Wild Mountain Thyme

[erickamano]

wonderful

[oldwhtman]

You sang that beautifully. The guitar and your voice merged together just right. My taste exactly. Happy holidays to you.

[LibertyIsNotGiven]

@oldwhtman

Thank you. And likewise (belatedly).

[fingerpickinfan]

Loved this arrangement !

[LibertyIsNotGiven]

@fingerpickinfan

Thank you. :)

[AntarcticDreamer]

I've never heard that third verse. I love it when I come across new verses to songs I know :) And this is a really nice version. You've got a nice touch on the guitar, too.

[LibertyIsNotGiven]

@AntarcticDreamer

Kind of you. Thanks.

[epatha44]

Very talented ! And lovely song too !

[mmmpoetry]

great job!

[FunkmasterA997]

Damn. This is better than I thought it'd be.

[sabinaalcielo99]

wonderful thans for the lyric... linda cancion, saludos de un inmigrante salvadorenio, en va, ee.uu

[MstrirSage]

Very nice. I uploaded a version of this song too. It's just such a pretty song.

[TwilightZin]

Comment from one of my facebook friends who liked your video: "No, not like...love that! What a gorgeous voice!"

[gitfarrell]

A Guy from Belfast wrote this song his name was William McPeake.I suppose thats something else to fight about.

[rbloch66]

Love the video !!!! The sound quality is great and I absolutely love the video effect.

Good stuff.!!!

[dreadedjollyroger]

It doesn't matter where the song comes from so much is that it's here; it doesn't matter who wrote it, because the author has long since passed; what matters is the music, because if it is loved, it will last.

[Thehoneythief]

irishpride9999, like all of your kind, you try to lay claim to almost all that is good in my country. That is a Scottish folk song, get over yourself. Good song mate, buy you a beer anytime.

[andrewshere]

Yes, this Scottish/Irish debate seems to go round and round. I don't know why...I've never heard an Irishman say 'Lassie' in my life. Plenty of Scots, though. Not to mention that famous Scottish heather...

[irishpride9999]

Fine. Haha Its a fine song. Us Irish still have Four Green Fields and Danny Boy ha ha.

[3tangle3]

@Thehoneythief irish and scots gaelic very close though

[irishpride9999]

one corretion. Irish folk song. Not scottish. But fairly well done. No tommy makem but not bad.

[DRsideburns]

very well done.

one lyric nitpick :) "and return with our spoils to the bower OF my dearie"

this is a beautiful song. reminds me so much of last summer...

[LibertyIsNotGiven]

My lyrics read, "...bower o' my dearie."

[scrapman999]

@LibertyIsNotGiven your lyrics right, we will be playing your video at our burn's nights supper tonight, good on yer.

[LibertyIsNotGiven]

@scrapman999

Thanks. :)

[bollockslo]

I absolutely love this song since the first time I heard it. I was on holiday in Scotland in a little pub and all the people started singing it..and this version is really lovely. I long to come to Scotland again. Bye from Italy

[NirvanaXDarkness]

wow...We used to sing this in school. It pulls back a lot of memories...your version is beautiful. thank you so much for that.. :')

[Sean2Ireland]

This is a very mellow and delightful version, quite lovely. Good job! You sound wonderful! Makes me want to return to my own wild mountain

[dylancoutts28]

nice version!

can i ask if you have tuned your guitar down a tone for this? Ehat are the strings tuned to?

thank you!

[nedroberts123]

Beautiful performance.

[murlach1]

just want to say brill playing and also its not a scottish song it was wrote by a singing piper in belfast nothern ireland called Francis Mcpeake

all the best,

Murlach

[CaptainBlood07]

This is my favorite version on youtube. So simple and pure...beautiful. :)

[altaskier409]

One of the top versions on youtube, very heartfelt and well sung. So many people sing this song right, you sing it just right. nice job, I could listen to your version all day.

[LibertyIsNotGiven]

Thank you much. :)

[BWF89]

Video no longer available for some reason. You delete it?

[LibertyIsNotGiven]

Just got a PM from someone having the same problem. It's working for me. I dunno....

[BWF89]

It's working now for me also. Guess it was just YouTube messing up.

[TwilightZin]

I get the black screen and a message that it's no longer available.

[TwilightZin]

Working now. Go figure.

[kitkat11642]

We are doing this song for our Choir Class. It is all girls so it sounds different and we are using a piano. But yours is really good.

[ThisWasPompeii]

Beautiful. Hard to find a good version of this song because most singers overdo it. This is a lovely, gentle rendition.

[LibertyIsNotGiven]

Thank you very much, ThisWasPompeii.

[ThisWasPompeii]

I listened to maybe 30 versions, many by famous people. None came close to yours. The only other version I like (almost) as much is by an obscure Vermont folksinger named Diane Zeigler. Unfortunately she has little presence on YouTube. I don't know why this song is so easy to get wrong, but when you hear so many different bands and singers get it wrong in exactly the same way (forced, labored) you have to conclude that most who sing the song don't understand it.

[driftingmeadow]

You sang that so well. could you please send the chords. I cannot find the right ones anywhere on the internet. Thanks for the wonderful video.

