The Chieftains - The Star of the County Down (Live Over Ireland)

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  • The Chieftains - The Star of the County Down (Live Over Ireland)
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  • @celticcheetah6371
    @celticcheetah6371 3 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    My Granny was from Country Down. This was her favourite song. Even when she was quite far gone with dementia she still came alive to music. Particularly folk songs. It was so moving. I remember one visit when she didn’t know who I was - thought I was her Mum - but still joined in when i sang ‘Star of the County Down’. Remembered all the lyrics.
    The last time I saw her, I knew she was dying, because she didn’t recognise her tunes any more. She kept saying the same thing, over and over: ‘the original was so beautiful. Why did they have to change it’.

    • @penyarol83
      @penyarol83 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      very allegorical, her last line... Thanks for sharing.

    • @eightapeach2861
      @eightapeach2861 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for sharing

    • @j.kaimori3848
      @j.kaimori3848 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rest in peace granny, star of the county down.

    • @purposedrivenvoice
      @purposedrivenvoice 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      im in 🇺🇸 and have been hooked on this song since I heard it at a irish pub ... may I know what the original lyrics were

    • @250watts
      @250watts 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      This made cry! I haven't cried since 1995

  • @dm9078
    @dm9078 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    The best version of this song I’ve ever heard. Van Morrison is incomparable.

  • @lefuedebout
    @lefuedebout 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Often I heard my father say... "and I said said I" ... "and he said he ".... precious memories.

  • @evelynoconnor3062
    @evelynoconnor3062 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    ANOTHER GREAT PERFORMANCE FROM.THE VERY TALENTED, VAN MORRISON WITH THE ALWAYS BRILLIANT MUSIC OF THE CHIEFTAINS

  • @RicardoRuiz-ky3yv
    @RicardoRuiz-ky3yv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Form México i love this music is so sweet 😍🥰

  • @TheKgv1
    @TheKgv1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    They sure don't make stuff like this anymore....Rosie McCann would be proud of you lads, a timeless Irish sound🙂

  • @DisturbedLunatic22
    @DisturbedLunatic22 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Ireland has such beautiful music especially this.

    • @brianbyrne3003
      @brianbyrne3003 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      An ethereal soulful language

    • @Wotsitorlabart
      @Wotsitorlabart ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@brianbyrne3003
      But an English tune.

  • @sherlockgnomes8971
    @sherlockgnomes8971 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Growing up singing in this car with my Dad and my Gran. I truly love the power of music. Beautiful song and beautiful memories.

  • @johncooper1165
    @johncooper1165 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Van Morrison is a living Legend 💙

    • @socratesgoulas9036
      @socratesgoulas9036 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      So is Paddy Moloney!!!
      Greetings from Hellas!

  • @QRS666
    @QRS666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Love how he sings the 2nd verse last. Done the same so many times haha. Love this version

  • @superstar85ca
    @superstar85ca 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    My all time favourite version of this song. This live recording. I love Derek Bell's piano playing, such a great left bass hand

    • @normandisc7000
      @normandisc7000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      J'adore aussi cette version. Ecoute celle des Orthodox Celts car elle est magnifique.

  • @jel517
    @jel517 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    My father sung it and played it on the pipes. One of his favorites

  • @socratesgoulas9036
    @socratesgoulas9036 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Chiftains the LEGENDS!!! Van beloved!

  • @Ricky_Huynh
    @Ricky_Huynh ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The Star of the County Down this version is so cool

  • @wooyoungow5327
    @wooyoungow5327 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Much love from Greece. I really enjoy Irish music!

  • @mabruksadeg1378
    @mabruksadeg1378 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Near Banbridge town in the county down
    One morning last july,
    From a boreen green came a sweet colleen
    And she smiled as she passed me by.
    She looked so sweet fronn her two bare feet
    To the sheen of her nut brown hair.
    Such a coaxing elf, sure I shook myself
    For to see I was really there.
    From bantry bay up to derry quay and
    From galway to dublin town,
    No maid I've seen like the brown colleen
    That I met in the county down.

  • @user-zo2wu9nw5y
    @user-zo2wu9nw5y 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    this is my absolute favorite!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @user-si7os3kx1h
    @user-si7os3kx1h 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    僕は日本人ですしかしこの歌にはなぜか懐かしさを感じます😃とても素晴らしい動画に会えました

  • @shaunbyrne1197
    @shaunbyrne1197 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    It's a great short version of the song and good to hear it again. I miss the late Mr. Bell's 'ding dongs' in the gaps. Bless him.

  • @clintclintonforshortbonser736
    @clintclintonforshortbonser736 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Van Morrison and paddy moloney. Genius. God bless them.

