@TheSnugPub Give me specific names. I have been performing mainly around Temple Bar but also some other areas, for the best part of 15 years. Tell me who you thought was as good as this? I know a few people who are up there yes. But not just as hitting.
He moved his body in holy unison with the Canon, a soft footfall, a gliding reverent dance to the quiet drone of Corpus Christi.
Faces came in innocence to the sound of a beckoning bell, to turn away.
The pale pious hands of the canon delivered and distributed the host. The holy voices of the choir came down to earth to receive and return to heavenly verse.
All returned to seats, prayerful return.
All heads bowed, submissive heads in prayer books digesting forgiveness. Silence.
So Beautiful - Patrick Kavanagh would not choose any other rendition - Once again a child of this country shows our amazing gifts and talents - no regime, kingship, enemy or force has ever beat us - I'm so proud of my past
Did someone mention Luke Kelly. Right, left, up and down he was Dublin's finest. He drank too much (some say he was the source of the river Liffey) but there was no stronger voice; he could blow the head off a pint of Guiness at 60 paces. I just know he has them all clappin' their feet in the Lounge upstairs.
luke kelly,s is the best. sinead is next, I love this song and they both do it justice.
She is possibly the best looking irish woman of recent times,never tarted up and she can sing. She seems like a lost soul and I want to help her,controversy does not help her, it exacerbates things, yet she seeks it regularly. Gifted in so many ways and also lost
Ignoring the bad language, I have to agree that this wouldn't get my vote at a karaoke...which I hate anyway! Long live live music as long as it has some feeling and soul to it!
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Softaid 06.
Yes she does know something about child abuse.She has had two abortions,the ultimate in child abuse.She was the one who used abortion as a contraception.
i only know this singer because this irish girl i like, her name is sinead...and i pronounced it as siny-ad . LOOL. good thing she is nice...and told me its pronounced shin-ade...i gotta try to win her heart.
Love this! Though Loreena McKennitt's version is probably my personal favorite. I miss Sinead, though I'm sure she's probably still around, I'm just in the US so you never really hear much bout singers who aren't lady gaga anymore. >.< boo.
Stunning voice. Beautiful interpretation of a classic. If we would have listened to her 20 years ago, after the Sat. Night Live appearance, the Cath. church and their victims could be well on the way to healing by now..Thank you for your courage, Sinead.
@peterdougie Agree with you 100% Sineads version of butcher boy is pure MAGIC.The other older[much older] Tommy Makem version is also among my favourites
Patrick Kavanagh the well known Irish Poet wrote this Poem. The Dubliners with his permission put it to music of an Old Irish Marching Tune. This was the result. Raglan Road incidentally is where the American Embassy is located in Dublin. ENJOY! Best Wishes, go h'ana mhait ar Fad....Liam
me and my brother played that little prank on u about the delivery that never happened..we felt very guilty..so much so that we argued with each other..we r sorry..
I've listened to 10 versions of this tune this morn, and 'nothing compares to you, Sinead'... your voice paints a picture. You make us feel as well as hear.... :)
Several years ago when I first heard this song on a Chieftains album, I was searching my mind for where I heard this before...having not previously heard a recording. I finally deferred to my Mother and asked if Daddy had ever sung "Raglan Road." At 80+ years old, my Mother replied "your Father stood in the kitchen doorway and sang this after your sister's wedding (1971). Each time I listen to this song, it gives me chills, smiles and fond memories of my Dad even to this day.
I remember in 1990 when Sinead O'Connor tore up a photograph of the Pope during a TV show, all the great medias including the French ones condemned her attitude but I personnally agreed her and I agree her even more as I know now about the abuses in the Irish Catholic Church. She was in advance actually ! I think she's a brave and genuine person and she's got a beautiful voice indeed... But she's not enough famous in France....
Absolut riesig !!!! ich höre gern shantys , irische und schottische mucke .... aber DIESES LIED VON ^^SINEAD O'CONNOR^^ ist der helle wahnsinn .......BETTER GOES NEVER !!!
