On The Road To Mandalay performed by John Roberts and Tony Barrand

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  • This excerpt from the Northern Roots 2018 evening concert opens with Tony and John finally being introduced most humorously. Post applause both John and Tony offer comments on the song.
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  • @authenticme6487
    @authenticme6487 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    I'm really happy and grateful to hear this song as a 21 years old Burmese girl From Mandalay.

    • @mjm5899
      @mjm5899 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Weird to find fellow genZs around here... These folk songs are a rabbit hole (a good one 🙃)

    • @abocas
      @abocas ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Oh, then you can enjoy hours listening to the many, many versions of this beautiful song/poem.
      This version is in what I would call Irish Folk tradition.
      But it really is very English 😉

    • @endrio_endermite9612
      @endrio_endermite9612 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@mjm5899 never knew about this until my trachers assigned me a project about Ayeyarwaddy river and boy i was suprised

    • @deusvult539
      @deusvult539 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      What a nice comment to make, authentic me. The song comes from so long before you were born but it is nice that you can appreciate what it means. Best wishes from a very old British soldier. I love your people.

    • @monoecumsemper
      @monoecumsemper 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@abocas There were so many brilliant Irish men and women who did an excellent service in the Army in the old days of the British Empire, especially in British India and Burma. So, Irish Folk tradition and 'very English': do you honestly believe there was a big difference ??

  • @mikethenooberton
    @mikethenooberton 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    He sounds really young. Great voice for this music

  • @kaungsethein2600
    @kaungsethein2600 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I am from Rangon. Rangon(Yangon) and Mandaly are big cities of Burma(Myanamr)

  • @AungZin-cb3qv
    @AungZin-cb3qv 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Visit myanmar country and welcome from mandalay❤❤❤

  • @superspencer300
    @superspencer300 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I prefer this version. Others are more like opera. Love the songs and poem. I wish I could go back to Mandalay. 😢

  • @bredamaune2028
    @bredamaune2028 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Brilliant clear diction. A joy to hear. Thank you.

    • @user-lt7ne9mv9b
      @user-lt7ne9mv9b 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I agree; exactly as should be sung.

  • @dylan4964
    @dylan4964 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Whenever I'm down I think of a land far away where a man can work a thirst and be rewarded in kind! Ah the ladies are a plus but what's life without empire

  • @romanbrough
    @romanbrough 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    A wonderful version.

  • @hbh32210
    @hbh32210 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    this is IMHO Tony's best rendition, he manages to catch the lyrical quality of Kipling that so many fail to quite get.

  • @Sophie_hatter553
    @Sophie_hatter553 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Old but gold

  • @charliesedits2363
    @charliesedits2363 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    i’m so proud to call john my uncle agh🥰

    • @boscoalbertbaracus1362
      @boscoalbertbaracus1362 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Jealous you get to know either of them, 2 men I'd love the chance to shake the hands of. Absolute legends in my opinion, both with amazing voices. As an anthropologist I get such a kick out of their work. Your next chance to speak to John tell him there's still people out there playing them daily, even if its just me!

    • @tomrowe1435
      @tomrowe1435 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Brilliant. Had a nice evening with him and a couple people many years ago at Pinewoods sharing my bottle of single malt. By about 3am he was convinced I was a "scholar and a gentleman." I really miss the Brattleboro area, a town I learned about when attending my first Morris Ale and moved to 6 months later.

    • @tkhin4861
      @tkhin4861 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The best version of Road to MDY... miles far away better

  • @thehistoadian
    @thehistoadian 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Splendid song

  • @noreltucker4567
    @noreltucker4567 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    They blessed my family several times at Folklore Village in Wisconsin! Was an annual pilgrimage for us from Laclu, Ontario. They continue to be my conduit to tradition, purity and innocence. I remain grateful. Thank you John and Tony : ) You will forever be the perfect pairing.

  • @zizimycat
    @zizimycat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    They were always a treat when they played for us at Campbell’s Coffee House in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. They brought a bit of England to us with simple charm and wit. Gosh, we were so young.