  • @Wuei108
    @Wuei108 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Simply the best.

  • @Tommy1977777
    @Tommy1977777 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    what a great song.

  • @rpm1796
    @rpm1796 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Tiger's Bay, Belfast, 92'...crazy times.☮

  • @socratesgoulas9036
    @socratesgoulas9036 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Pure Ireland. Beautiful Dublin.

    • @johnlavery6116
      @johnlavery6116 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ..Greetings from Ireland

    • @dannymcnamara2554
      @dannymcnamara2554 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Greece amazing!!🇬🇷🇮🇪👍🏻

  • @MacKlaus71
    @MacKlaus71 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona Duit! Happy st. Patrick Day! Slàinte!

  • @Wuei108
    @Wuei108 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Near Banbridge town, in the County Down
    One morning in July
    Down a boreen green came a sweet colleen
    And she smiled as she passed me by.
    She looked so sweet from her two white feet
    To the sheen of her nut-brown hair
    Such a coaxing elf, I'd to shake myself
    To make sure I was standing there.
    From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay
    And from Galway to Dublin town
    No maid I've seen like the sweet colleen
    That I met in the County Down.
    As she onward sped I shook my head
    And I gazed with a feeling rare
    And I said, says I, to a passerby
    "Who's the maid with the nut-brown hair?"
    He smiled at me, and with pride says he,
    "That's the gem of Ireland's crown.
    She's young Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann
    She's the star of the County Down."
    I've travelled a bit, but never was hit
    Since my roving career began
    But fair and square I surrendered there
    To the charms of young Rose McCann.
    I'd a heart to let and no tenant yet
    Did I meet with in shawl or gown
    But in she went and I asked no rent
    From the star of the County Down.
    At the crossroads fair I'll be surely there
    And I'll dress in my Sunday clothes
    And I'll try sheep's eyes, and deludhering lies
    On the heart of the nut-brown rose.
    No pipe I'll smoke, no horse I'll yoke
    Though with rust my plow turns brown
    Till a smiling bride by my own fireside
    Sits the star of the County Down.

    • @aileenburke4667
      @aileenburke4667 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for the lyrics!!

    • @Wuei108
      @Wuei108 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@aileenburke4667 🍀

    • @davidfitzgerald7149
      @davidfitzgerald7149 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Beautiful 😁

    • @Wuei108
      @Wuei108 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@davidfitzgerald7149 💮

    • @TravisKearney
      @TravisKearney 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Cailín for those interested.

  • @corneliuscarr9188
    @corneliuscarr9188 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Paddy and the boys got a northern lad to join in. Way to make them all one!

    • @mjw12345
      @mjw12345 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Well, Ulster-Scotsman Derek Bell performed with the Chieftains for almost 3 decades until his sudden death in 2002. A brilliant artist and an MBE for good measure.

    • @virginiaconnor8350
      @virginiaconnor8350 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We sing a hymn to this song in our Anglican Catholic Church. I've heard versions of this sung alternately in Gaelic by Paddy and English by Van.

    • @virginiaconnor8350
      @virginiaconnor8350 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mjw12345 How many in the group are still alive by now? Are they still preforming? Paddy looks like a Roman Catholic monsignor I know.

    • @mjw12345
      @mjw12345 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@virginiaconnor8350 Except for Derek all alive I think. Their planned 2020 US tour 'The Irish Goodbye' cancelled as well as invite to the Biden Inauguration cancelled due to pandemic. Nothing shows now on their website - I'd be surprised if any more tours..

  • @andyrendell7430
    @andyrendell7430 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Yep,Van's The Man, unmistakable. ..

  • @bettiemccall9671
    @bettiemccall9671 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Outstanding!!!!💚

  • @michaelking9772
    @michaelking9772 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is how it should be .!!!!

  • @ICTS22
    @ICTS22 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was introduced to this song by The Kelly Family during their later years. While I like their versions the best, this one is pretty cool to hear too. That man has a really soulful voice.

  • @silviasimula9036
    @silviasimula9036 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Beautiful

  • @JohnWhite-dm1se
    @JohnWhite-dm1se 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love this! I can trace my family roots all the way back to County Down. Dufferin to be exact.

    • @carnalea2424
      @carnalea2424 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      English family but we lived in County Down for a while- great memories.

  • @thomascassidy8347
    @thomascassidy8347 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Lovely bouncy version !!

  • @michaeltingle816
    @michaeltingle816 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I LIKE THEIR VERSION OF THIS SONG !!!!! IT SOUNDS DIFFERENT WITH THE ILLIAN PIPES !!!!!!