Tschuldige für mein schlechtes englisch (translate : sorry for my bad english)
i will give her one thing, she was RIGHT, but then again we all KNEW she just said it! So the IRISH people as a whole have a lot to answer too (me included), i could go on but its you tube....
A resoundingly good version (even though it omits Kavanagh's second verse), the phrasing of the difficult third verse is the best I've heard. No wonder really, Sinead will follow Saint Cecilia's dictum and sing with the spirit and the understanding also.
Thanks for posting. Ms O'Connor's voice is heavenly.
A fantastic Song sung by a fantastic singer and very brave woman who stood up and was counted and proved right over child abuse by the catholic church
This girl tried to warn us about the child abuse in the church 20 years ago. She was villified particularly in the US. Maybe its time some of us said sorry. A new Facebook Group Apologise to Sinead O'Connor NOW has been formed to help us do this. Just use the search on FB for Sinead O'Connor and it comes up.
@softaid06 Excellent point. The U.S. viewed her stunt on SNL almost as an insult to God himself but the Pope is just a man. Frank Sinatra wanted to kick her ass. That event along with her own personal issues interfering with her professional life pretty much ruined her career. She could have been more tactful but I guess she thought nobody was listening so she went for the more shocking way. Now people are listening.
@ softaid06 THANK YOU! I had no idea people were actually ready to recognize what Sinead was talking about and what the Catholic Church was doing. I'm heading over to Facebook right now. Thank you and thanks to Sinead!
Many people should apologize to this brave young woman who never gave up and never backed down. Sinead didn't "destroy her career;" she stood up for her ideals. Other people may have not put her on TV or played her on the radio or bought her records, but so what? Did she cower in fear? No. She is a singer, musician & loving mother. She has lived her life with courage & truth no matter what trauma she was exposed to. That's a REAL career; that's a REAL LIFE. One to be respected and admired.
@bob88pct Correction, apologise is only spelt with a "z" in American English, you twat. Don't act like a grammar Nazi if you know shite all about grammar.
I don't know if there is a "best" version of this song, because the singers who have been mentioned are all so different. Whatever...she has a beautiful voice, and it's a compelling rendition.
leave proper music alone, sinead, and if you can't, remember the maxim that you should never do a cover if you can't improve on the original. Which in your case would not leave much left to cover
My Grandmother used to sing The Dawning of The Day to me when I was very young. Unfortunately I don't speak much Irish so never learned the words. I sing this to my Godchildren though, and one day, hopefuly, my own children. The tune still takes me back to my Seanmháthair's knee
uhm ...don't hate me for this but I find her singing a little bit unexpressive in this song,compared with the version of the Chieftains and Joan Osborne in Tears of Stone,which for me is the best.
i cudnt even get to half way it didnt sound good at all.. not saying anything about her cause if im honest i dont listen to any of her music at all. but luke kelly just smacked it and cant be compared to. sorry to anyone who ever tries to sing this song again.. better off just leaving it to luke kelly
ok ok....but,by the fook, where can i find the liricks??? i would like to understand the total Story about this song !! there're Angels, Clay,and i'm only Alsacien,(est Part of France),but in the school of Mr Lunny and Planxty,Mr Hennessy...
Long story short: singer loved a girl, knowing she would break his heart. He poured out his heart to her, writing poems, etc., but he realizes he set his sights on a mere mortal who he let have too much power over him.
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Sinead O Connor is one of the most horrible people ever. I remember she came on the late late show one night and started clipping her toe-nails during the interview, and this is the gods honest truth, one of her nails hit Pat and she laughed as if it was nothing to be disgusted by. Above all else she's an Idiot of the highest form.
I've always loved this song, but I have never before heard Sinead performing it. Her voice is kreeping under my skin and touching my innermost feelings, and I just want to cry. Beauty exists, this is it....
Do we have to vote for a 'best version'? It is a brilliant song, and Luke Kelly sang it superbly. Sinead is a very good interpreter of songs though, and never does them the same as everyone else...Variety is the spice of life, and all that.
