Tommy Makem - Roddy McCorley

[ChlooteFreak]

niiice =) 1:30

[momazilla]

The English, Irish, Scots and Welsh, are all kinsmen; as are their decendants: the Americans, Canadians and the Austrailians.

[ulty77]

@momazilla the english are anglo saxons, not celts

[MrAlsby]

i think pete seeger is the american tommy makem...............

[nfapiper1]

I am a die-hard Dubliners fan (no disrepect to any other great groups and musicians), but this performance is pure brilliance. An chuid eile i síocháin

Tommy Makem.

[dlh60]

I'll bet he knew the rules to "kick the one legged boy in the shin" game referenced by Frank McCourt It doesn't get more Irish than Tommy Makem.Thanks for this.

[TheDiarmaidable]

Songs lak this wan favored Tommy in later life athink... more of a chant ... but be jasas hewas adam goodin n his day...

[Purefunk4]

Thank you so much for uploading this, keep up the good work!

[spiritoftaira]

That was a very sad applause on the audiences part. A great singer and a great song deserves much more than that. R.I.P Tommy Makem...

[loughswillyflies]

Oiche Mhaith Tommy !

[MrKeMc]

Sing it up

[dubbigot]

a great man was roddy as was all the other protestants , wolfe tone , robert emmet , bulmer hobson, arthur griffith , erskine childers , edward fitzgerald , o'donovah rossa , john devoy , the Shears brothers , , thats my opinion , bed now ,call timora

[bubbathemani]

Roddy McCorley was a Presbyterian. The 1798 Uprising had nothing to do with religion, as Catholic and Protestant fought side by side.

[pwebb34]

Anyone who appreciates this song should read the book Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt.. inasmuch it's a gem of literature.

[sandinmyears1]

@pwebb34 - I just ordered the book at Amazon yesterday. :)

[malachy1847]

@pwebb34 I don't know what Angela's Ashes has to do with this song.... One would be much better off reading ..Tom Paine..'The Rights of Man'.... as the United Irishmen ' based their views on that style of Republicanism that spread through the Americas and beyond to europe.. thus in Ireland creating a common cause for leading to the by those to call for the unity of ...'Protestant Catholic and Descenter' ....and unite the people to seek their own place anong Nations.. a Noble Cause indeed

[ClontibretKing]

@malachy1847 Very well said!

[JoMcG312]

I miss Tommy.

[peachyfoxinthebox]

Im from Toomebridge, Roddy MCorley i can assure was presbyterian, and he is buried in Duneane Presbyterian church Toomebridge

[TheJoetowngirl]

@peachyfoxinthebox

In 1798 many of the United Irishmen under Wolfe Tone were Protestant. they were united in the cause for Irish freedom and Roddy's great-grandson, Roger McCorley, was an IRA officer during the Troubles

[barmbrackthecat]

@irishpride9999 check your history there Roddy McCorley was Presbyterian

[johnnylgaa]

sleep in peace tommy a true legend of Ireland ar dheis de go raibh said

[w33zy44]

its sad to think that tommy and liam both are dead...they did some WONDERFUL things together and will be sorely missed by many.

[spiritblue9]

RIP all of the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Maken...you will be missed...

[rollinstone32]

hey does anybody know the tabs for what the guitar player in the background is playing? They're different from what is normally played, and they sound better too. Thanks.

[frh72]

R.I.P Tommy,

I heard him since 1994 (on musiccasettes). Roddy McCorley is one of the best performanced songs from Thommy. He is in our memory!

[clarebannerman]

Remember this one from my school days.

[9DERAILED9]

excellent song

[giveahoot1]

My one claim to fame is that I once went out with Tommy Makem's nephew in the 60's (YOU know who you are!)

Never mind the Pope! (or any of those other people (We all have people carriers now and don't need the old deprived "Paddy's" card anymore!!

Hiya Peter (Oops!)

[dattenborough180880]

A unique voice. What a man! Up the long ladder, down the short rope, to hell with king billy and god bless the pope lol

[hetrodoxly]

Roddy McCorley wouldn't agree with you, he was a Protestant.

