Silly Wizard Live - Land O' The Leal

Song lyrics are included at the end of this description.

This song was written by Lady Carolina Nairne of Perthshire, Scotland (1766-1845.)

The video was filmed in Atlanta, Georgia on April 1, 1988. This song has always been one of my favorites, but this performance is even more touching to me now that Johnny has passed away. I hope that he has found his own land o' the leal.

This song can also be found on Andy M. Stewart's CD "Man in the Moon."

Silly Wizard members in this clip:

Andy M. Stewart: lead vocals, tenor banjo, whistle
Phil Cunningham: accordion, piano, synthesizers, whistle, cittern, vocals
John Cunningham: fiddle, vocals
Gordon Jones: guitar, bodhran, vocals
Martin Hadden: bass guitar, keyboards, guitar, vocals

I'm wearin' awa, Jean,
Like snaw-wreaths in thaw, Jean
I'm wearin' awa' tae the Land o' the Leal
There's nae sorrow there, Jean,
There's neither cauld nor care, Jean
The day is aye fair in the Land o' the Leal

Ye aye were leal and true, Jean
Your task is ended noo, Jean
And I'll welcome you tae the Land o' the Leal
Our bonnie bairn's there, Jean
She was baith guid and fair, Jean
And oh, we grudged her sair, tae the Land o' the Leal

So dry that tearful ee, Jean,
My soul longs tae be free, Jean
And angels wait on me in the Land o' the Leal
So fare-thee-weel my ain Jean,
This world's care is vain, Jean
We'll meet and aye be fain, in the Land o' the Leal

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[LindsayCurran]

God love Johnny, Andy - The Silly Wizards - & NoRefillsLeft - for posting! These 1988 Atlanta Georgia Concert live vids are dazzling gems not just for.the hauntingly lovely music - the introductory banter: PRICELESS! Thank you -

[NoRefillsLeft]

@LindsayCurran You're very welcome. :)

[NoRefillsLeft]

10,000 views! January 7, 2010 - 1:00 p.m. Thanks all for watching. :)

[SlightlySusan]

Unfortunately, I did not discover Silly Wizard until they were about to break up. This is the first time I have heard this gorgeous song. Thank you so much for posting it.

[NoRefillsLeft]

This song is on Andy M. Stewart's CD "Man In The Moon," which is a wonderful album. One of the songs, the title track, is here on YouTube - you should check it out. The CD is still in print and available on Amazon. :)

[powdergirl7]

I love Silly wizard and Andy Stewart! Thank you so very much for sharing this!! Were you there?!? Have you any more? Thanks again!!

[NoRefillsLeft]

No, I wasn't there, wish I was, but at least they made a great video.

I have the entire concert on video, but (a) hesitate to post more due to ye auld copyright issues, and (b) my computer broke. :) Also, I really do my best to respect the rights of artists to collect their royalties. I hope these 3 clips are sort of a "trailer" for their music. :D

The video has been out of print for years and I can't find any to buy. Hopefully the band members will get this show out on DVD some day.

[uniroyal]

Thank you for sharing.

This is the song I wish for my own funeral.

[unibomber63]

nothing has captured johnny as well as this video, both as an artist and as the truely witty, son of gael that was johnny, you still make me laugh brother.

[mlwoote01]

Beautiful. "neither cold nor care Jean, in the land O' the leal"

[DaiReborn]

I was fine until he said his baby was there already. I have three in the land of the leal.

[mlwoote01]

I heard this song in high school, and I never forgot it.

[jimscarff]

Bless you for posting this and the other Silly Wizard videos. Of the 500+ Celtic CDs I own, Live Wizardry is clearly the best. I have all the Silly Wizard CDs, all the Andy M. Stewart CDs, and seen Andy, Phil and Johnny probably a dozen times. Andy's voice still gives me chills. Nobody else since has been as magical as Silly Wizard.

[MsKwwf]

This is wonderful to see and hear. This summer while visiting Scotland I was privileged to hear Andy Steward perform at a private concert, apparently his first one in a long time, and this was one of the songs he sang. Apparently he had such a good time at the concert that he is planning to resume his singing career. I hope so.

[TheGuerrillaPoet]

I've seen and met Andy a couple of times. He's a very nice man, funny as hell, and knows how to give you chills with a haunting song....chills like I'm having right now.

[gaconnochie]

@Gillian1746 "This song is a traditional Jacobite song" I don't think it has anything to do with the Jacobites and nothing in the lyric suggests it would be. She was seemingly deeply moved by the death of her friends only daughter and wrote this song. In the song one partner is dying and tells the other to not worry as they will soon see their long since deceased daughter in heaven - and of course sometime in the future they will see also them again in heaven too. It is about love and death

[biologyfreak101]

i was trying to listen to this while studying in the library, but i'm forced to stop cause i'm going into hysterics!!!

[jehouse]

Wow, I was at this show.

[DasHearach]

What an absolutely fantastic fiddler Johnny was. And what a brilliant band of tallent!