The Butcher Boy from a Russian, English, Irish & Scottish folk perspective

[Lu3Zak]

Русская, or Irish, or English ? Do I really care...

when three minutes went by enchanted...

and melody still echoed, I don't remember...

in which language did I cry...

[lewis1936]

Good music is truly universal.

[katekakes]

wow thanks

[wyllieohagan]

@katekakes All the best:)

[bluereflektor]

Super! Excellent video!

[coconut994777]

This is one of my favorite English/Irish songs, and the Russian in this is gorgeous! ♥

[wyllieohagan]

@coconut994777 That's good to hear, thank you for your comments. All the best to you:)

[pepper54100]

russian women voitce ollwayss greate .Very  good

[manmuse126]

Thanks very much nice song ;-)

[wyllieohagan]

Thanks to you too for watching. We went to St Petersburg in Russia last month and met up with this group of women again. They showed us around and we had such a lovely time with them.

Wishing you all the best.

[wyllieohagan]

Thanks for that, We are going to Russia this year, we are artists and our work is in exhibition in Karelia, looking forward to that.

[SFtruckerWolf]

@wyllieohagan Karelia, land what was stolen from Finland.

[wyllieohagan]

Thanks very much for the translation - we didn't know that.

[clarebannerman]

Very very beautiful.--- But then again Russia is such a beautiful country & people.♥

[wyllieohagan]

Isn't it wonderful. We went all the way to Edinburgh from London on one's errand to see this performance:)

[plattform5163]

So nice and peaceful,thanks for sharing!

[wyllieohagan]

You are welcome, thank you for watching.

All the best to you.

[BRACK3N]

Sweet song - beutiful, i love the accent, and the dresses are very vibrant and pretty.

: )

[wyllieohagan]

Thanks very much. We went up to Edinburgh special to see them and to film them. They were really delightful people.

[JohnKongTaipei]

The song is so peaceful and sad, I'm impressed so much my tear is droping.

Thanks

[JohnKongTaipei]

Nice song and folk dress!

Thanks

[standasone37]

Lovely video. I adore the dresses these women singers from St. Petersburg, Russia are wearing.

[HeatProtection]

poor welsh haha

[SKevanescenceFan]

eastern european girls have the best voices!

(haha im a bit of biased..sk girl)

[wyllieohagan]

Thank you for your biased comment there SK.

Wishing you all the best:)

[scotlandboy2]

come on the scotts!!!

[den22thecoast2]

utterly confused by the caption russin, Irish and English... like why go the trouble if you can not even give a simple accurate description.Pity..looks good too.

[wyllieohagan]

Sorry about the confusion there.

We invite you to give us a more apt description for the video. What we want to describe in the title is how one folk song has travelled through Russia, London England and Ireland. The theme of the song is universal, and each country claims it as their own.

Thanks in advance.

[den22thecoast2]

Okay sorry if I sounded abrupt, well how about, The Butcher Boy from a Russian, English & Irish folk perspective. Anyways I did enjoy music.

[wyllieohagan]

Done deed, thanks and all the best.

[den22thecoast2]

Your very welcome, I was'nt expecting you to listen to me, but the best of luck.

[cassiepompom]

Scotland too actually!

[wyllieohagan]

You are right cassiepompom

Apologies for that.

[NatalyDalskaiy]

сооl!!!!!!!!!

[PoohBear02003]

That was just great. Beautiful voices..

Pººhßear

[wyllieohagan]

Thank you for commenting PB, wishing you all the best.

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[alltiptop]

покажите реальную россию - цивилизованную и современную, а то показываете как будто в средневековье живем

show real rossiyu - civilized and modern, and show as though in dark ages live

[dimaobr]

дурак ты, а про уши я вообще молчу

[anuskha94]

nekem ez nem tetszik

[anuskha94]

de azért jó :)

[denisewyllie]

возблагодарите для ваших комментариев оно сделало нами смех вне громко

[denisewyllie]

Это видео показывает как песня может быть историческим соединением между 3 различными странами - Россия, Великобританией и Ирландия. Мы современные визуально художники. Мы не поглощены в прошлом а подтверждаем наследие народного искусства. Для больше информации о нашем современном художественном произведении см. наше место путем искать wyllieohagan. Хорошие желания

[PantyMython]

Congratulations on the feature! It is well deserved! These women have such beautiful voices! The outfits are lovely as well!

[wyllieohagan]

Thank you very much for your kind comments PM.

Wishing you all the best.

[deww1985]

Wonderful song...amazing performance. Being Russian I can fully appreciate what you are doing. Good luck! Hope to see more of your shows.

deww

[wyllieohagan]

Thank you very much for your comments. We are really delighted to hear that you understand what we are doing here with this video. The Koleso women are just wonderful.

We have some lovely Russian artist friends and have exhibited our art in Petrozavodsk.

We only just seen, by looking at your comments that we are No 1 featured today in Russia. What an honour this is for us.

Wishing you all the best.

[xblakoutx]

nice

[evemctelenn]

Hello Clare !

no I do not know this beautiful song !!

regards

Eve

[katalina2007]

This is BEAUTIFUL!!

[wyllieohagan]

Thanks very much K, are you back in Italy now?

[katalina2007]

Yes, fortunately, we are back in Italy with some COOL BREEZES--perhaps we brought the weather BACK with us :D

[wyllieohagan]

Cool breezes - we have our winter socks on...

[katalina2007]

LOL! Yes, that sounds about right!

[thegist08]

Stunningly beautiful, and what a wonderful story behind the song! Fabulous. Thanks!!!

[wyllieohagan]

Thank you very much for your comments. All the best to you.