Patrick Kavanagh asked Luke to do this song, I do think Sinead is a great singer but she shouldn't have touched this song NOBODY will ever get it as mesmerising as Luke did. R.I.P.
I've heard as good in Dublin pubs over the years...
TheSnugPub 2 weeks ago
@TheSnugPub Give me specific names. I have been performing mainly around Temple Bar but also some other areas, for the best part of 15 years. Tell me who you thought was as good as this? I know a few people who are up there yes. But not just as hitting.
PrehistoricPinup 2 weeks ago
Tracing Patrick Kavanagh in the streets of Dublin for 3 months was an adventure in itself.
I might come back some day.....
bohemianwriter1 2 months ago in playlist Music1
I love this song so much i remember when my dad used to sing it to me
bladz811 2 months ago
sinead what a voice she is the only one who can compare with the original tune one word FANTASTIC!!!!!!!
bristolcityifcation 6 months ago
This is so, so great!
AngieVeep 6 months ago
What happened to this wonderful voice??
TR5T 8 months ago
The most beautiful voice. speaks out well too.
Wanch1e1ady 8 months ago 3
i remember this song! my mother used to sing it to me
Ginja1Ninja 8 months ago
sooo beautiful.........................
couthyband 9 months ago
He moved his body in holy unison with the Canon, a soft footfall, a gliding reverent dance to the quiet drone of Corpus Christi.
Faces came in innocence to the sound of a beckoning bell, to turn away.
The pale pious hands of the canon delivered and distributed the host. The holy voices of the choir came down to earth to receive and return to heavenly verse.
All returned to seats, prayerful return.
All heads bowed, submissive heads in prayer books digesting forgiveness. Silence.
Sinead
patrickm62nov 9 months ago
wow, thank you Patrick@patrickm62nov
paulcunnane4 3 months ago
So Beautiful - Patrick Kavanagh would not choose any other rendition - Once again a child of this country shows our amazing gifts and talents - no regime, kingship, enemy or force has ever beat us - I'm so proud of my past
SPAREPARTSCENTRE 9 months ago
I love this, sung by this vioce is enough to make me misty eyed.
Wanch1e1ady 9 months ago
the enchanted way..... the trigeminal nerves...... used now by film and music or abused should i say ..... the holy trinigy
63thekey 9 months ago
the enchanted way..... the trigeminal nerves...... used now by film and music or abused should i say .....
63thekey 9 months ago
I like Luke Kelly's better, but she has such a perfect sweet voice I still feel dazed by it.
stephen2000306 10 months ago
Did someone mention Luke Kelly. Right, left, up and down he was Dublin's finest. He drank too much (some say he was the source of the river Liffey) but there was no stronger voice; he could blow the head off a pint of Guiness at 60 paces. I just know he has them all clappin' their feet in the Lounge upstairs.
paddyatacliath 10 months ago 8
luke kelly,s is the best. sinead is next, I love this song and they both do it justice.
She is possibly the best looking irish woman of recent times,never tarted up and she can sing. She seems like a lost soul and I want to help her,controversy does not help her, it exacerbates things, yet she seeks it regularly. Gifted in so many ways and also lost
xPoppedCherry 11 months ago
Oh Bliss that is a Sinead O'Connor singing a delicate song as this. I absolutely love this, sung by she and at this speed.
Wanch1e1ady 11 months ago
Ignoring the bad language, I have to agree that this wouldn't get my vote at a karaoke...which I hate anyway! Long live live music as long as it has some feeling and soul to it!
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aoifeni 11 months ago
dont be so judgemental killecrankieful find some kindness in your heart
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Softaid 06.
Yes she does know something about child abuse.She has had two abortions,the ultimate in child abuse.She was the one who used abortion as a contraception.
What a hypocrite she is.
Killecrankieful 11 months ago
@Killecrankieful Judge not, lest you be judged, woman-hater.
mightymissk 11 months ago
@Killecrankieful
No, the ultimate form of child abuse would be to have you as a parent. An abortion would be far more humane.
