The Dubliners- Tramps and Hawkers

[musiclover1469]

taken from us years ago but left yet another beautiful legacy this man can make a man cry (no shame)

[stanollie65]

I put this on the jukebox in the pub last night and the place fell silent...it was amazing..everyone just stopped to listen to Luke. I've never witnessed that before, but i guess that's the effect he has. The finest singer we'll ever hear.

[joeygsmom]

@stanollie65 I can believe it...unfortunately where I live there is no music like this on Juke Boxes, but Jesus, there should be .I play Lukey in my car full blast with the windows down and it sure beats the hell out of what anybody else may be playing :-)

[scottiehypnosis01]

When they lay me to my rest, I want them to play this, see you there Luke God Bless Nos Da

[carolan16]

lukey at his finest

[MsOneiroi77]

hos granny was scottish so he was always partial to a scottish tune

[problembehaviour]

Beautiful.

[couthyband]

the scottish version has differences or the different versions have other words and i listen to lukes song with his slant on it lyrically and musically...and just feel his character shining through..surely this man was the master while the likes of jimmy macbeath were actually travelling people..just one song going down through the centuries and so much heart...no i pods then no million downloads of mush then...crap age we live in

[dangledoop]

@couthyband This is a scottish version,its just a variant all the places Luke is singing is in scotland Luke will always be the king of folk such was the greatness of his voice.

[franer84]

he's sang the scottish songs so fantastically!

[breffnipark]

Awsome !

[hhold]

Co. Clare has east and west galway, Co Galway has east galway, Donegal has inishowen,Cork and Kerry has sliabh luachra. dublin has Luke Kelly

[harrykee]

what sort of idiot wants to compare lady gaga with luke kelly? the two things occupy different worlds, and are entirely unrelated. I dare say if sjhe had a chance to listen to this she may well love it too.

somebody ezxplain why a gthing of beauty has to be spoiit by the negativity of images of violent nationalism or bloody minded prejudice against the music of todays youth? I would bet that this song was well out of order when it was first written.

[sinen0mine]

Indeed, music flows through Luke like the Force through a Jedi grandmaster.

[scottiehypnosis01]

If this guy was around in 1916 he would have freed Ireland with his voice

[MrPeteofile]

lady gaga kicks this guys ass .

[fatbap]

@MrPeteofile Lady Gaga isnt fit to lick horse shit from lukes boots

[DonegalRaymie201]

@fatbap

Couldn't have put it better!

[ManicPoetRyRy]

@MrPeteofile Lady GaGa will never touch the legend that is Luke Kelly. Wait 2 years when she is no longer popular. Look how quickly Jessica Simpson,Britney Spears fell.

[xjollybobx]

Why do you have to be gone Luke... 

[andrewbeit1]

love this guys voice. he doesn't sing - he bellows, in tune. brilliant.

[xozazzie]

sounds like come my little son

[xozazzie]

isn't there another name for this song?

[DancesWithLlamas]

It's the voice of an angel scratched upon the surface of the earth

[malachy1847]

@Glenn400ad What's ithey say of critics...'As useful as a eunics in a harem'.... Luke was a Legend .

[joeygsmom]

when luke sings it seems as if time stops and there is nothing else for a few moments, beautiful.

[dubb1995]

@joeygsmom It's reading comments like this that remind me again just why i like you so much xx

[joeygsmom]

@dubb1995 :-D

[ThomasMackinByrne]

This has a sort of Sean South tune am I right?

[SGRollingStone]

@ThomasMackinByrne Well you'd be right if you said Come my little son or Homes of Donegal, but Sean South got it's tune from Roddy McCorley.

[jcollins32]

prefer "come my little son" but luke would sound amazing singin the fuckin alphabet ;) amazing

[jcollins32]

i prefer "come my little son" but luke would song amazing singin the fuckin alphabet ;) amazing

[xjollybobx]

I literally almost tear up when I hear him sing this song.

[rabbjemar]

The voice of Luke Kelly was so strong that he did'nt need an instrumental back-up at all.

Just hear a soft banjo on the background, that's all.

[IpsaPaphum]

Great singing. Rhythmically controlled but free-as-a-cloud!

[AsraelLoki]

it´s so wonderfull

[tedmcgregor]

Originally in the Doric dialect of N.E. Scotland, check out version by Old Blind Dogs

[tedmcgregor]

Yes it is a Scottish song in fact from North East Scotland and originally in the Doric dialect. For another version check out that done by Old Blind Dogs

[beulahland59]

Oh this brings so many memories. I first heard this song sung by Belle Stewart (I went tattie picking with them) The song would go the rounds of everyone on the field and you had to make up your own verse when it reached you.

Thank you for posting this.

[paddym667]

scotish song but dont let that put you off,neer a bodger lovely tune

[Bloodshock]

Im American, but I am pretty keen on accents and singing cadence. This seems to be a Scottish song, judging both by the delivery by Luke here, and the odd reading available. Anyone scotch or irish an clarify?

[harrykee]

Definitely scottish, sung in a strong accent using terms that are no longer in use. Refers to different parts of scotland, like the forth railway bridge (google it). Toe rags are strips of cloth used like socks. Great song, isn't it

[DonegalRaymie201]

Aye, most certainly a Scots song.(not Scotch, that means the whisky only over here!). But Luke was an expert on Scots songs & music, and took perfecting the pronunciation so seriously!

