless Australia, and its fallen :)
MegaAzazel666 5 months ago 2
To all allied forces who died in two world wars and other conflicts throughout the world you have my utmost respect and that of our nations. Real men and women not like the wasters we have seen on british streets in recent days. Ihave one answer to that problem. no rubber bullets no water cannon SHOOT THE B********
theirishrat 5 months ago 5
Ironic that the best rendition of this song is not by an Australian, but by an Irishman. Great version of this classic Aussie song. Thanks for posting.
tony999Melb 5 months ago
What a great song this is. My father used to sing this all the time at family sessions. Great times I'll never forget.
crackedeejit 5 months ago 3
Only the dead have seen the end of war. (Unknown) Even back then, poor White kids were going off and getting their legs blown off for "ZOG".
It's the jews STUPID !!!!
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foxtrot684 5 months ago
@foxtrot684 this is an obnoxious, ignorant statement. Unfortunately poor education is responsible for your remarks. Speaking as the granddaughter of a survivor of Gallipoli I know that my wonderful brave grandfather would be appalled by your remarks.
msSuShen 5 months ago
@msSuShen Being the grand daughter of someone who fought at Gallipoli means nothing to me. Did you serve ? I did. The ANZAC had no business being there in the first place. Got it :)
foxtrot684 5 months ago
@msSuShen God Bless your Grandfather!!To hell with this arsehole troll foxshit.
russfromdodge 4 months ago
@foxtrot684 What are you doing on this site, hater? Everyone is speaking of their real experiences and music and you are spouting hate-filled paranoia. You are not wanted here.
jgjgaja 5 months ago
@foxtrot684 You are an ignorant bastard!!
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foxtrot684 4 months ago
Great version thanks for the upload thanks strawman8 for the share ...
australianfan 6 months ago
One of the greatest songs ever written and Clancy is one of my favorite ballad singers. Two thumbs up for you and more. Makes your back hairs stand up. Very emotional song.
Bill
rainydog 6 months ago 3
Incredible performance.For incredible people.God Bless the Aussies and Kiwis that served then and continue to serve today.A proud Canadian cousin here my friends!!
russfromdodge 6 months ago 2
cripes, bit emotional this one, I've not seen a singer get behind a song like this before, great rendition, great respect to those fallen x
ykb932 6 months ago 2
Excellent song. Reminds me a little bit of Greenfields of France.
sandinmyears1 6 months ago
@sandinmyears1 :Willie Mc Bride!
billyhunchback 5 months ago
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written by the same singer songwriter Scot Eric Bogle.
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TheServiceWeb 6 months ago
This song is beautiful, greetings from Mexico.
toledini 6 months ago
ww 1 was billed as the "war to end all wars". 1st time in history of warfare tanks
airplanes and chemicals were used... it was nothing like it.... did we learn? hell, no!
mere 22 years later.. ww 2. 5 years later korea. etc. "they shall beat their swords into
plough shares, their spears into pruning hooks, nation shall not lift up sword against
nation, neither shall they learn war anymore." that was said over 3 K years ago.....and we are still fighting aren't we?
gyreenedoc 6 months ago
The best ballad singer of all time ,makes me proud to be Irish,
The only just war is for freedom.
mikefcarey 6 months ago
15 dislikes.... get stuffed
brendandunn91 6 months ago 4
I served. 1st Ranger Bn 75th Inf. 1983-1985. Rest In Peace My Brothers.
nva1022 6 months ago
Absolutely beautiful. I have no more words.
Arcaro85 6 months ago
What can I say, thank you.
saoirse2011 6 months ago
Great anti-war song.....
biddybuzz 6 months ago 2
i dont understand this story at the moment but by god its well told!
vesternor 6 months ago
@vesternor you can live to be a 101 and still there is no understanding
dogs1905 4 months ago
All through history young men are sent out to risk their lives for the dreams of a few old men.They die, and so do the old men, and when time mutes the horror of it we start it all over again. I hoped after my year in Nam we'd learn some lessons, but W did it all over again, with nothing won worth having. Liam tried to make a difference, and his effort will play on in my mind to the end of my days, but also will play the last views of comrades who went out and didn't come back.
DHGOVER432 6 months ago 2
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The Clancys and Makems were never ones to praise senseless heroism They were mourning in the art of the old bards, crying over mankinds failures.
I think, this one is one of the very best of them. Maybe "The sun is burning in the sky" is as good!
They pray for peace, not for heroism!