  • @mariekelly2016
    @mariekelly2016 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Sorry I have always thought this song should have been sung as a ballad slowly, I have always sung it to my children and grandchildren to calm them down to sleep, I am Irish and lived in co Antrim straight across Belfast Lough looking over Hollywood co down, to me it's a ballad I would love to hear someone play it slowly it's quite haunting ☘️

  • @anthonysmith1625
    @anthonysmith1625 ปีที่แล้ว

    Absolute brilliance

  • @bonnieprincecharlie774
    @bonnieprincecharlie774 8 ปีที่แล้ว +258

    This is Van Morrison singing along with the Chieftains, it would be nice if you could credit him in the title.

    • @StatusQuoK
      @StatusQuoK 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      If nobody can recognize his voice they don't need to know

    • @eringobragh6507
      @eringobragh6507 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Needs no introduction.

    • @johnmc3862
      @johnmc3862 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It would.

    • @andyyagoub9429
      @andyyagoub9429 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes he should

    • @jameshawk8995
      @jameshawk8995 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      just put on your mask, get vaxed bonnie and shut up!

  • @norak4760
    @norak4760 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I'm eleven and from German. I love this song

    • @250watts
      @250watts 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Fair play an outstanding taste in music at 11. Wow.

  • @columbiamayor
    @columbiamayor 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Requiescat in pace, Paddy.

    • @RKHageman
      @RKHageman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Paddy's gone? Mo thruaigh, that's sad.

  • @charlesstagmer5634
    @charlesstagmer5634 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Van needs no credit. He knows what he's worth

  • @edgarrodriguez8514
    @edgarrodriguez8514 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    bueno refresca escuchar esta rareza para mi

  • @user-wt2ep7xf2u
    @user-wt2ep7xf2u 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ilike very much!!!

  • @kenny13ghost
    @kenny13ghost 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    nice~

  • @ErinScope
    @ErinScope 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yeahoooooooooooooo.

  • @reredrumuoy
    @reredrumuoy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Featuring Van The Man Morrison.

  • @saintkevin777
    @saintkevin777 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In Banbridge Town in the County Down
    One morning last July,
    From a boreen green came a sweet colleen
    And she smiled as she passed me by
    She looked so sweet fronn her two bare feet
    To the sheen of her nut brown hair
    Such a coaxing elf, sure I shook myself
    For to see I was really there
    From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and
    And from Galway to Dublin Town,
    No maid I've seen like the brown colleen
    That I met in the County Down
    At the Harvest Fair she'll be surely there
    And I'll dress in my Sunday clothes,
    With my shoes shone bright and my hat cocked right
    For a smile from my nut brown rose
    No pipe I'll smoke, no horse I'll yoke
    Till my plough is rust coloured brown
    Till a smiling bride, by my own fireside
    Sits the star of the County Down
    From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and
    From Galway to Dublin Town,
    No maid I've seen like the brown colleen
    That I met in the County Down
    As she onward sped, sure I scratched my head,
    And I looked with a feelin' rare,
    And I say's, say's I, to a passer-by,
    "Whose the maid with the nut brown hair"?
    He looked at me and he says's, say's he,
    "That's the gem of Ireland's crown
    Young Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann,
    She's the star of the County Down"
    From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and
    From Galway to Dublin Town,
    No maid I've seen like the brown colleen
    That I met in the County Down
    From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and
    From Galway to Dublin Town,
    No maid I've seen like the brown colleen
    That I met in the County Down
    From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and
    From Galway to Dublin Town,
    No maid I've seen like the brown colleen
    That I met in the County Down
    Words: Cathal MacGarvey Tune: traditional (Dives and Lazarus)

  • @tramarherrera6685
    @tramarherrera6685 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cool😎

  • @jimbanda
    @jimbanda 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Van levitates....... 🎶

  • @MsBuggeroff
    @MsBuggeroff ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love this song ❤

  • @iseethem1
    @iseethem1 9 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    That is Van! Please credit him!

  • @katiemorgan5828
    @katiemorgan5828 ปีที่แล้ว

    I listened to this as I labored with my sweet Colleen on 01/10/2010… my sweet brown Colleen born that day, at 9:45 AM

    • @katiemorgan5828
      @katiemorgan5828 ปีที่แล้ว

      Having just got her passport, she’s the Gem of Irelands Crown and I hope she makes us proud in our homeland

  • @christinamacmillan7155
    @christinamacmillan7155 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I miss u Gary....#Kirsysbrother1786

  • @johnriley4831
    @johnriley4831 ปีที่แล้ว

    Agreed. This was first time embedding a video.