FungusMossGnosis 10 months ago
Love those eyes
MrJohnered 11 months ago
This is the third version I have heard today from Raglan Road and yeah it is obvious why Sinead is famous.
JanMelet 1 year ago
the way she moves,the quality her Voice,Sinead,you are a braveheard!
very spécial regards, P
spitzmanndm 1 year ago
O'Connor is amateur hour. Could she afford accompanying musicians for her warbling? Laura McKinnon, Raglan Road. Search for it.
flyguy359 1 year ago
@flyguy359
You are a twat...
it is Loreena McKennitt you knob.... but yeah... she also does a good version
Zokambaa 1 year ago
@Zokambaa a knob and a twat? You mean twit, you prick.
flyguy359 1 year ago
@flyguy359 fucksake sineads version is far better. ya twat . lol oj
mick23belfast 1 year ago
God bless you Sinead O'Connor. God loves you for who you are, not what the Catholic Church thinks you should be.
caoimhin1111 1 year ago
Spilleane is good !
jordibp 1 year ago
A brave person and, at her best, a stunning performer. A superb version of this wonderful poem.
FENNYMAN 1 year ago 7
i only know this singer because this irish girl i like, her name is sinead...and i pronounced it as siny-ad . LOOL. good thing she is nice...and told me its pronounced shin-ade...i gotta try to win her heart.
Daedalus294 1 year ago 2
Sinead is a complete Legend! Effortless performance! Anyone know where this can be brought or downloaded?
mooghaun87 1 year ago 3
Amazing voice. she doesn't need complicated backing: the first 1:10 is the best for me.
BigAntVideo 1 year ago 4
Very touching version of this song. Hauntingly beautiful!
marykaye35 1 year ago 3
i guess your hubby had remote control in his hand, quick flick to snooker,at end:)
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WastanaThrwan 1 year ago
whatever her politics or her religious views she is a very good singer well done and keep it up
toni1708 1 year ago
fantastic.....
9746478 1 year ago
If ye put a K and an H in her front name it would spell Skinhead
JamesTKirkCobain 1 year ago
Love this! Though Loreena McKennitt's version is probably my personal favorite. I miss Sinead, though I'm sure she's probably still around, I'm just in the US so you never really hear much bout singers who aren't lady gaga anymore. >.< boo.
darlingzooloo 1 year ago
Sinead O Connor is in my opinion one of the best artists among many great singers from Ireland.This Raglan Rd & Luke Kelly`s are the best .
Teddyb1939 1 year ago
how can one little Island produce such an amazing number of incredible female vocal talent?. Weren't Enya and Mary Black enough?
niallwhite1969 1 year ago
@niallwhite1969 they can keep it up as far as I'm concerned that's where my family come from but I cant sing a note!
Noragirlie63 1 year ago
Fine
showusyertube 1 year ago
Man can this gal sing. A Fing Mazing; completely mezmerized (sp?). Bring her back.
carsearch2001 1 year ago
rely good
marko9385 1 year ago
Makes me proud to be Irish. Shes a women to aspire to!
TheLauraStanley 1 year ago
Dad's first anniversary today....so i dedicate"his favourite song to him" RIP Daddy <3 <3 <3
catwotsits73 1 year ago
Stunning voice. Beautiful interpretation of a classic. If we would have listened to her 20 years ago, after the Sat. Night Live appearance, the Cath. church and their victims could be well on the way to healing by now..Thank you for your courage, Sinead.
junipertrio 1 year ago 3
Lifeless version of a great song. Stick to dishing out the sacrament there Father Bernadette.
glynchandeliers 1 year ago
listen to her sing the butcher boy you will know how good she is
peterdougie 1 year ago
@peterdougie My favourite is 'The Foggy Dew' with the Chieftians, or 'The Parting Glass'. Her voice is incredible.
FeynmanAdmirer 1 year ago
@peterdougie Agree with you 100% Sineads version of butcher boy is pure MAGIC.The other older[much older] Tommy Makem version is also among my favourites
Teddyb1939 1 year ago
Such a great song, if only our world could live so graciously!!!