[JERIOK]

He was a northern Presbyterian same as John Mitchell and the McCracken brothers- revolutionaries all - one of the vagaries of Irish Republican history that many seem to forget

[irishpride9999]

Thats debatable. Some claim he was a Roman Catholic defender.

[hetrodoxly]

Who?

[irishpride9999]

Roddy McCorrley.

[briawhea]

A great musician and a great person as well. For him to be as famous as he was; Tommy took a few minutes to talk to me at a celtic fest in 1994. I never will forget that !

[retob]

I've always tears in my eyes when i listen this song performed from Tommy. Rest in Peace, Big Man - we'll never forget you.

[coolioo36]

lol, well tommy was a great singer just like his mother sarah!

R.I.P Tommy and Sarah xx

[coolioo36]

ooh cool i'll check tht out thanks xx

[blasketboy]

You should be very proud Coolioo36, listen to 'Sean South' it has the very same air. Pity, that between all the great folk singers that they used the same basic airs for great,but completely different lyrics. But anyway, no one could ever touch Tommy, The Bard Of Armagh!

[orckiller91]

actualy tommy didnt write either of them, sean south was written after the boarder campain of the late 50's early 60's, as stated at the beginning of the song this song has been around for much longer, so if anything lol sean south is a rip off of roddy.

[Apaulagy]

Sure they can!! He was the product of his mother Sarah!! Check out Catherine Grimley sinding The banks of the Callen. RTE 1 Scor 2009. A fellow Armagh Lady.

[giveahoot1]

What is sinding?

[Apaulagy]

Think you realise that was a typing error! However, it should read "singing The Banks of The Callen."

[giveahoot1]

I know that and should be ashamed to point out such an obvious fault. It is easy to make such errors.

Tommy's great isn't he?

I remember him from many years ago.

[Apaulagy]

Happens all the time when rushing! Never had the pleasure of meeting Tommy, but know other members of the Family quite well! However still enjoy his work very easy to listen to.

[coolioo36]

Tommy Makem is my grandads cousin (:

never met him bt he seemed nice

[blasketboy]

Four Green Fields is a classic of his. Rest in peace Tommy.

[orckiller91]

he was a very nice man, my grandfather introduced when I was 5 I use to go to his house and sing with him and my grandfather, both gone now rip both of you

[BHRocks28]

TO TOMMY MAKEM 1932-2007 RIP

[michaelcooperwoti]

i met tommy in my moms/dads kitchen in cape breton nova scotia when i was young i never knew he knew bob dylan tho

[crispybeak]

Classic.

[MACLEA1987]

I do have to ask how come when I look up the lyrics for these songs it seems all the popular singers skip this verse?

"Oh Ireland, Mother Ireland, you love them still the best

The fearless brave who fighting fall upon your hapless breast,

But never a one of all your dead more bravely fell in fray,

Than he who marches to his fate on the bridge of Toome today. "

If they are going to sing about the hereos of the Irish War for independence and the Irish Civil War why skip this verse?

[irishpride9999]

the song is long enough as it is.

[MACLEA1987]

if a song is too long then it is not a good song.

[irishpride9999]

not true. I said long enough not too long. Any longer WOULD be too long.

[chiggmacdonald]

Its called live singing, if you ever play live and you have 40 or 50 song lyrics, history, patter and all, you make a mistake, but keep going, nobody is perfect ....allthough sounds pefect to me. hope that helped>>

[IC2720]

a true gem

[MrsHorsepower]

This man was inspiration to play Irish Folk with my Tin Whisle.

Greatfull Man, thanks Tommy.

[Crintingnut]

Anyone have the Kingston Trio version of this great song?

[sensei48]

I have posted it on my other YouTube channel, which is called "CompVid101". Enter that in the search box above and go to the channel - I posted it around the third week in October.

[hkcarmic]

I am a Scottish Protestant whose ancestors died at Culloden fighting for the Jacobite cause and the 'Bonnie Prince'. I sang this song in many of the local pubs (with everyone else) in my home town in the West Highlands in the late 60's. We would also sing 'Kevin Barry' and other greats like the 'Holy Ground' etc

Religion did not enter the equation.