  • @garyalpern1402
    @garyalpern1402 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Their recording on „Irish Heartbeat“ is a bit better, but what a great song, voice and instrumentals…

  • @lenthyr7219
    @lenthyr7219 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Poetry

  • @surinbasnet8305
    @surinbasnet8305 ปีที่แล้ว

    I stíl remembered Preety beautiful Newry women's.

  • @bobareeniobobareenio2935
    @bobareeniobobareenio2935 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    👍

  • @meerkat7406
    @meerkat7406 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Van Morrison + Chieftains = Perfection

    • @Millwall77
      @Millwall77 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Have you heard/got the album that they did together?

    • @meerkat7406
      @meerkat7406 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Millwall77 - Yes - I have it. It’s called “Celtic or Irish Heartbeat” or something like that. A great album. All the tracks are good with traditional Irish songs and a few originals.

    • @Millwall77
      @Millwall77 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@meerkat7406 I totally agree, I have the album as weĺl.

    • @meerkat7406
      @meerkat7406 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Millwall77 Funny story - Comic Actor Bill Murray was on a one to one talk show in the US with I believe interviewer Bob Constas. It was St Patty's Day and Murray brought along a portable radio cassette player which was protectively by his side. During the interview Murray was playing the album. Murray got into the day's spirit. The interview was not a priority.😜

    • @Millwall77
      @Millwall77 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@meerkat7406 I havent heard that before, that was a funny story. Thanks for that!

  • @alanoneill3065
    @alanoneill3065 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Rosie McCann!!!

  • @elicooney1035
    @elicooney1035 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sing our g
    Own sonug

  • @donnamaccrossan1358
    @donnamaccrossan1358 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is a good version but my favorite is by Tears For Beers. This group got me into Celtic music but now I am really into Runrig. Tears For Beers don't do much Celtic any more but they have some great blues style.

  • @cokecherry3939
    @cokecherry3939 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Gonna make 20 Accounts to give this 20 likes.

  • @ghostbravomike2817
    @ghostbravomike2817 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Please Credit Van!!!

  • @DIEGOHGHable
    @DIEGOHGHable 9 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Van Morrison is the singer ????

  • @zeljkoavramovic5058
    @zeljkoavramovic5058 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    BRAVO/Serbia

  • @jonesjack310
    @jonesjack310 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    传奇,酋长

  • @alfredroyal3473
    @alfredroyal3473 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ulster tune

    • @Wotsitorlabart
      @Wotsitorlabart ปีที่แล้ว

      Actually, an English tune.
      Mid 17th century - 'The Clean Contrary Way'.

  • @larrymckenna3503
    @larrymckenna3503 ปีที่แล้ว

    singer is van morrison !

  • @JNITLOST
    @JNITLOST 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Van Morrison can never remember the traditional words!

    • @peachwood8884
      @peachwood8884 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I love this- buut, I was confused at ' the brown caillin ' and ' her two brown feet '. The way I learnt it was, ' the fair caillin ' and ' her two bare feet '. But maybe it's a different version.

    • @glen7318
      @glen7318 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@peachwood8884 She has brown hair so the brown colleen

    • @lefuedebout
      @lefuedebout 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@glen7318 ... or could it be that Van happened upon an illegal immigrant from a far off land? :-)

  • @lesliemacmillan9932
    @lesliemacmillan9932 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Two brown feet? 🙂

  • @fairdinkum9454
    @fairdinkum9454 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Chieftans AND Van Morrison…. Would have been a more appropriate title for the video.

  • @1cleandude
    @1cleandude 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    verses a little out of order still a great tune.

    • @curleyteeth
      @curleyteeth 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You would not dare tell Van that.

    • @azynkron
      @azynkron 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This is a traditional song so there's really no right or wrong. There are numerous different ways of singing it.

    • @Wotsitorlabart
      @Wotsitorlabart ปีที่แล้ว

      ​​​​@@azynkron
      Lyrics actually written in the early 20th century - so not very traditional.
      The tune is mid 17th century English ('The Clean Contrary Way').

  • @TontonMacoute
    @TontonMacoute 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If all the commentators who didn’t know this was Morrison paid him a pound, he’d be rich.

  • @johnmulvey5121
    @johnmulvey5121 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Why does he put on an American accent?

    • @retrothingz
      @retrothingz 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Frankly, I find that a lot of people from the south west of Scotland and the North Ireland can sound American

  • @MALEXI10
    @MALEXI10 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Good Ulsterman is Van.

  • @mikeygormley
    @mikeygormley 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I hate to say it about two great Irish music representations but this is a terrible version.

  • @maddogmurphy0469
    @maddogmurphy0469 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Tbh this was pretty bad I prefer the other bands singing this song