You need to listen to Luke's "Freedom Come All ye". His version is definitive! Even the Scots agree!

And anyway, Luke's Granny was a bonafide Scot, a "MacDonald" no less. Luke recorded a huge number of Scots songs, and always did them superbly!

A true legend in Celtic, and indeed all music!

[DonegalRaymie201]

Yes, Scots here. But if you can genuinely tell the difference between Scots & Ulster accents/ cadence in singing you'd be better than most of us! Munster, in the south-west of Ireland has great difficulty telling the difference between Ulster Irish accents & Scots accents!

Aren't Ulster Irish what you call "Scots-Irish" anyway to add to the confusion?

[DancesWithLlamas]

I am happy in the summertime beneath the bright blue sky

No thinking in the morning where at night I'll hae to lie

In barn or byre or anywhere dossin out among the hay

and if the Weather treats me right I"m happy everyday,

[KaiBailey]

My favorite folk song ever

[DancesWithLlamas]

I agree!

[cosmicarbiteroftaste]

Luke Kelly could sing the phone book and move you to tears.

[dubb1995]

The voice of an angel..jeez i never heard anything like it.

[DancesWithLlamas]

Absolutely...notice there is a tinge of "sadness" in his voice....its ABSOLUTELY beautiful and distinct to his voice alone....unique.........no other singer in the world ever has and ever will replicate it.

[MrJohnnyr14]

that might be "toe rags" rather than two rags?

[oskhen85]

I think you're right. It would make far more sense.

[spudseamus]

this was the original song Luke picked up while learning his craft in the Isles -- he was really at home singing Celtic tunes

[genu1ne]

Jill Kelly was Luke Kelly's forgotten daughter

[1953chevybelair]

same tune as come my little son.

another class song by luke and the dubliners. thanks to oskhen85 for lyrics

cheers.

[rodrigonavarrodiaz]

Anyone could tell me the lyrics of this song EXACTLY as sung by Luke Kelly, please?

I know there are a lot of different verses

TIA

[oskhen85]

rodrigonavarrodiaz: Here's the lyrics as close as I can come:

Oh come all ye tramps and hawker lads

and gaitherers o' blaw

that tramps the country 'round and 'round

come listen ane and a'

I'll tell to ye a rovin' tale

o' sites that I hae seen

it's far intae the snowy north

and sooth by Gretna Green

(cont)

[oskhen85]

oftimes I've laughed untae mysel when trudging on the road my two rags 'round my blistered feet my face as brown's a toad's wi' lumps o' cake and tattie scones wi' whangs o' braxie ham no gi'en a thought frae where I've come an. less tae where I'm gan I've done my share o' humpin' wi' the dockers on the Clyde I've helped the Buckie trawlers haul the herrin' o'er the side I've helped to build the michty bridge that spans the busy Forth (cont.)

[oskhen85]

An wi' mony an Angus fairmer's trig

I've plooed the bonnie earth

I'm happy in the summertime

beneath the bright blue sky

no thinkin' in the morning where

at night I'll hae tae lie

in barn or byre or anywhere

dossin' out among the hay

and if the weather treats me right

I'm happy every day

[rodrigonavarrodiaz]

WOW! Thank you very much!!!

[oskhen85]

you're welcome

[Planxti]

In the late Karen Williamson's book about her Dad ,the late Roy Williamson, she tells how her father once taught Luke to sing with a Scottish accent.

He did a fine job-- and Luke is indeed a legend. Love this version of Tramps and Hawkers.

[87glove]

Luke Kelly disnae sound that Scots. try Old Blind Dogs for the song in the (band's native) Doric.

That said both versions are excellent.

e.g

sichts and roon become sights and round above

and Scone would never rhyme with alone when spoken by a Scot, it rhymes wi' john

[511975m]

This man is legend

in every sense of the word

i am sad i was only a kid when he was alive

it would have been a joy and privilage to witness that voice in the flesh

[rmm413c]

Nice. It's the same tune as "Homes of Donegal" and "Paddy West."

[13Turinturambar13]

Ha! i never noticed that before, but as soon as i saw you wrote that, i noticed it!

[benny266698]

a true giant in his field

[duckiesv]

this is very similar to come my little son.. still, very nice

[oskhen85]

Same tune. I guess this is much older.

[gonenative]

err, sorry Macangusagain:

It's in Scots, which is nothing to do with Gaelic.

[willspear1564]

that's Scots, not scottish Gaelic then, right?

[oskhen85]

This is Scots English. Gaelic is something else entirely.

[polmaccaba]

i agree!! a man from the road

[dubb1995]

I actually believe that i have never heard a song sung better than this. Any song, by anyone, ever! That voice is has a power very rarely heard. Luke is my hero, and i only have to listen to this to know why.

[Macangusagain]

A lovely old song of the Scottish Gaels sung by an Irish Gael of towering voice and talent,almost A capella but as full and musical and lyrical as if played by an orchestra, what a singer !!!

[nickelsmine000]

Love This! Sung With All His Heart!

Thank You,,,,

[parakarter]

A traditional Scottish folk song given the royal treatment by the fantastic late, great Luke. Makes the hair on the back of your neck stand on end! What a voice!

RIP. See ye at the end oo the road.