The Dubliners - Sally Wheatley

[khaoshh1100]

my second name!! :D<3

[flarn2006]

Portal 2

[bellybroom]

he shuda asked sally up to dance, now she`s off giving it to Mr Black and i bet he`ll lap it up then roll over and zzzzzzz.... dirty fecker....

[7oct1936]

Don`t you just Love Sean when he is on top form. It is so effortless!!

Oldgit

[honse1970]

I've Just bought a compilation with Alex Glasgow, mainly because of a song he did for an old television serie. Dance To Thy Daddy. The song "Sally Whitley" is on it, and i prefer this version much more than Dubliners and Bob Fox. It is a Geordie song.

You can buy it on Amazon.uk. (I love the dialect, it´s absolutely fantastic.)

[Hernthemunter]

I've never heard this version before. I'm sure there was a version by Alex Glasgow, but can't find it on here.

[nuttex]

Got here from Portal 2 :D

[Frizkiz]

who sings it? :p

[Holm182]

@Frizkiz

Seán Cannon! :D

[Jarrahnut]

I think the Bob Fox version is a beauty. I saw Bob sing it at a "house" concert in Western Australia. Bob's a nice bloke too. This is a very pleasant effort. I saw the Dubliners perform at the Manchester Free Trade Hall, in 1964. They were terrific. Greetings to one and all from Jarrahnut (Colin).

[skipy936]

Type in Bob fox

[leaningoak]

Sally Wheatley is a Joe Wilson (c.1840-1874), composition and was published in "Bits of Sangs and Homely Stories by Joe Wilson." Published in Newcastle upon Tyne in the late 1880s. The definitive version is considered to be by Alex Glasgow (inc. On Northumbria Anthology). The Bob Fox version is also superb ... hard to go wrong with such a good song.

[Jagunco]

I thought it was a Geordie song... me being a Gerodie :)

[ollieisabellehaas]

ive been waiting for this beautiful song thank you

[jkeppel90]

This sounds like the kind of song Jim Mc Cann would have sung.

[semicroma]

beautiful

[dogsbreath101]

Bob Fox....now yer talking. respect.

[honyden]

it's geordie song it was sung by alex glasgow

[jagunco777]

I never knew the Dubliners sang this... Thought it was a local song!

[s0cietysreject]

Aren't pretty much all of the songs the Dubliners sing classic Irish folk songs that have existed since before they were born?

[djsmurfie]

@s0cietysreject No, in actual fact only a fraction of the songs they sing are Irish - many of them, infact a sizable chunk of them are English and some are Scottish. This song is from Northumbria in northern England - think about the size difference of the two countries: do you think Ireland has a monopoly on traditional music? I could be so bold as to say there's probably far more English folk songs than Irish songs, and many that you think are Irish are actually English...

[tomoole]

@djsmurfie That's quite a sweeping claim - true, there are thousands of fantastic English Folk Songs and Traditional Ballads, as well as Scottish ad Welsh ones, but you are neglecting the element of cross-fertilisation in the folk tradition. Also, I can't be sure, but you possibly have no clue whatsoever about our vast numbers of wonderful songs in the Gaelic Language . . . ? Ditton for wonderful Scottish Songs in Gaelic.

[431pvuf]

@djsmurfie Quite right

[johnwkeppel90]

@djsmurfie Look hard enough and you'll find lots of songs that are originally Irish.

[Jarrahnut]

Yeah, you're bang on, LstCowboy! I like The Dubliners, and this is a nice effort ... but Bob Fox's version is superb. Saw him in Western Australia, a few months ago, in a house concert. Bob was tremendous. He's most underrated. Bob's wife is a lovely person, too.

We don't have to WIN the human race ... just SAVE it ...

Colin Hugh Abbott.

[HabsburgLorraine]

Top notch.

[irishgalsal]

Lovely lovely song......makes my day :o) Hugs, Sally xxx

[LstCowboy]

Bob Fox gets this one right....