Maybe someday we will sit united drinking punch to honour the old times. But just now, their battle has not ended!
A battle for peace ans freedom, just without any kind of weapon!
How curious, would Alice say!
Gumbo2202 7 months ago
The Clancys and Makems were never ones to praise senseless heroism They were mourning in the art of the old bards, crying over mankinds failures.
I think, this one is one of the very best of them. Maybe "The sun is burning in the sky" is as good!
They pray for peace, not for heroism!
Maybe someday we will sit united drinking punch to honour the old times. But just now, their battle has not yet ended!
A battle for peace ans freedom, just without any kind of weapon!
How curious, would Alice say!
Gumbo2202 7 months ago
So Haunting, So Sad, Beautifully Performed
I offer my tears as a silent prayer for those innocents of all wars who were maimed in body and mind and crippled and killed in body and spirit may you all Rest In Peace
marcelloverdi 7 months ago
Some things are more precious than life or life would not be so precious as it is, still the war we know now comes from planes we can't see and worse yet from people who have motives that have nothing to do with freedom or liberty but only with the profit of these "Masters of War"
unkabub 7 months ago
When I was drafted and swore I'd "Uphold and defend" I knew this and worse was waiting for me and my friends. Some came home, some did not and some wore scars deeper than the wounds they brought with them.
unkabub 7 months ago
Thank you, A US Marine.
KilliaIhateyou33 7 months ago
Great song pity we learnt no lessons from it or the war it´s about, we still send our young people to fight and forget them when they come back fucked up.
martintierney100 7 months ago
This song always gives me chills, nicely done. Miss ya Liam
shamrock4500 7 months ago
This song never fails to touch me deeply with how devastating war is and how painful the results are. Yet it is celebrated and encouraged by public and governments alike despite such horror. Liam Clancy's version is, for me, the most eloquent and sorrowful declaration of this madness. Utterly beautiful.
ZebedeeP 7 months ago
Brillant, check my Makem songs out, cheers Ther Makem Folk Singer
TheMakemFolksinger 7 months ago
Heart-wrenchingly beautiful
talory 7 months ago
Probably the most poignant Australian song ever penned... it was written by Eric Bogle... It is haunting...
pyrofella 7 months ago
this song was my dad's favorite song Thanks liam clancy and godbless u and my dad
mara66M 7 months ago
If you were ever involved a coflict and took someones life then you have a right o comment on war. I was and have done. Every time I close my eyes I see there faces and I dont think I can live with much longer. Not even Ireland is worth what I am going through and I love Ireland.
1645Irish 7 months ago
@1645Irish fair play 2u this song was my dad's favorite song we played it constantly when he was dying of cacer Its a gr8 irish song that all irishmen and woman who fought for ireland,GODBLESS U
mara66M 7 months ago
@mara66M meant 2say a great irish-astralian ballad GODBLESS all who fought in D gra8 war.
mara66M 7 months ago
@1645Irish I have never been through your nightmare, but please believe you are a hero to us all that have never served. Your pain is a constant reminder of your humanity.
patsyod 7 months ago
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rest in peace Liam..you and your brothers and wee Tommy were about as good as this little country of ours ever produced...
rorymcevoy 7 months ago
rest in peace Liam..you and your brothers and wee Tommy were about as good as this little country of ours ever produced...
rorymcevoy 7 months ago
This is probably the most powerful anti-war song ever written... And this version by Liam Clancy is, in my opinion, the most powerful version ever sung! RIP Liam and thank you from all of us!
celtenator 7 months ago 4
First of all, Rest in peace, Liam. Let's not blame the politicians. I blame myself, because I became one of millions of lemmings who willingly marched over the cliffs of war. I think they should be singing song like this instead of 'Mary had a little lamb' in the schools. Sp5 Miles, 1st US Army Special Forces, Vietnam 1968, Wounded Warrior
tribegoddess 7 months ago 2
ak649 - "useful idiots" were called all the politicians that sterted all the wars...
urbankepa 7 months ago
poolkop7 you call the soldiers that have been wounded in war "useful idiots", so i guess that makes you a "useless idiot" for writing such crap.