  • @yomarrobert
    @yomarrobert 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Just great.Thank you both.

  • @hbh32210
    @hbh32210 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    oh the years have flown, I first saw John and Tony n 1972 at the Phila Folk Fest.

  • @leehotspur9679
    @leehotspur9679 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Such enjoyable listening . Thank you for sharing,much appreciated

  • @hbh32210
    @hbh32210 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    rest in peace, Tony.. you inspired so many..

  • @filkertom
    @filkertom 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Most excellent! I've loved these gentlemen's work for years. Glad to see they're still active!

  • @chrisr.3320
    @chrisr.3320 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Today, January 29th, its one year since Tony passed away, age 76

  • @MrTam63
    @MrTam63 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Brilliant thank you

  • @gracefulfish
    @gracefulfish 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Utterly charming!

  • @Kettch17
    @Kettch17 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    These gentlemen have passed across my Pandora station quite frequently, so I thought I'd put a face to a voice and yours was the first video I checked out. I didn't realize it was only uploaded today and I was the first to watch! Thanks for sharing, I love these guys!

    • @shdtree
      @shdtree  6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Glad you found this video. I will post others in the near future. I also have some on my other tube site; one in particular is an opera about Tony Barrand's life. Here's the link to the first chapter: th-cam.com/video/EwkLPAVNb9s/w-d-xo.html

  • @lesberkley3821
    @lesberkley3821 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Used to hear them all the time in the late 70s and 80s. Had a long conversation with them about "Green Grow the Rushes".

    • @jackgrant7356
      @jackgrant7356 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Im so envious! I would love to discuss the origins of that song with someone but i really cant find that much online about it. I hear that its possibly pre christian and has been changed to match christianity. Do you know anything about that?

    • @lesberkley3821
      @lesberkley3821 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jackgrant7356 It does (likely) contain some of the pagan customs which the Christians co-opted. I doubt it was an actual pagan song.

  • @lewisward4359
    @lewisward4359 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Miss John and Tony's annual visits to Ithaca to play for the Cornell Folksong Club pr Bound For Glory radio program

  • @HenryVandenburgh
    @HenryVandenburgh ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Reminds me of serving in Korea 60 years ago.

    • @mjm5899
      @mjm5899 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They sang this song in Korea?

    • @HenryVandenburgh
      @HenryVandenburgh ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mjm5899 No. We were soldiers stationed there with Korean girlfriends.

    • @deusvult539
      @deusvult539 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@HenryVandenburgh I brought mine home - I'd not have found better anywhere. Now been married for over 50 years.

  • @circleofice
    @circleofice ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wonderful. Right. Art. 🎶
    Greetings 🇩🇰

  • @andrewelliott3576
    @andrewelliott3576 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you so much

  • @hansbrataas8147
    @hansbrataas8147 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    ❤❤Alle tiders flott musikk og fremføring. ❤❤ Hans Brataas, Norge.

  • @aloysiusyanas
    @aloysiusyanas 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    ❤❤❤❤❤😢😢😢😢

  • @rogerturner5504
    @rogerturner5504 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So much better than the Frank Sinatra version - and I mean that!

  • @yeminthant5197
    @yeminthant5197 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can I get the lyrics?

  • @josephhaschka8192
    @josephhaschka8192 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Doesn't compare even remotely with the rendition of the poem by Charles Dance at the 70th anniversary of VJ Day in London. It's on TH-cam. Look it up.

    • @WaldenPondering
      @WaldenPondering 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      This is a song version you tit

  • @abedholme
    @abedholme 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    sorry, what about the colonial bullshit in this song? Like, and I'm sorry, the whole nostalgic pile about the best is like the worst and there ain't no ten commandment east of suez? This is a rapey, nasty old song! It's right up there with the old portuguese saying, there are no sins south of the equator! I'm dismayed to see Gen Z lapping it up. I guess the world hasn't changed as much as I'd hoped...

    • @slappy8941
      @slappy8941 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Go cry about it. 😭😭😭

    • @WaldenPondering
      @WaldenPondering 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's a song about a British soldier's experience in Burma, you snowflake.