123chrisc 1 year ago
you may not like her politics but, WOW, what a voice!
skip328 1 year ago
Thank You
oldrok 1 year ago
Patrick Kavanagh the well known Irish Poet wrote this Poem. The Dubliners with his permission put it to music of an Old Irish Marching Tune. This was the result. Raglan Road incidentally is where the American Embassy is located in Dublin. ENJOY! Best Wishes, go h'ana mhait ar Fad....Liam
liamthedream 1 year ago
feel bad now sinead..
me and my brother played that little prank on u about the delivery that never happened..we felt very guilty..so much so that we argued with each other..we r sorry..
Bray
johnconnor2004 1 year ago
I've listened to 10 versions of this tune this morn, and 'nothing compares to you, Sinead'... your voice paints a picture. You make us feel as well as hear.... :)
Tomhrair 1 year ago
@Tomhrair
I could not agree more!!!!
openskysongs 1 year ago
You might need a quiet moment to listen to this
brandybrandy123567 1 year ago
Sinead you walk with truth in your mouth,passion in your eyes and fire in your belly,you will never walk alone.....................
norton36456 1 year ago
Several years ago when I first heard this song on a Chieftains album, I was searching my mind for where I heard this before...having not previously heard a recording. I finally deferred to my Mother and asked if Daddy had ever sung "Raglan Road." At 80+ years old, my Mother replied "your Father stood in the kitchen doorway and sang this after your sister's wedding (1971). Each time I listen to this song, it gives me chills, smiles and fond memories of my Dad even to this day.
auditor05 1 year ago
good version sinead fareplay.. no luke tho ha
darren4011 1 year ago
I remember in 1990 when Sinead O'Connor tore up a photograph of the Pope during a TV show, all the great medias including the French ones condemned her attitude but I personnally agreed her and I agree her even more as I know now about the abuses in the Irish Catholic Church. She was in advance actually ! I think she's a brave and genuine person and she's got a beautiful voice indeed... But she's not enough famous in France....
femmedesbois04 1 year ago
Absolut riesig !!!! ich höre gern shantys , irische und schottische mucke .... aber DIESES LIED VON ^^SINEAD O'CONNOR^^ ist der helle wahnsinn .......BETTER GOES NEVER !!!
Tschuldige für mein schlechtes englisch (translate : sorry for my bad english)
PS:Sinead O'Conner is GREAT (lovely)
Hawkwind2402626719 1 year ago
i will give her one thing, she was RIGHT, but then again we all KNEW she just said it! So the IRISH people as a whole have a lot to answer too (me included), i could go on but its you tube....
polmaccaba 1 year ago
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wexboyo 1 year ago
I love her treatment of traditional songs (Sean-Nos Nua is perhaps my favourite album) but nothing comes close to the beauty of Luke Kelly's voice.
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catherinetodd 1 year ago
This version is NOTHING compared to Luke Kellys version.
Still nice though.
IrishEyesMulqueen 1 year ago
Wow...I've never been a fan of hers, but this is great.
dudeacus 1 year ago
just beautiful
thepatquinn 1 year ago
Beautiful, I Love It!!
waterxplorer 1 year ago
A resoundingly good version (even though it omits Kavanagh's second verse), the phrasing of the difficult third verse is the best I've heard. No wonder really, Sinead will follow Saint Cecilia's dictum and sing with the spirit and the understanding also.
Thanks for posting. Ms O'Connor's voice is heavenly.
Percy1916 1 year ago
honor
612franklin 1 year ago
honor
612franklin 1 year ago
A fantastic Song sung by a fantastic singer and very brave woman who stood up and was counted and proved right over child abuse by the catholic church
afcollective 1 year ago 3
Very nice version. It occurs to me now that she looks a bit like an Irish lesbian, anyone?
