Dougie MacLean Tells The Story Of Caledonia

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  • @christinelynch6611
    @christinelynch6611 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The lyrics of this song touch me to the core and express my personal feelings perfectly. Thank you Dougie for writing and performing it. I never tire of hearing it. ❤

  • @Isa-ix8oi
    @Isa-ix8oi ปีที่แล้ว +10

    My dad and I were separated when I was young and he decided to call me Caledonia after this song so when I hear it it's like listening to my dad's spirit singing to me. Makes me weep.

    • @gabrielewolter4182
      @gabrielewolter4182 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you so much for sharing this❤❤❤from Scotland🌈🐬Gabriele 🐉🌺

    • @MikeLickorish
      @MikeLickorish 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That is a GREAT name!

  • @DougKing4416
    @DougKing4416 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This song actually made me cry every time I tried to sing it. But I persevered and I 'think' I can do it now without crying, maybe the emotion will remain though. Thank you Dougie , from one Doug to another!

  • @tomxrt2650
    @tomxrt2650 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Caledonia is my favourite song ! Absolutely love it. Thanks for writing it Dougie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 whenever I’m missing Scotland I play this song. I’ve literally just returned from a trip to the highlands and Caledonia was played many times on the trip south. 😢

  • @Hughesbayou
    @Hughesbayou ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Caledonia is a stand in for any place in your past that you are nostalgic for. You wrote a beautiful song expressing a universal feeling of life lived an love won and lost and won again and that sense of some mythical home that you wish to return to but it's kind of back there in the mists of time. Thanks so much.

  • @davidpage3893
    @davidpage3893 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dougie McLean is a gifted talented songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and vocalist. It is so clear he is often dubbed the “James Taylor of Scotland”. Listening to him talk about his love for music, performing and telling stories about his upbringing and working with other musicians is enjoyable to hear. I had the pleasure seeing Dougie 2 times at the Grand in Ellsworth, Maine. He was very open and approachable and I talked to him for a few minutes after those 2 shows. He’s very sincere and he’s the real deal, nothing fake about him at all. Hey Dougie…when you read this when will you be coming back to Maine? Please come back 😀.
    David Page.

  • @sundialsoft
    @sundialsoft 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    So glad he is a nice bloke. It's a great song and being Scottish and living in England it has that wee bit something extra for me.

    • @ianmedium
      @ianmedium 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I used to live in Rowerdennan before moving to Vancouver and remember seeing him in Concert in Vancouver. The show was excellent and Dougie was a really lovely guy. Staying after the show and having a drink and chat with everyone, no Aires and graces, no ego, just a lovely fellow.

  • @caroleyre9144
    @caroleyre9144 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of my Wee Scottish Mum’s favourites …I love you Mum always. ❤️🌻☘️

  • @gabrielewolter4182
    @gabrielewolter4182 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Dear Dougie,
    thank you for telling the story about 'Caledonia'❣
    Hearing it again,i just realized that i got a calling through it to move to Scotland.
    I heard it first delivered from a German guy,who got to know you once,Wulf Schnaase is his nane.And i was flooded with tears and at that moment my soul's door has been kicked open before i put even a food on the land.
    So many years later i live now 7 1/2 years in Caledonia and i just wait on the result of my apoeal to get my unlimited status.
    Loads of love,miracles and blessings to you Doogie and everyone who loves❤❤❤❤❤From Scotland🌈🐬 Gabriele 🐉🌺
    PS: let me tell you that i love you and that i think about it all the time,Caledonia you're calling me. ....❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @peterbrachtel1131
    @peterbrachtel1131 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am bawarian. I love This Song. Caledonia means for all the People around the world „the place where i come from …“ like Country roads. I am living 500 km from where i come from. From „my caledonia“😊

  • @deniscoulson804
    @deniscoulson804 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    It's a beautiful song , loved it from the first verse the first time I heard it ,lovely lyrics Dougie !

  • @GrahamByrne63
    @GrahamByrne63 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    My daughter loves it that much dougie she was 8 year old and started singing Caledonia,Ellie’s voice is amazing for her 1st time singing a song,ive put it in you tube,

  • @TheMimifur
    @TheMimifur 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Dear Dougie has just claimed Scotland this year. The concerts, the craic. Such a a lovely man

  • @TheHendoncat
    @TheHendoncat 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The fact that he didn’t say “I wrote this” and had the craic with the folks in the pub tells you what a class guy Dougie is

  • @roberthelton9432
    @roberthelton9432 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My great grandmother was named Caledonia. Lovely name and beautiful song.

