Merry Ploughboy - Johnny McEvoy

[MusicMadGuy2010]

A great singer, Visually at least he could be the fifth Beatle:)

A very popular singer in Ireland and beyond.

[thomassmith1313]

He hated slavery,so joined the ira.Why didnt they fight to close down the Magdelene Laundries.modern day slavery??????????????

[somersettim]

Bet the hecklers on here quietly like this song xD

[thomassmith1313]

oh were all of to england for a job,for a job,

[slapshot37GNR]

The Germans love Irish folk songs...and that means they have a great taste of music. And for the average dumb-fuck who classifies Germany as Nazi, Fascist Germany, go fuck your self. Know they are being classified as the country that is holding as much of Europe on its back as it can, economically. And for the very, very, very fucking stupid dumb-ass who thinks that the I.R.A started as a terrorist organization, well...I just can't think of a mean enough word. Brit? Maybe...

[eyedotkoma]

would you let a child within 2000miles of these REBELS [defrocked priests]???

[Steely1888]

FTQ

[Steely1888]

fine version, theres so many versions of this great song, Johnny McEvoy done an excellent cover here

[shamrock4500]

I come here to hear the music, not read the trash talk, geez people.

[LoggotyroX32]

We're all off to Dublin in the green in the green, Where the helmets glisten in the sun. Where the bayonettes flash and the rifles crash to the echo of the Thompson gun :D

[nilbud]

@voicesoffear You uneducated bellend.

[mmlm120404]

@ 1:30..... is that Gerry Adams seated at the table?

[larsson71]

Cheers for this!

[PatriotsGame]

till a lightning flash came to my mind haha

[GenghisKhan44]

Ireland's always been a rebellious, confrontational nation...

... yeah, ever since the English invaded.

[3tangle3]

@GenghisKhan44 yes although the picts held out strongly in the north part of the island.

People should be educated that Ireland was pretty much the only stable area of Europe during the dark ages and kept western civilisation going

[GenghisKhan44]

@3tangle3 True dat. Christianity and Europe owes a big debt to Ireland.

Although, the people of this era are erasing many of the things the Emerald Isle saved.

[3tangle3]

@GenghisKhan44 yes. on another note history of british isles incl eire is insane, just having a read and so many groups of people came in since 8000bc.....but the culture changed many through trade and tech changes. The latter gael irish (600-0BC) did some bad raids, but strangely the worse period of history seems to be when the saxons and normans arrive....maybe increasing populations and upheaval in europe caused such barbarity (plus religious differences)...anywho its crazyville!

[GenghisKhan44]

@3tangle3 And of course when the Romans had removed all of their armies from Britannia, they left their colonies virtually defenceless. That must have helped. And of course in the end it did; if it weren't for those raids one young Padraig from Scotland would not have become the world famous patron saint of the Irish - and everything that came with their conversion.

And the Normans... a pompous people... musta thought the whole British Isles belonged to 'em! He he he he.

[Cliathairi]

@GenghisKhan44 Patrick was actually from england... just pointing that out not hating!

[3tangle3]

@Cliathairi hmm no patrick was from modern day west wales coast...dad was a romano british general and mother was local woman......his family would have spoken a language closer to old welsh...english culture had not even really arrived

Source: celtic studies post grad

[Cliathairi]

@3tangle3 are you sure? Where did you get that from? just curious. Being welsh makes him so much better than being english xD

[3tangle3]

@Cliathairi the truth is the welsh culture used to be in england beofre it was invaded by germanic tribes and then final nail was norman french. This is why you irish call the english - huns...as they are from the east..............celts are the first widespread culture to arrive on this island (though iberian first settlers were probs not celtic - so few to be anything.. but similar nonetheless)

[Cliathairi]

@3tangle3 when you say welsh dont you mean celtic britons. Although the welsh are the only celtic britons left in britain. Also i know all about the huns and where they came from. You welsh prbly dont like the english that much.