Even Rabbie with Mason connections wrote:

Lay the proud usurpers low

Tyrants fall in every foe

Liberty is in every blow

Let us do or die

[chrissept21]

my father taped this a longgggg time ago on tv

[bolder1967]

The best baritone- tenor I ever heard.

[Normanskie]

For all those men and women who died in oblivion from all causes and all nationalities who were never known.

[richintalent]

I'm weeping right now.... 'when will we ever learn?' indeed.

[gforce1710]

Hes Buried Beside my House

[jimboandu]

wow

[clarebannerman]

Great ballad. Great song and none better to sing it than Tommy Makem. Hope your up there Tommy giving it to them strong.R.I.P.

[wefuihid]

lovely Tommy, RIP

[fmcafjmca]

The United Men fought for Ireland .Not for for religion.

[brenspeedie]

One of the best of the many famous Irish rebel songs sung by Irish people the world over. The memory of the struggles of the United Irishmen for freedom, liberty and fraternity will not be forgotten when we have songs like that.

It is an inspiration to all those that stand up to imperialism everywhere.

[tomfoleyiscool]

why does it have the same music as sean south but both great songs

[TommyPM]

A lot of great irish Folk songs use the same tunes.

[21envy]

They have the same 'air' or tune as the popular oral tradition (folk or rebel music) was to put any number of lyrics to the same air

[Seasino]

@tomfoleyiscool Sean South used it second

[armymanjames1]

@tomfoleyiscool sean south is based on the song roddy mccorley who was hanged in my village of toombridge for taking part in the battle of antrim he went on the run but was soon betrayed and got hanged the song is in memory of him i hope that answers your question

[NiallSullivan48331]

@tomfoleyiscool I learnt this at school long before Sean South gave up breaking up gourting couples in Limerick cinemas and took up a gun. The guy who wrote "Sean South of Garryowen" lifted the tune from "Roddy McCorley", which tells all you need to know about the imagination of Republicans.

[sainglain]

@NiallSullivan48331 - whay are you a brit ass licker ?

[NiallSullivan48331]

@sainglain No, not after what they did to my granddad, but neither am I a Provo Nazi.

[sainglain]

@NiallSullivan48331 - but you see the other side of the coin. The british goverment did something to my mothers family that I will "never" forgive them. But our day will come, we will sacrifice the 1 acre for ALL THE ACRES. sláinte

[beggo321]

This has the same tune as sean south of garryown

[PinkFairy1961]

Fabulous !!! RIP.

[williamgerard1958]

tommy makem the greatest philosopher of all time...... up the long ladder down the short rope to hell with king billy and god bless the pope

[moldav9]

Great singer, great song, great music, what more do you want?

Well said Kevvy

[parakarter]

MajorMcpharter - Hear! Hear!  Never a truer word said.

[kevvy1908]

Great singer, great song, great music, what more do you want?

[MrStruth]

perhaps for him to give mention to the Protestants that were murdered in the so called up-rising ??

Suppose that would take away part of the mythical romance of selective Irish history !

[kevvy1908]

You didn't say if you enjoyed the song or not - presumably you didn't, so you won't need to view the video again to save you further suffering? Can't you just enjoy the performance without fighting the Irish/English quarrel all over again?

[MrStruth]

I prefered his version of 'The Old Orange flute' ;-)

[kevvy1908]

Well at least we are both fans of Tommy Makem. By the way, since you are so keen on accurate Irish history, Roddy McCorley was a Presbyterian (i.e. a Protestant), which rather negates your original comments. There is a common misconception that only Catholics were involved in Irish Rebellions, but people of other religions were also treated badly enough to rebel against the injustices that they suffered;-) Now let's get back to enjoying the music;-)

[KennBurch]

Roddy was Presbyterian. And Wolfe Tone and Emmet who led United Irishmen in the 1798 revolt(the uprising in which Roddy died)were Protestants as well. As was Charles Stewart Parnell in the late 19th Century, and as were Roger Casement and Erskine Childers. It's a British myth that Irish nationalism was a strictly Catholic affair. That kind of imperialist lie gets my(Protestant)Irish up.