Joe9017 1 year ago
Sinead, is toil leam Sraid na Raglan - Slante nan Alba.
malcolmcean 1 year ago
This girl tried to warn us about the child abuse in the church 20 years ago. She was villified particularly in the US. Maybe its time some of us said sorry. A new Facebook Group Apologise to Sinead O'Connor NOW has been formed to help us do this. Just use the search on FB for Sinead O'Connor and it comes up.
softaid06 1 year ago 117
@softaid06 Excellent point. The U.S. viewed her stunt on SNL almost as an insult to God himself but the Pope is just a man. Frank Sinatra wanted to kick her ass. That event along with her own personal issues interfering with her professional life pretty much ruined her career. She could have been more tactful but I guess she thought nobody was listening so she went for the more shocking way. Now people are listening.
dapsapsrp 1 year ago
@dapsapsrp Really Frank "divorce your wife so you can drink and bang your way across earth with less distractions" Sinatra had the nerve to complain?
hardluckhippie 1 year ago
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catherinetodd 1 year ago
@ softaid06 THANK YOU! I had no idea people were actually ready to recognize what Sinead was talking about and what the Catholic Church was doing. I'm heading over to Facebook right now. Thank you and thanks to Sinead!
Irish State Should Apologise To Sinéad O'Connor
catherinetodd 1 year ago 3
Many people should apologize to this brave young woman who never gave up and never backed down. Sinead didn't "destroy her career;" she stood up for her ideals. Other people may have not put her on TV or played her on the radio or bought her records, but so what? Did she cower in fear? No. She is a singer, musician & loving mother. She has lived her life with courage & truth no matter what trauma she was exposed to. That's a REAL career; that's a REAL LIFE. One to be respected and admired.
catherinetodd 1 year ago 6
@softaid06 she tore up a picture of a man of peace - the Catholic haters loved it
flyguy359 1 year ago
@softaid06 She really is a great singer and quite beautiful....
cowallad 11 months ago
@softaid06 What a wimp, oh you apologize with a z.
bob88pct 10 months ago
@bob88pct Correction, apologise is only spelt with a "z" in American English, you twat. Don't act like a grammar Nazi if you know shite all about grammar.
AndiKeepSmile 10 months ago 3
I don't know if there is a "best" version of this song, because the singers who have been mentioned are all so different. Whatever...she has a beautiful voice, and it's a compelling rendition.
dgarnes1 1 year ago
Love this version of Ragland Road..
bcj1028 1 year ago 2
it's not luke kelly is it. He is the best.
ingcarl69 1 year ago
my girl
whiskeyriverdiving 1 year ago
my girl. she doesn't realize it. but she is
whiskeyriverdiving 1 year ago 2
sinead is wonderful...it doesn't matter what she sings... and this song is WOW
petitkelly 1 year ago 11
i much perfaire tupacs version its epic
mcanner25 1 year ago
I like her version a lot.
talullatulips 1 year ago 5
Leave the true song alone..please...
boscoesarmy 1 year ago
Yeah...the phrasing is pretty bad at times (well done at others), but her voice is beautiful...still not even slightly comparable to Luke's.
Stoltzfus 1 year ago
Her voice, her face, her eyes - they draw you in and hold you. She's gorgeous!
tachuman 2 years ago 6
@tachuman a truely beautiful woman
puregloster 2 years ago
she sure is!
tachuman 2 years ago
amazing version
mcdaddy9999 2 years ago 2
bril but just a version of the best Luke Kelly R.I.P
marv1mjkenny 2 years ago 6
Dreadful phrasing.
cosmicarbiteroftaste 2 years ago
its an irish song with free time, she can ornament it and phrase it however she wants
MsAppleofmyeye 2 years ago 43
I didn't say she couldn't. I wish the show's producer had though.
cosmicarbiteroftaste 1 year ago
she sings 'that I might on day rue' PERFECTLY
eoinroe47 2 years ago
Probably the second best version of this song I have heard - but nowhere near Luke Kelly's incomparable version.