[3tangle3]

@Cliathairi ok yes the welsh are cornish are the cultural remnants of what was called the britons or brythonic people..............the romans gave us the name britiannia etc.........the english were nowhere to be seen.

genetics of britiain is much more complex and ironic than even the culture............growing of people like me from wales challenging entrenched english views on what it means to be british/english or whatever......we are all one species but i love cultural variety

[3tangle3]

@Cliathairi and***** cornish

[3tangle3]

@Cliathairi sorry for the verbal diaorhea had tiring day lol

[Cliathairi]

@3tangle3 no probs mate =D

[Steely1888]

@Cliathairi - the huns are scattered about parts of Glasgow mate, huns in Scotland, are just like huns in Ireland, they come from one wee part, and we have fenians to counter that, and scot nationalists. Scotland is a celtic country. huns arent the majority here by far, huns over here is probably the equivilent of junkes/scumbags in ireland, theres good n bad everywhere man :)

[Cliathairi]

@Steely1888 yeah true!

[3tangle3]

@Cliathairi the time patrick was alive, the word english had never ever been made

[3tangle3]

@GenghisKhan44 the celtic church was more progressive than the catholic chruch whcih took over after the synod of whitby.....people should never forget...Ireland homegrown christianity was one of the best ever imo,,,and I am a welshman/ cymro :)

[GenghisKhan44]

@3tangle3 The Irish have always been a people on the search for God, I think. Then again, poverty tends to draw a man closer to God. Maybe the Europe and America should learn from them and others like them, and "sell all that [they] possess and distribute it to the poor" (Luke 18:22). It is a difficult verse, though, isn't it?

[3tangle3]

@GenghisKhan44 the irish are part of a relic of a wider ancient pan-european cultures, unsullied and untainted by the roman empire (impressive but repressive)

[machree01]

@voicesoffear actually it is spelt correctly, it was for German television, and Ireland in German is IRLAND.

[baileathacliathfife]

remember a show if you wish to sing a song do sig a irish song sponsered by waltons

[glasgowtalisman]

its a great song but because i know what it means  which is not funny or to laugh at about but i do think the song is magnifient

[andybhoy15]

Is this for german television from ireland or is this in germany ?

Great version though

[machree01]

@andybhoy15 it was filmed in Ireland by a German production company,

for german televison.

[SeldomSheBoredMe]

This was my fav song in the summer of '66 on my family hols in Kilkenny! Up went Nelson!!

[lonepalm58]

@SeldomSheBoredMe

Up Went Nelson indeed! Irleand's entry into the Space Race! :-)

[SiuAdamowskiyaqify]

hmzbin mega aufgewirbelt und ungezogen heute wer mag mit mir schreibn und so

[indiemick]

Tiocfaidh ár lá!!

[1916supermc]

TIOCFAIDH AR LA ,,, FREEDOM ,,

[boy1belfast]

IRELAND FOR THE IRISH..

[paul6j7o]

Iv heard The many many versions of the merry ploughboy and this version is BY FAR the best version iv ever heard!!!Brilliant!!!...And as a bonus dont you think Johnny look alote like a young Paul Mc Cartney?..Up The Republic!!

[taubstumm]

I heard a version of this with very heavy marching drums. Does someone have that one?

[dangledoop]

Could be the Porters version not a patch on Johnny though, this is sublime singing.

[WestLondonDroog]

I loved this during my Summer hols in kilkenny '66!

[PatriotsGame]

"We of our time have played our part in that preseverance, and we have pledged our selves to the dead generations who has preserved intact for us this glorious heritage, that we too will strive to be faithful to the end and pass on this tradition"

[owencfc67]

brilliant version ! up the ra!

[TheBhoyJoe]

This is a weird programme for the Germans, especially back then when everyone had about 2 channels.

Thank fuck it was made though.

[sixtiesarewe]

not weird drive the saxon out

[399192209]

it is callen "Lied für Träumer, Musik für Rebellen".

That means Sons for dreamers, music for rebels.