[thegist08]

Stunningly beautiful, and what a wonderful story behind the song! Fabulous. Thanks!!!

[rexlv2000]

I am going to the concession stand and get a cup of coffee. I like the costumes. Thanks for sharing. :)

[wyllieohagan]

Thanks Rexlv, must appear very low key to our Las Vegas eyes. Wishing you all the best.

[mari27454]

Thanks for this video !!!

[wyllieohagan]

You're welcome Mari, you've been very quiet recently. Wishing you all the best.

[lunigal]

Quite Beautiful,

[wyllieohagan]

Thank you Lunigal

[denisewyllie]

I loved the singing, twirling skirts and story that accompanies this video. Well done Clare.

[wyllieohagan]

Thanks DW:)

[evemctelenn]

Hello Clare !!

thanks for this video !

Eve

[wyllieohagan]

You are welcome Eve. Have you played this song?

[ajdpadbury]

That was wonderful ladies, thanks for bringing this to the small screen!:)

[wyllieohagan]

Good to hear from you AJ, thanks for your comments.

[urneytom]

I second that, it is beautiful.

[wyllieohagan]

Thanks UT

[AndrewPhilp]

That was beautiful.

[wyllieohagan]

Thanks AP

[trevorlucerostudio]

Beautiful. Slow motion twirling dresses in video should be a genre to itself. You caught something totally elegant in the close-up of the woman's face near the beginning.

[wyllieohagan]

Thanks TLS.

Interesting comment about the slo-mo, agree with you there, the action is quite mesmeric.

About the woman - found I was "in the wrong place", for filming having imagined this was the solo-ist.

Happy accidents:)

[tallstevo]

Lovely song, also interesting to hear Maureen's version as well, thanks for the story behind the song :)

[wyllieohagan]

Thanks very much for your comments Tallstevo.

[yellowlabrador]

You're really living it up this year,Cannes, Den helder, edinburgh,Where will we see you next? beautiful video.

[wyllieohagan]

Thank very much for your comments YL.

Where are we going next?

Simple answer - We don't know:)

We don't do regular type holidays.

You are right we do get around - Cannes was an unplanned trip to the Awards Ceremony with Brian Deane's winning film "Without Words".

Den Helder was about our work - and a change of style - we went camping:)

Edinburgh was for work too, and very lovely it was too.

Wishing you all the best:)

[urneytom]

Yes, you are never off the batter!

[maureenderry]

Lovely. Thanks for sending this to me. It is the same Butcher Boy I sing and have posted for you to compere....there are a few changes in the melody of the first verse.Never thought I would hear it in Russian

[wyllieohagan]

Thanks for the response MD. Your Butcher's Boy is the Irish one that we are most familiar with. When filming, I missed the first part of the song as I didn't recognise the change in melody you talk about.

Fortunately, we made a simultaneous digital sound recording, so could edit it into the video.

[FinnishKnife]

This melody definately has an Irish sound to it! It might be english but I could swear...if you went back far enough, somebody Irish had a hand in the original melody! Anyway these sweet girls are lovely and it's nice to see and hear them. Thank you for recording this! You two are wonderful:)

[WitchesSky]

This is hauntingly beautiful! I love it...I had to listen to it twice, thank you for sharing.... x

[wyllieohagan]

Isn't it fab WS? You can't beat a simple song, sung with a good heart.

[pidro1965]

Thanks for Sharing this Video.. it was a really NIce one.. God Bless..

[wyllieohagan]

Thank you for your kind comments, all the best to you.

[CanadianNinjaMonkey]

Very beautiful, thank you :)

[wyllieohagan]

Thank you for your kind comments CNM, wishing you all the best.

[poetess4life61]

Ab Fab Ladies!!!!!! Thank you for sharing! I love you girls!

[wyllieohagan]

Thanks P4L61, we came up from London to Edinburgh in Scotland to film these woman. It was worth the trip. Wishing you all the best:)

[LifeJourneyGuy]

That was BEAUTIFUL! Thanks for sharing that with everybody!! :) :)

[wyllieohagan]

Thanks very much LJG, it is really lovely to receive such a positive response. At times, simplicity of song has such power to move us. What attracted us to this was the way the folk song travels through different countries.

[urneytom]

That was just great, I thought this was an Irish song too. Your mother used to sing it.

[wyllieohagan]

Yes, you are right urneytom, my mother did sing this song in concert,and that's why I thought it was an Irish song. This group performing at Edinburgh is one of the main reasons for us making the trip up to Scotland this year.

[rexlv2000]

The Russian heart has sure had a lot of beatdowns in past history. And it had nothing to do with the common man. These ladies singing are a great inspiration. Thanks for sharing.

[wyllieohagan]

You are so right Rexlv2000. The Russian People have had it tough. The women, with their song is inspirational. Wishing you all the best.

[FSTOPDR]

I have no clue why this came into my head as I was watching this, but I was thinking how well people from different countries get along, until their governments get involved.

I think it was Mark Twain that said something like, "patriotism is what you give your country all of the time and your government when it deserves it." Well, he probably said it 'more better.'

Thanks guys for sharing this!

FSTOPDR

[wyllieohagan]

Thanks for your comments FSTOPDR.

You are spot on there. Most people you'd meet are civil. We share similar experiences no matter where we come from. Song is one of them and that unites us all.

Wishing you all the best.

[FSTOPDR]

I'm relieved about the song. Since I forgot all my Russian, I was afraid that the song was something about the fat guy watching Youtube with the KFC crumbs in his beard and grease stains on his stomach, where the Newcastle Brown bottles start their Olympic tumble down to the floor and rejoin their identical empty twins... all holding up little score cards.

Yikes, what a visual!

FSTOPDR