JohnM1955 2 years ago 5
i adored her eyes...and singing makes it sooooooooo damn good to see
prettykiray 2 years ago 3
in whi whid be if ther wid ner wid be
nay ego to terndernley
and fuck jhert
gotz777 2 years ago
She really is beautiful in so many ways. Good job Sinead
AidanParle 2 years ago 3
she is just beautiful with an angelic voice,good on you Sinead
flyboybirdog 2 years ago 3
absolutely beautiful, sinead you are amazing
bigsineadfan1 2 years ago
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BRUTAL
leave proper music alone, sinead, and if you can't, remember the maxim that you should never do a cover if you can't improve on the original. Which in your case would not leave much left to cover
MrMahaffey21 2 years ago
can i make love with your eyes...sinead????
gorgeous as ever....
prettykiray 2 years ago
Luke Kelly > Everyone else.
I think O'Connor's a really good singer, but Kelly's timing and ability to sing SLOW, can't be touched.
O'Connors timing a bit off at moments, and I think she's rushing it a bit. But not a bad version - not at all...
junkyardheaven 2 years ago
And You have Your own version of Ye Jacobite by Name too.... Also a good tune in Dutch :-)
Jim folk fan fryske grun... sung by Chanty choir : Rolling Home :-)
AngusOnkel 2 years ago
We in the Netherlands have our on version from this song. Rowwen Heze with November. It sounds also very good........
Greetz Peter Stikkelbroeck
boldspik 2 years ago
My Grandmother used to sing The Dawning of The Day to me when I was very young. Unfortunately I don't speak much Irish so never learned the words. I sing this to my Godchildren though, and one day, hopefuly, my own children. The tune still takes me back to my Seanmháthair's knee
garethOOisOOawesome 2 years ago 3
She manages to sound vulnerable and strong at the same time. However she does it, it's very moving.
caraphyllis 2 years ago 3
Another great voice to sing this kind of music.
beside luke, she`s the only one.
highlemper 2 years ago 4
Luke Kelly Version. Hand's down!
randallscott25 2 years ago 5
In my opinion, no one can compare to this song being sung as it is sung by Frank Patterson
COdave 2 years ago
Good but Luke Kelly gives a feeling that will never forget.
FanzReviews 2 years ago 5
uhm ...don't hate me for this but I find her singing a little bit unexpressive in this song,compared with the version of the Chieftains and Joan Osborne in Tears of Stone,which for me is the best.
EmanMcDuring 2 years ago
Thumbs up !!
you're quiet right ...
Joan Osborne 's voice make me cry with this song...
kurso21 2 years ago
i dont agree at all when people say, 'oh this is best left to luke kelly', or 'noone could ever sing this better than sinead'
music is an open book; whoever wants to should sing this song, and any song for that matter. should never be set in stone i think.
anyway. love this, beautiful.
Agar101 2 years ago 2
leaves me speachless - beautiful as always Sinead.
PadhraicinN 2 years ago
I love this one. She rocks my world.
loveismagik 2 years ago
You can't beat Sinead's version.
sealsgivebirth 2 years ago 2
bs heard them al cant beat this version
SEAMUS666SCOTT 2 years ago
i cudnt even get to half way it didnt sound good at all.. not saying anything about her cause if im honest i dont listen to any of her music at all. but luke kelly just smacked it and cant be compared to. sorry to anyone who ever tries to sing this song again.. better off just leaving it to luke kelly
drunk2thepowerofsick 2 years ago
this is a great song, possibly the greatest irish ballad, but I've heard a couple dozen better versions of it than this one
dugan649 2 years ago
this is an absolutely beautiful song
PunkMartyr 2 years ago 3
Love Sinead doing this... much better than her version of She Moved Through The Fair.
zodiacbluesbaby 2 years ago
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Sinead O connor, Horrible person.
rickophis 2 years ago
luke kelly = better version
jrussell5 2 years ago 4
goes without sayin boy hes the top dog no two ways about it
drunk2thepowerofsick 2 years ago
ok ok....but,by the fook, where can i find the liricks??? i would like to understand the total Story about this song !! there're Angels, Clay,and i'm only Alsacien,(est Part of France),but in the school of Mr Lunny and Planxty,Mr Hennessy...
spitzmanndm 2 years ago
Long story short: singer loved a girl, knowing she would break his heart. He poured out his heart to her, writing poems, etc., but he realizes he set his sights on a mere mortal who he let have too much power over him.
mothglitter 2 years ago 2
Search Patrick Kavanagh's "On Raglan Road". Its a poem, later put to music.