[caomhghin01]

the reason they dont play these songs is becouse they dont want to rouse up the people

[eyedotkoma]

should have gone to specs-savers, an joined THE BNP, the only fields this merry plough- boy would be ploughing would be OPIUM FIELDS for the talibahn,an wir wimin would retain thir head scarfs but with peek-a-boo- eye slits,up the RA.

[eyedotkoma]

ireland free???what of ??irishmen. they way things are going there gonna behead me, standing in the docks of belfastistan trying to get corkistan

[Elevationary]

That is a shame!!,and a big one.

[Elevationary]

Great Song!,Great looking women back then.

[kyldy]

well the years have come and gone. Johnny is now 42 years older and so are those of us who were around then. Great song. love the songs of Ireland

[TheBhoyJoe]

BRITS OUT!

[eyedotkoma]

no niggers

[Hassar100]

Whatever you think of this song, this is probably the best version I've heard on Youtube. All the others, the Dubliners included, are pedestrian and to me at least, sound disjointed. This one has at least some poetry and spirit.

[allthereds]

just had to listen to it for one more time nothing personal it was my grans lullabye to me didnt get me to sleep but still nodding and dancing

[ida1690]

shame on yea johnny, i will never listen to you again

[TheBhoyJoe]

Well fuck off then, you fucking bigot.

[remeclerk]

jeesus I am so glad them troubles are 'over' I am an ex Brit Army guy, did a 6 month tour, thank god no more!! just enjoy the songs!

[IrishDubliner99]

I believe this song got into the British Top Ten if not to number 1 . of course that was before the 'troubles'

You could hear it on British Radio and Luzembourg but not on Irish State Radio (Radio Eireann) - too funny

[Reservoir1951]

anyone recall the B-side of this single?

[Irish2theCore1916]

He looks like a cross between Paul McCartney and your man outta Rainman.Dustin Holfman..Any Cunt that calls their son DUSTIN needs to have a screw a bit tight...The song is Ace mind ye

[BombasticTrooper]

thay played the chorus in a History Channel show about the Thompson Gun

[03currand03]

this is before the troubles kicked off though

[wilmaohman]

he still sounds good after over 40 years.he has several videos on youtube

[wilde45]

this looks like johnny's local in banagher. did i spell that right?

[masdas67]

in the sun! to the echo of a thomson gun! goan yerself! god bless the gorbals!

[1916supermc]

TIOCFAIDH AR LA ,, BRITS OUT ,,

[uptherah1981]

This is rare....Great!!

[paddybarry]

Great song great video!

[sniper500x]

Excellent Song, thanks for this one mo chara

TAL

[catalpa]

A powerful song by Johnny, a different version that I'm used to. It's a shame Irish radio and t.v. don't play Irish songs, shame on them 'cause this is real Irish music.

When I turn on the radio, I don't want to listen to Boyzone, U2, rap crap, jungle songs,

no I want to listen to Irish singers singing Irish songs, give me Johnny McEvoy, Dubliners, Wolfe Tones, Dublin City Ramblers, Paddy Reilly, Clancys.

[machree01]

and i second that Dardo, thanks for the comment.

[beggo321]

I dont think irish radio and tv will ever play these type of songs because being proud of our nationality in ireland is concidered to be a follower of the IRA

[Elevationary]

Beggo321 Irish radio would be a bunch of bigots to do that.sure look what it is doing to our culture already,it is destroying it,if they took away the songs long ago,it would affect who we are in years to come.sure the British destroyed our language,and now we are talking like them,i think RTE should be ashamed!, to be honest,what i miss most is the Irish Anthem,that is missing from our Television,they are trying to take that away our Sovereign.like the Palestinians.

[beggo321]

Exactly, a few weeks ago when I was in a club I asked the DJ why dont clubs play the national anthem at the end of the night anymore and he said that they are not allowed

[scafs68]

@catalpa good to hear that there is still some decency among the Irish. Why should they promote terrorism ?? This video is apt as Nazi Germany was thankfull to the many Provo's that aided their Fascist cause.

[DaraghPhelan]

great!

[yipchow]

Powerful song.