[LibertyIsNotGiven]

Driftingmeadow, thank you. I do not have the chords to this song written down anywhere. Made some changes as needed and just committed it memory as I learned. However, I can offer this:

D - G - D - G - D - G - D/F# - Bm - A(something!) - G - D/F# - G - A (slide to 5 on high E) - D - G - D

And that repeats for each verse. Enjoy, and I hope it's accurate enough to use. :)

[fwad23]

well done!

[mredtheanalyst]

Yes very nice version but the very very best is by the Byrds

[fracturedminds]

This is what I love about YouTube - I stumbled accross this by accident and it blew me away - For me, this is the best version I have ever heard.

[LibertyIsNotGiven]

That's a supremely kind comment. Thank you.

[impryat]

nice version

[5y89sdfih]

Wow, I had no idea you could sing. That was great.

[LordInksworth]

superb, thanks for posting this. Ya wee beauty!

[Aleksandr711]

Good job; dont agree with everything you say; but it's much easier for humans to connect through the universal language of music.

[TheraminTrees]

Beautiful voice, beautiful playing, beautiful song. Cheers to Luke12000 for featuring this and pointing me this way.

[PeachedJesus]

Aww. Thank you Eugene. You sang me a lullaby while I enjoyed the inebriation of the forbidden vegetation. I sat here as a Noble Childe as the bard sang of thyme.

[Luke12000]

I've listen to this so many times that I've featured it for easy reference!

Very rich and peaceful sound.

[LibertyIsNotGiven]

Thanks, Luke.  I appreciate that.

[D4Shawn]

Every nice Mr. Ling. Keep 'em coming!

[D4Shawn]

*very nice

Every nice? What does that mean?

[Luke12000]

NOTHING ASSHOLE!!!

[D4Shawn]

Listen pal: Do you have any idea who I am? For one thing, I'm totally famous on YouTube. Plus, I'm #1 in Japan! How dare you speak to me in ALL CAPS! マグレブ 新幹線 鉄道 電車 中央新幹線 磁気浮上式鉄道!!!

[LibertyIsNotGiven]

**"How many of these you got?"

Webcams or songs? One and many, respectively. Heh heh.

Thanks for the kind words.

[neutrinoide]

Dude. Can you record a song for my Freedomain intro video? =vGok8zDs1zM

[neutrinoide]

Better yet. Let make a musicvideo :P

[LibertyIsNotGiven]

Neutrinoide, what do you have in mind? I might have something already recorded that you can use. I've got everything from folk like this song to electronica, rock and metal.

[cthulhucallsu]

Holy crap! Your good! Maybe you should stop making youtube videos and get s few gigs or go onto American Idol or something.

[Rorshak1313]

Beautiful! 5 stars and favorited!

You should put out an album in the near future. This and the music on your myspace are great.

[FistsoFuckinFreedom]

Musicians are the ultimate agorists.  I've never known a musician that didn't get pay under the table.

[cujothekitten]

Wow, you sound great!

[LibertyIsNotGiven]

Thanks, cujo.

[qtronman]

Wow, very nice. Is that audio unedited?

[LibertyIsNotGiven]

Thanks, qtron. The audio is unedited, save for a slight amount of room reverb. The webcam mic was just too damn dry to leave alone.

[Freig]

You're good man. I remember you mentioning you played guitar, but I didn't know you sang too. This is good stuff. I'll be checking your stuff out on Myspace. I really like the old folk type stuff, not enough of it out there these days. Keep it up man.

[LibertyIsNotGiven]

Just got your add, Freig.  Thanks, man.

[TruthHidden]

That was absolutely amazing. Very good tenor voice.

[EntertainedWatcher]

dude, awesome!

[BWF89]

That was good and I normally listen to metal. It's going in my favorites.

I'm sure a lot of girls would go for a guy who can play the guitar and has a good voice like that. I don't know how much of it was edited by SoundForge but it doesn't' sound like a whole lot.

Maybe you'll get that hot brunette or redhead you wanted in your 5 things video.

[LibertyIsNotGiven]

BWF, thank you much. Oddly enough, my roots are in rock and metal. I've made a concerted effort to learn bluegrass and folk styles only over the last three years or so. Maybe I'll eventually post something plugged in.

My current band situation is schizophrenic. Playing twice per week, rock and metal on weekends, bluegrass and folk on weekdays. And it's the same core guys doing it all. It's both hilarious and weird, and it's usually a blast.

[blakethepacifist]

Great job man

[robshred66]

I assume you used a bit of reverb on the vid as a whole?

[LibertyIsNotGiven]

Yeah, a slight bit of room 'verb via Sound Forge.

[RussellsParadox]

*does not believe this was actually you*

[atypicalguy]

So is it just a lip-sync or a guitar-sync as well?

[LibertyIsNotGiven]

**"So is it just a lip-sync or a guitar-sync as well?"**

'Tis neither. I'm AcousticNoise on MySpace if you want to hear more (though most of it is rather rough, like this).

[brainpolice2]

Not bad. You got a decent tenor voice.