PaddyRan 2 years ago
Look up Patrick Kavanagh's works (Irish poet) he wrote it.
maleunicorn 2 years ago
I was familiar with the poem, and the air before I ever heard them wedded, first by Dick Gaughan ( still my favourite version)
saleclair 2 years ago
he is a hero!
Rugbymadone 2 years ago
if Artist had a sense,Sinead is one of them,in deep! Chiken skin with the vidéo,can't imagine in live...thank's to all, P
spitzmanndm 2 years ago
It''s called goosebumps.. not chicken skin.. too roughly translated.
calmaron 2 years ago
This is a great song and can have many interpretations. Sinead's is true and beautiful.
dgarnes1 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Sinead O Connor is one of the most horrible people ever. I remember she came on the late late show one night and started clipping her toe-nails during the interview, and this is the gods honest truth, one of her nails hit Pat and she laughed as if it was nothing to be disgusted by. Above all else she's an Idiot of the highest form.
rickophis 2 years ago
who gives a , about your ego bullshit. shes a passionate and moving singer. i'd rather her sing than watch your boring shit show.
nothingUneed2no 2 years ago
I've always loved this song, but I have never before heard Sinead performing it. Her voice is kreeping under my skin and touching my innermost feelings, and I just want to cry. Beauty exists, this is it....
bernthaa 2 years ago
Sinead, I love you - you are beautiful. Thank you for posting this. Beautiful!
SCOTCHSOLACE 2 years ago
Van Morrison...
W2n1dowsx 2 years ago
Do we have to vote for a 'best version'? It is a brilliant song, and Luke Kelly sang it superbly. Sinead is a very good interpreter of songs though, and never does them the same as everyone else...Variety is the spice of life, and all that.
derryhawk 2 years ago
her version of foggy dew with the chieftains was crazy, its played in the beginning of murphy shows, i was at one and it was crazy
nycbred92 2 years ago
Patrick Kavanagh asked Luke to do this song, I do think Sinead is a great singer but she shouldn't have touched this song NOBODY will ever get it as mesmerising as Luke did. R.I.P.
ghostcatinmirror 2 years ago 2
LUKE KELLY ONLY.
Les2Doherty 2 years ago 3
irish talent!
RossxP 2 years ago 2
Yes, very nice version. My favorite though is Van Morrison with the Chieftains on the "Irish Heartbeat" album.
jipjap1 2 years ago
I stil think Loreena McKennitt is the only version - walk in haeven whenever she sings but I do like Snineads accent in this one
mergaman4 2 years ago
Luke kelly is the best! but Sinead is the only WOMAN i know who can sing this in a fantastic way, their both Irish so who cares
MsSpike13 2 years ago
love it mate but thats a beautiful poem that Patrick be proud of, Sinead what a voice pece out bro
kenred83 2 years ago
luke kelly's is way better
resto776 2 years ago 2
is breá liom seo
bsands1981 2 years ago
we imported a tiger which fled
but we stil breathe flames from the dragon we are
throtears 2 years ago
I want this version sang by Sinead played at my funeral, she's got the greatest voice
123chrisc 2 years ago 2
babe i licious xx
mairenidhomnaill 2 years ago 2
o connor is a class act.
rockinxl 2 years ago 3
She's such a nut, but she knows how to sing a song and convey the meaning of the words and the emotion of it
tenorismo 2 years ago 2
I honestly wouldn't call her a nut. She's an artist and a political activist. Those two roles are bound to mix in unconventional ways.
HartyDarling 2 years ago 2
Every thing Sinead does is so professional!
Yet, Luke (RIP) understands this one better. I love them all.
tomtesticle 2 years ago
great version - Luke Kelly's is spell bounding. Ireland will never see his kind again (and will be a sadder place for it)
spudntfc 2 years ago 7