This is my favorite version of my most favorite Irish song. This whole live cd is great. My Uncle had this in his jukebox in his restaurant Pier 92 in Rockaway Beach, NY (the Irish Riviera) Brings back terrific memories of listening to great tunes with a cold beer overlooking beautiful Jamaica Bay.
brendanmurphy53 It is not Irish, it's Liverpool folk - sea shanty. Embedded in Liverpool's history. Although the city has deep Irish connections. It is my home town, my ancestors came out from Ireland in the eighteen hundreds like hundreds of thousands of others and while the accent and music is similar it is uniquely Scouse - not Irish.
I was just thinking I hadn't heard Irish music in a while and immediately rediscovered The Clancy Brothers: though I love the High Kings version of the song, there is something so charmingly smooth about that's irresistible like a lot of their stuff : )
Lovely song,introduced and sung by Tommy Makem ,a key member of the group,its just a pity that a lot of people seem to forget to mention his name in the group line up.
There is no way we forget Tommy Makem ... my Grandmother gave me a cassette tape of the Reunion Tour as a young boy and I listened to it going to bed each night ... she told me to never forget Tommy. James Joyce wrote about my family in The Dubliners (not kidding) and we are now spread from north of Dublin to Wexford and the broader world ... I weep when I hear these songs.
I was a 16 year old Liverpool sailor when this melody was a big hit. It thrilled me and all these years later it still does. Thanks for the evocation.
My husband's great grandfather was a 19-year-old cabin boy on the Davy Crockett! Captain Burgess was his uncle.
Berta Pettis
Flash bomb catholic priest
On a three-masted ship? 😎
This is my favorite version of my most favorite Irish song. This whole live cd is great. My Uncle had this in his jukebox in his restaurant Pier 92 in Rockaway Beach, NY (the Irish Riviera) Brings back terrific memories of listening to great tunes with a cold beer overlooking beautiful Jamaica Bay.
brendanmurphy53 It is not Irish, it's Liverpool folk - sea shanty. Embedded in Liverpool's history. Although the city has deep Irish connections. It is my home town, my ancestors came out from Ireland in the eighteen hundreds like hundreds of thousands of others and while the accent and music is similar it is uniquely Scouse - not Irish.
A great performer. He can make you cry if you don't watch out.
That's the Irish..laughing one minute,tears the next. I know..I'm 100% Irish,though I'm from America.
Gets my heart strings every time. A beautiful song and performed brilliantly by the Clancy Brothers
I was just thinking I hadn't heard Irish music in a while and immediately rediscovered The Clancy Brothers: though I love the High Kings version of the song, there is something so charmingly smooth about that's irresistible like a lot of their stuff : )
spooky how that happens
Beautiful
love that accent wow such a beautiful song
Lovely, lovely version of an old Sailors song.
i love this next song i this song every week
Man, I really love this song, but those matching sweaters are REALLY killing me. haha
They have a meaning, See www.aransweatermarket.com/history-of-aran-sweaters
Now imagine performing in them, not a little warm at all.
Charming, inspiring, moving, unforgettable !
one of my all time faves in any genre.
Indeed. The mother of all sea songs.
Thanks for posting - one of my favorite Clancy tunes.
Pete Seeger la chante très bien aussi. Belle chanson...
Nostalgia
Loved it, but if the verses had been sung at the same pace as the chorus, you would set the gig on fire. God bless.
Great version
I had a relative that sailed from Liverpool about a hundred years ago. I did the same thing a hundred years later. A poignant song
I like both versions
Lovely song,introduced and sung by Tommy Makem ,a key member of the group,its just a pity that a lot of people seem to forget to mention his name in the group line up.
A top man Tommy! As a young scouser I loved all of their work and it still stands on its own merits.
There is no way we forget Tommy Makem ... my Grandmother gave me a cassette tape of the Reunion Tour as a young boy and I listened to it going to bed each night ... she told me to never forget Tommy.
James Joyce wrote about my family in The Dubliners (not kidding) and we are now spread from north of Dublin to Wexford and the broader world ... I weep when I hear these songs.
@GerryMAKEM lol are you sure of this, seems to be all in your head if you ask me. No one likes a sympathy sponge !!!
Tommy Makem and the Clancys - Bacon and Cabbage verily
It's not necessary to mention Tommy. . If you remember the Clancys then you also remember Tommy. . God bless
this version seems to be a bit slower than the one i'm use to (still a good version mind you) by the cancy bros. and tommy makem
Will Steve G be listening to this come May. YNWA
tony b Not sure, but Brendan Rogers will for sure!
Great I left Liverpool to catch a flight to Dublin on my honeymoon I came back to Leeds
It's still happening in 2018
I sing this to my fiance when i leave home to return to base
Gaelic Storm has a pretty up-tempo version of this song.
what version do you listen to normally? I can't find a faster version x
Evelyn the Pogues
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Lol
I prefer The Pogues version.
Yes they are good but a little bit 'rough'
I hate this version.