[nortybutniceone]

Workers of all lands unite.

[jkpuskar]

1798 was the last time the Protestants and Catholics stood together to fight against the imperialism of England. Roddy McCorley was one brave Protestant!

[umbrey]

You dont know your history too well Mr struth, the main organisers of the uprising WERE PROTESTANTS!.Maybe you should read up on history befor making un-educated comments.

[MrStruth]

. ?

So Protestants did not suffer murderous attacks from Catholics is that what your saying ?

also what happened to the thousands of Prods that lived in Ireland at the time of partition ?ethnicly cleansed of course.

Ive never claimed the the Fenian movement was embaced by Protestants as well as Catholics, ... perhaps one day you'll accept that when Rangers fans sing "we're up to our knees in Fenian blood" it was NOT a reference to Catholics,.. but those who hate all that we stand for !

[umbrey]

ethnicly cleansed?dont talk nonsense.

So it's okay to sing about being 'up to your knees in fenian blood' because the'fenian' blood is the blood of people who believe in Irish unification?

pathetic.

[MrStruth]

how do you explain the disapperance of the thousands of Protestants in Southern Ireland then ?

they were of course secluded from society until many took the easy option to convert to the Roman Catholic church.

Irish people who wish to remain irish are entitled to their views many Celtic fans of Scotland wish to profess their love for ireland and their hatred for britain yet are happy to collect the crowns dole cheques.

[umbrey]

secluded from society? Mr struth you really should read a history book instead of fairytales.The protestant middle class monopolised Irish politics despite being in a minority,the introduction of the Irish Municipal Corporation act which abolished the bulk of the urban corporations—town governments created by the Crown. Despite being legally open to Catholics since 1793, their composition had remained almost exclusively Protestant. A uniform £10 household vote was introduced for the remainder.

[umbrey]

The act facilitated the transfer of control of the surviving corporations (except in Ulster) from Protestants to Catholics. Together with the legacy of the 1798 rebellion and a postwar agricultural slump, it prompted emigration among middle-class and poorer Protestants. It has been estimated that up to half a million Protestants left Ireland during the first half of the nineteenth century

[TomBarry192I]

secluded from society? they went right to the top, president of ireland several times

[alphadelta551]

What an actual hero.

Rest In Peace Tommy Makem

[majorMcpharter]

Tommy Makem Roddy McCorley Luke kelly,all gone but never forgotten.Their songs of freedom and justice live on in our hearts.

[mansderk]

We all love you Tommy. May your soul rest forever in peace and may your words never be forgotten.

[doodelydoo2]

God bless and keep you,Tommy

[vlikavec]

good song of Tommy Makem

R.I.P Tommy Makem

[poverobucharin]

Requiescat in pace. He is an hero of irish music.

[kelticknots]

R.I.P Mr.Makem....you were Irish Music....

[thedawnofliberty]

R.I.P. Tommy Makem Died on the 1 of August 2007 of lung cancer the day the Brits moved out of Ireland

[abbothenderson]

R.I.P. Tommy Makem.

[orckiller91]

R.I.P my lord and master

[hmallow42]

Let's not have a sniffle, let's have a bloody good cry for Tommy Makem, RIP.

[Oltoir]

Rest in Peace, Tommy. Thanks for the music

[ForceFeedNews]

great song

[Taz1916]

Oh see his pike turn a crimson red as it finds a foemans heart,in a furiouse fight and in heavy odds he played a truemans heart,a banner flashes beneath the son high over marching men and roddy mccorly goes to die....etc..."There grey coats and sash's of green so new and stainless then........the coat had many a rentedsnoon the sash all torn away and roddy maccorley goes to die...any1 no those versus? my gran sang them and they are on a record from 1967

[gaelicstorm]

i love this song! its so powerful!

[IrishDaragh]

where di u get this???

[gaelicstorm]

tommy makem and friends it was a special during the 90s i think. my parents taped it a while back.

[orckiller91]

hm back when he was still able to belt it out poor man still fighting for his life this day may he find peace and rest when he stops his fight

[orckiller91]

was this before he lost mary?