  • @ThePhiloaussie08
    @ThePhiloaussie08 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Good on ya Dougie. Always love to hear you sing and Caledonia has such great words that can have so much meaning in life as we go about ones life..... Best wishes P .

  • @radleytube
    @radleytube 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    A Living Scottish Legend ! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, this song is up there with Burns songs.

  • @zacharytaylor3399
    @zacharytaylor3399 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I play Caledonia when I feed my newborn son. Thanks Dougie, from America!

  • @cindyrissal3628
    @cindyrissal3628 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It may add a sense of belonging, but the melody really reaches out to me❤

  • @grendel_nz
    @grendel_nz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A wonderful contribution and it can have lovely harmonies. Love songs with good range :)

  • @frankmclean8127
    @frankmclean8127 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    WonderfuL!
    I saw him in Nova Scotia.
    He’s great!

  • @Techknowverse
    @Techknowverse ปีที่แล้ว

    Outstanding song.

  • @heathermarsh8757
    @heathermarsh8757 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    beautiful song ,

  • @mrlionrocks
    @mrlionrocks 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Im from kruger south Africa, makes me want to go to Scotland 🦁🥃

  • @tablature6121
    @tablature6121 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A modern day Bobbie Burns, my favorite poet of all time.

  • @theMermaidRhonda
    @theMermaidRhonda 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I hope to see you again soon my friend!

  • @billyvan8362
    @billyvan8362 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Caledonia....the named given by the ancient Romans..God Bless..lovely song..

  • @_i_am_unceded
    @_i_am_unceded 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    i think about home all the time
    I don't know if you can see
    The changes that have come over me
    In these last few days I've been afraid
    That I might drift away
    So I've been telling old stories, singing songs
    That make me think about where I came from
    And that's the reason why I seem
    So far away today
    Oh, but let me tell you that I love you
    That I think about you all the time
    Caledonia you're calling me
    And now I'm going home
    If I should become a stranger
    You know that it would make me more than sad
    Caledonia's been everything
    I've ever had
    Oh and I have moved and I've kept on moving
    Proved the points that I needed proving
    Lost the friends that I needed losing
    Found others on the way
    Oh and I have tried and kept on trying
    Stolen dreams yes there's no denying
    I have traveled far with conscience flying
    Somewhere with the wind
    Oh, but let me tell you that I love you
    That I think about you all the time
    Caledonia you're calling me
    And now I'm going home
    If I should become a stranger
    You know that it would make me more than sad
    Caledonia's been everything
    I've ever had
    Now I'm sitting here before the fire
    The empty room, the forest choir
    The flames that could not get any higher
    They've withered now they've gone
    But I'm steady thinking my way is clear
    And I know what I will do tomorrow
    When the hands are shaken and the kisses flow
    Then I will disappear
    Oh, but let me tell you that I love you
    That I think about you all the time
    Caledonia you're calling me
    And now I'm going home
    If I should become a stranger
    You know that it would make me more than sad
    Caledonia's been everything
    I've ever had

  • @jeffreyhoward6319
    @jeffreyhoward6319 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Being Appalachian and residing now in the deep south I can relate to it

    • @jeffreyhoward6319
      @jeffreyhoward6319 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Appalachia and the Deep South are probably about as different as Scotland is to East Anglia.

  • @fredlyr1
    @fredlyr1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I saw Dougie at the Edmonton Folk festival back in '02, i think. In his intro he said that he encountered a very drunk man outside of a pub in Glasgow singing Caledonia to his rapidly departing wife.

  • @mkmendenhall1531
    @mkmendenhall1531 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    And it made me want to have a daughter and name her thus

  • @bhavesh.g.gadhia2188
    @bhavesh.g.gadhia2188 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    💐🙏

  • @vincentangler
    @vincentangler 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Go raibh maith agat, for this might song. It will stand the test of time

  • @tridentmusic5570
    @tridentmusic5570 ปีที่แล้ว

    Home. Where you "belong" fundametally important to health and well-being. Especially when Bastards try to take it away..........

  • @dustin7907
    @dustin7907 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Albain abu

  • @jockmcghee4147
    @jockmcghee4147 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cultural enrichment! Plenty!