Phil the Fluter's Ball

[kevvy1908]

Very enjoyable video Sheila, but the lyrics should not be described as "crazy". Percy French was a brilliant man, who wrote entertaining, amusing, colloquial, alliterative lyrics, but never "crazy" ones. Just enjoy the sound of "With a toot on the flute, and a twiddle on the fiddle-o".

[CaptainKenMurphy]

Wow this is one of my earliest memories of tv apart from Bosco and Forty Coats growing up as a child in the 80's, good times :-)

[Legertymusic]

Interesting, but odd from a Irish trad musician's perspective. In the cartoon he appears to be playing a modern silver flute, not a wooden flute (much more common in trad). I suppose it could be a Radcliffe system flute. lol. Also "piper" in Ireland refers to an uilleann piper (Irish bellows-blown bagpipes), not a flute player. I suspect the lyricist wasn't an ITM player, although he does mention the fine jig, "The Hair in the Corn". Fun animation, though!

[flylennyfly]

Loving this. My dad used to sing it to me when I was little!  His Dad taught it to him when he was a wee laddie too!

[satyrix1]

Is like a bosco animation, Excellent

[IoSonoUomo]

Woww.... who made this cartoon?

[sheilagraber]

@IoSonoUomo I did, I made all the cartoons and films on my channel - glad you liked Phil - Cheers Sheila

[sambongo91]

Based on Kenneth McKellars crazy lyrics - Percy French no?!?

[sheilagraber]

@sambongo91 -Yes it was Percy French who wrote it - I didn't know that till I googled him - I see he was a painter too- just as you are a very good video maker

[sambongo91]

@sheilagraber Ah thanks =)

[donie1798]

@sambongo91 Percy French. wrote it before McKellar was born. McKellar was only a singer too. another classic example of Scots trying to pass off Irish culture as their own.

[seacalin]

found a nice version of this song by a man called pat delahunty,

[murphy09bitch]

i think i have heard this about once n a had it stuck in ma head the other day haha i was so confused what it was lol i must say its catchy haha :P

[OoKareno]

:D love it diddle daddle :DDD

[7conas7]

i lovvvvveeeeeee this

[sheilagraber]

Thanks - we loved your fave-"no one's as Oirish as Barrack O'Bamma" - we were all leapin about the room - tanks a million..you can tell I'm a Geordie who loves reland..Sheila

[FinalFreek]

say sheila do you know where i could find the sheet music for this tune for i myself play the flute so i'm curious.

[theMJlover1958]

hi sheila it's pokemon crazy. i have a new account now. just wanted to let you know! #^.^#

[sheilagraber]

Thanks for that - glad you are keeping going as animated as ever in your new outfit!

[DaveIII]

I remember watching this on Nickelodeon back in the days when they were still a fledgling cable station without commercial breaks, and having clips like this fill the gaps between episodes of The Tomorrow People and You Can't Do That On Television. I have no idea what made me think of it tonight out of the blue, but I'm glad it was here. ^_^

[sheilagraber]

Hi thanks for this valued comment - (sorry for late reply)I've had a look at your channel -and can why you have downloaded those great movies of MANU the cat - so animated!

happy Mu 2010 - Cheers Sheila

[FinalFreek]

who was this comment pointed towards?

[HomegirlOfJezu]

Fell in love with this song when I heard "The Priests" sing it on their DVD of the concert in Armagh. Tis living through the generations - I want to do it for my advanced higher voice!

[Jagunco]

I enjoyed that grealy, anyone know where I can find the Dubliners' version?

[RobbieTyler1]

I remeber this from my childhood.. i think i saw it on BBC2 after the waltons and before dr who in about 1982 when I was all but knee high to a grasshopper.

They used to put these musical shorts on and I loved them, the log driver also springs to mind.. not seen them from that day until this week they all are on youtube. god bless you and youtube for bringing back fond memories.x.

[sheilagraber]

You'll be fine the leprechauns will help you!

Good luck - Sheila

[pokemoncrazy99]

thanks a bundle! don't forget to wrap up warm! haha!

[pokemoncrazy99]

it's my big show tonight... i'm really scared, really scared, scared. i'm singing it tonight in half an hour.

[sheilagraber]

So how did you and the beautiful Ms Brady get on?

I bet you were a knock out! Sheila & the little people

[pokemoncrazy99]

i have to sing this in gb i have to be

the beautiful miss brady-- but i look nothing like her!

[sheilagraber]

Thanks beautiful miss pokemon!

[GemmaBabyyGemma]

have u heard aboot james mcgrory?

[sheilagraber]

just looked him up - is that the Celtic Poet?

[GemmaBabyyGemma]

its a song lyric lmao.

''and they gave us james mcgrory and paul mcstay, they gave us johnstone, tully, murdoch, auld and hay,and most of the football greats, have passed through parkhead's gates,all to play football the glasgow celtic way''

[kuljeskelija]

I remember seeing this as a kid on a VCR tape of children's cartoons my aunt had taped for me.

And while I couldn't understand a thing back then (I had yet to learn English) I remember pouting at the nasty leprechaun ;)

Thank you for that childhood memory. My foot still begins to thump whenever I hear Phil the Fluter's Ball.

[sheilagraber]

Thanks to you and your Aunt for watching my movie.Great to see that you too love Fantasia-I spotted it on your very atmospheric site. Cheers from Sheila & the leprechauns.

[Dayepipes]

OMG! I knew this very recording as a kid in the 60's, if not earlier. Neighbors had the album and we never bought it. Itunes doesn't have McKellar's version but quite a few by Irish artists.

I heard his "Scotland the Brave" in the early 60's and my destiny was sealed.

Hey thanks for putting this up.

[sheilagraber]

It's a pleasure - having been born in Edinburgh and learnt to walk to the skirrl of the pipes (so my Ma tells me) I guess my destiny was sealed too!

[monkfizh]

Wonderful!!! Put a big smile on my face :)))

[cewiwxrl]

So cute, I could watch it all day long.

[sheilagraber]

Thanks so glad you enjoyed it - I just made it for fun as it's such a crazy song..glad you find it crazy too!

[guetary]

Great stuff! Not a Mckellar track I'd heard before. Thanks for posting

[sheilagraber]

Glad you liked it - tanks for your comment - it is a bit different a Scotsman singing an Irish song- animatd by a Geordie Lass! and thanks so much for putting Phil up with Ella and so many of the other greats that I love too.

[FinalFreek]

why your a gerodie lass why i'm half a gerordie me mam thorught you where becuase she likes phil the fluters ball and also some of the other videos you have made

[sheilagraber]

Well cheers to your Mam kidda - She needn;t look at "Larn Yersel geordie" She Knows it already ! I used to live in South Shields.Have you ever had a go at making your OWN animated films - with a computer or a home movie camera it's really easy ..with your sense of humour I think you'd be good at it.

[FinalFreek]

well not rearlly but i've had a stab at making a movie tour of my old school because i'm not the best artist but at some point i'll have a go.