THIS SONG IS BEAUTIFUL, I WISH I WAS A TREE THAN NO ONE COULD HURT ME. THE SUN WOULD WARM ME, THE RAIN FEED ME, THE WIND TO COOL ME, THE BIRDS TO SING ME TO SLEEP. MAKES ME DREAM OF A HAPPY PLACE..SO SIMPLY SAID, SO HEART FULLY MEANT.
Of what value are nationalistic borders when such people as Mark Knopfler can cut across them and touch the hearts of his fellow man with song? Borders become nothing more than excuses for war where the only winners are arms merchants just as willing to arm the ignorant as well as the more enlightened.
All you of Lowland descent have nothing to be proud of. You turned on your fellow Highland Scots to sell out to the English. My ancestors, Clan Donnachaid, fought for Scotland while you bastards took the English gold and turned Scotland into a backwater of the UK to this day. I hope you're proud of what you did to your people.
I love this song. It's the kind of song that I can listen to OVER 9000 times without getting bored with it. It makes me think of a steam train pounding along the edge of the Rio Grande. I'm going to make a video on TRS 2006 and post it... If I can figure out how to do it...
I'm from the Armstrong Clan as well ... I'm on the wrong side of the pond though! Would love to visit Scotland and walk through Liddesdale and Eskdale. Maybe even stop by Gilnockie Tower and fly fish the River Esk!
hi a border riever was historaclly a cattle rustler in the "debateable lands"of the scottish english border a few hundred years ago,an albion is a truck made in glasgow till around the sixtys,the song is about a trucker doing a run from glasgow to the borders, his truck called theborder riever, sure as the rising sun is on albions badge and is there company motto
@ardbdkd The truck manufacturer Albion made a version called the Reiver. The company motto was "SURE AS THE SUNRISE" and inspired the sunrise badge on the radiators. However later badges were in blue rather than red.
THIS SONG IS BEAUTIFUL, I WISH I WAS A TREE THAN NO ONE COULD HURT ME. THE SUN WOULD WARM ME, THE RAIN FEED ME, THE WIND TO COOL ME, THE BIRDS TO SING ME TO SLEEP. MAKES ME DREAM OF A HAPPY PLACE..SO SIMPLY SAID, SO HEART FULLY MEANT.
333marian1 3 months ago
I originate from the borders - wow!!!!!!111
ladyviffer 4 months ago
@ladyviffer Me tae toots. x :)
goldiedawn17x 8 hours ago
Well put together and is a awesome song thanks for sound
GuitargirlandI 5 months ago
quanto sei figo...piu' invecchi piu' sei figo....
milly59ful 6 months ago
This is my ancestral home, maybe that's why there is such an emotional connection to this music.
darshan543 6 months ago
m a musician coz of mark
pritbi77 6 months ago
@AlfaAston123 Mark Knopfler was born in Glasgow, if that makes any difference.
theevilgeniuses1 7 months ago
I LOVE this song too! It's funny all of his songs are so moving and so excellently sculpted. I can never pick a favorite!
elizabethmoore724 7 months ago
great p 4483 2011
pleclair66 7 months ago
I loved it. Awesome.
drakethatsafact 8 months ago
BEAUTIFUL MUSIC !!! SHOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!
VIDEO SHOW
CONGRATULATIONS!
GREAT HUG
Rhautz 9 months ago
Of what value are nationalistic borders when such people as Mark Knopfler can cut across them and touch the hearts of his fellow man with song? Borders become nothing more than excuses for war where the only winners are arms merchants just as willing to arm the ignorant as well as the more enlightened.
Sparky1002 9 months ago 4
Love this Song!!!
foffettaro 1 year ago
Whoa..............thanks for this!!!
bdrawers 1 year ago
All you of Lowland descent have nothing to be proud of. You turned on your fellow Highland Scots to sell out to the English. My ancestors, Clan Donnachaid, fought for Scotland while you bastards took the English gold and turned Scotland into a backwater of the UK to this day. I hope you're proud of what you did to your people.