jak649 7 months ago 2
@jak649 I retired from 40 years of US Government Service to help these whiney cowardly craps until agent orange caught up with me. I thank you for your defense, but I fought and got wounded to protect their freedom to say what they want to say. I wouldn't worry about guys like him. Let him stew in his guilt. Things are a mess in this world and we need everyone to focus on that instead. Thank you, Sp5 Miles 1st SFGA Vietnam 1968
tribegoddess 7 months ago
Old men wage war, and young men go off to be heroes or die. They fight and kill because they have to, or want to. Neither of which makes them heroes. Those dumb enough, or unlucky enough to get wounded, should hide their shame. They are not heroes. Most countries pay a lot of money to keep thousands of these 'useful idiots' on welfare, marching up and down, until they find a use for them. When soldiers go to war and do what they are paid for, they whinge about it for the rest of their lives.
poolkop7 7 months ago
@poolkop7 You are an ignorant man..its the nature of man and the times we live in..I do a job that is useful and like all people the world over I try to provide for myself and family..idiotic I am not..in these times as in most man does not want to die for nothing or hinder society..thats just one mans opinion.
I would love to know how in this global environment we stop killing each other??..show some respect...if you can grasp the notion..
matt51231 7 months ago
@matt51231 I have respect for my fellow man.Having seen the dead of violence i have a problem trying to understand the previous comment.I do know however that this song brings tears to my eyes.Can this not be enough for whichever creed,i defy anyone to say they have the monopoly on sorrow and grief.Turn around, your brother is by you, and cherish the short time together
juicybrucey1 7 months ago
@juicybrucey1 No monolopy..my point is to the individual I directed it at that person..his or her opinion that people fighting for what ever it may be are idiotic and are a strain on society..I disagree THE GREAT WAR took a generation of men in myfamily one man went to look after his brother and cousin,he came home put his medals away and got on with ;living, his war pension went to his itellectually disabled daughter it was in his place the authoroties allowed her to be treated she died 84.
matt51231 5 months ago
@matt51231 Matt,thanks for your reply,please dont think that people in the forces are idiotic.I am very liberal in my views-sometimes?i can sympathise with you on any loss in your family through war.You must look at the bigger picture,you are not unique,you alone do not grieve Matt.It is the sacrifice rightly or wrongly that allows you and i to live the life we do today.Can you not see that we ,the British nation were days away from being overun by Hitler and his ilk.War is bad,accept it Matt
juicybrucey1 5 months ago
this song was written for liam to sing.his face says it all he belives every word he sings..R.I.P liam and to all the fallen..
ridgebackdk 7 months ago 2
This is the best of the best for this song
Thank You Mr. Clancy
tubahead16 7 months ago
Great song from Liam Clancy. Hats off to the brave who gave everything for freedom.
Whatever3114 8 months ago 2
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eopol87 8 months ago
This has to be one of the most beautiful songs ever.. I can remember my dad singing it at get-togethers in our home.. Liam had such a fabulous voice
Very true reduct101
72shuffle 8 months ago
This has to be one of the most beautiful songs ever.. I can remember my dad singing it at get-togethers in our home.. Liam had such a fabulous voice
72shuffle 8 months ago
reminds me of my dad
kevinxxxpower 8 months ago
I love to listen to him, before after the death, but the song is not about rainbows and screwing hot Irish girls! It's supposed to be an anti-war song. Shane MacGowan does the song perfect and there's no match for a legend as him.
darkmark7732 8 months ago
as a service member this song always sobers me and banishes any romance
mkots666 8 months ago
Fantastic performance pleasure to close my eyes and listen god bless them all
Mckayo7 8 months ago
If this doesn't give you a lump in the throat, you've either got no soul, or no pulse.
reduct101 8 months ago 3
@reduct101 i second that Brilliant x
rosimck7 8 months ago
What a great song...I'm American but can certainly appreciate a song sung from the heart...war is hell, u know.
colorado50th 8 months ago
Stunning performance of a great anti war song. This is the hidden side of war....all the wounded and maimed. Great rendition Liam!
missha1ry1 8 months ago
best lyirc of that song - "the young people asked what are they marching for? and i asked myself the same question"
mop2mop 8 months ago
There was a great singer. He gave me countless hours of pleasure. I'm lucky to have been in the audience.
valcingetorix 8 months ago
A powerful, beautiful, and yet painful piece to hear, knowing that the "waltz" of war goes on and on, still.
AcornsEverywhere 8 months ago
The old guys sing it the best.
MrDukeandmax 8 months ago
Rest in Peace Claude Choules, the last veteran of WW1. Least we Forget
moodlequiz 8 months ago 57
@moodlequiz we will not forget ,when they put money before people,because we are back there now2011
colum1498 6 months ago