Claymore1715 1 year ago
@Claymore1715 awae and join the real world you plonker,suppose you prance aboot in a skirt and frilly blouse!!
marguer1 1 year ago
@Claymore1715 we held the english off for three century it was us they were afraid of not you
BLOODELFSRULE 1 year ago
@BLOODELFSRULE Then why did you take the gold?
Claymore1715 1 year ago
@Claymore1715 are you saying you wouldnt do that if you had the means and didnt steal we took it by force
BLOODELFSRULE 1 year ago
This might actually be my favourite MK album. Always looking forward to the next.
FluffyBunniesOnFire 1 year ago
GREAT SONG....
Jette2107 1 year ago
A Reiver by birth and English by the Grace of God.
Not sure what the Scottish Highlands has to do with the Borders???
UrienRheged 1 year ago
Mark "The Pinball Wizard" Knopfler is amazing.
RayWKins 1 year ago
I love this song. It's the kind of song that I can listen to OVER 9000 times without getting bored with it. It makes me think of a steam train pounding along the edge of the Rio Grande. I'm going to make a video on TRS 2006 and post it... If I can figure out how to do it...
bombs321 1 year ago
anch'io ne sono innamorata e mi dà una bella carica, i love Mark!
elisvega 1 year ago
scottish by birth, a borderer by the grace of god, oh for the hills and dales o' the borders
raggieprop1 1 year ago
Great song.
Im proud to be from Border Reiver ancestors.
Armstrong clan!
SeeYouNextFall 2 years ago
I'm from the Armstrong Clan as well ... I'm on the wrong side of the pond though! Would love to visit Scotland and walk through Liddesdale and Eskdale. Maybe even stop by Gilnockie Tower and fly fish the River Esk!
birdhunter69 2 years ago
fuck this is great!
yeah! jump up and down and all around !
hey yea markyboy does the jigthing :-))
59mar 2 years ago
hey
good work
great work ;)
but could you or somebody else tell me, what border reiver means
and albion is a word for britain i think, isn´t it.?
OoT94 2 years ago
hi a border riever was historaclly a cattle rustler in the "debateable lands"of the scottish english border a few hundred years ago,an albion is a truck made in glasgow till around the sixtys,the song is about a trucker doing a run from glasgow to the borders, his truck called theborder riever, sure as the rising sun is on albions badge and is there company motto
ardbdkd 2 years ago
@ardbdkd The truck manufacturer Albion made a version called the Reiver. The company motto was "SURE AS THE SUNRISE" and inspired the sunrise badge on the radiators. However later badges were in blue rather than red.
jamesy1966 1 year ago
Lovely song, but if I'm in a sad mood it makes me cry. And wonderful selection of pics you used for the video!!
MisterBeaucoup 2 years ago
Mark Knopfler, Budimpešta, 4.7.2010. Hajmo! :-)
MajaFloyd 2 years ago
see you there!
Grapefruitossy1203 2 years ago
This album really goes back to his roots, just shows that he really loves making music and playing it. Long live Mark Knopfler!
PeeNoYaKo 2 years ago 2
y el video es increible
charlytos1 2 years ago
BEAUTIFUL SOUND !! MARK !!
charlytos1 2 years ago 2
Thanks so much nice song from Mark
cheerydavie 2 years ago 2
I spent a lot of days as a kid working with the old man & his Albion. This is a truckie's song, and a bloody good one.
buddo05 2 years ago 2
Cool!
BIGBUCK20 2 years ago
Beautiful video!
angellife21 2 years ago
Incredible! Mark is amazing!
angellife21 2 years ago
GREAT SONG, BEAUTIFUL VIDEO
markoc121 2 years ago 6
amazing :)
stfredriss 2 years ago
Beautiful song--beautiful video. Exactly what I would expect from Mark. You did it, again!! Thanks so much, Mark.
jerylmoll 2 years ago 12
great song
Valija111 2 years ago 3