@@CaitlinGrey Hi Caitlin, I've just listened to your beautiful singing of this old wonderful song. My dear wife once used this tune to sing an old hymn when she was introduce to solo with her choir. I remember her singing it for the first time in the High Kirk in Ballymena. No accompanyment at all, just her wonderful voice. As a musician I remember listening intently to her timing, her pitch and diction and all were perfect. It ended with absolute silence from the audience for quite a time, and then great applause. It was a magical moment. As I write this , she's seriously ill in hospital and there is some doubt as to whether she will recover. I plan to take my tablet to her and play her your lovely, clear and beautiful singing of what became a much requested favourite song to sing. Thanks for gifting it to lovers of real music.
I am a Briton who wholeheartedly agrees. I have a mother who was born and raised in Ireland, so yours is a country I have visited many times. Beautiful country with its own ancient, beautiful language, and besides Irish, you will hear there perhaps the most beautiful and poetic form of English spoken too. The female Irish singing voice must be the most beautiful there is. My heart breaks that the Irish now are also being forced to give themselves up, through fashionable and vexatious guilting. Please resist, don't fall like the UK, fight for yourselves as ardently as you fought us.
Thank you so much Marcus. And thank you for sharing such a poignant memory. xx ps. Apologies for the late reply, I have only just seen the comment. YT hides them from me sometimes. Odd.
Funny you should say this. This track was played on BBC Radio2 today & I found myself singing the Belfast Child lyrics in my head. I never knew it was a song in its onw right.
I'm Choctaw (native american) but my great-great grandfather was from Ireland and your music/photos always makes me feel like I'm home. I hope to go to Ireland some day ❤
This was my late mother's 'party piece' something she was always prevailed upon to sing at family gatherings. She had a lovely clear voice perfectly in key and although it is probably 60 years or so since I last heard her sing it, it still makes me cry. Thank you for a lovely version.
My mother passed away two years ago, and it was hers too. The first time I heard her sing it was her best friend's wedding. It's burned into my memory for the rest of my life.
This version is so great I will definitely be checking other music by you Caitlin, My mothers family Wowereit Irish and she taught me an appreciation of Irish music I have loved and am proud to have Irish blood in my History you sing very beautifully.
Ahh, sorry about that Susan. In some versions I've heard, it's 'dead', in some it's 'true'. So, I left it as 'true' for a slightly more 'ambiguous' meaning. But many thanks for commenting. Very much appreciated. 😍
I haven't heard a better version of this beautiful song than this. The crystal clear voice, the haunting music - the celtic musical heritage is fantastic. Greetings from Norway, Stig
Caitlin. I was adopted in 1969. Only today, did i discover who she was. I went to visit her grave witch was 40 years of looking. This was one of Her Recessional songs at Her funeral.Wow. Thank you
@@CaitlinGrey I first heard Charlotte Church sing this tune...not sure where. I went out and bought her CD with this tune. I'm a sucker for pretty tunes...no matter who performs them.
@@sunking2001 Me too! I love Loreena McKennitt singing this song; such purity of tone. I also love Sinead O'Connor's version. So very different, but the raw emotion in her voice is spine-tingling. Thanks for the comments, always great to hear from fellow music lovers! :-)
@@CaitlinGrey Loreena's version is overwhelming with "sure beauty" ... performer, melody, and lyrics... love Sinead's version, too. You can't deny a beautiful classic tune.
I lost my wife some 18 years ago and while I am over the grief I still miss her. Often in that period I have dreamed of her coming to me in various ways. It is a common thing. So the writer (some many years ago) had similar experiences - the main difference to me being they were planning on marriage, they had not actually married. So the song is very moving and would be to anyone who has lost someone close to them. Beautifully sung.
@@CaitlinGrey I can't tell you the number of times I've listened to you singing this. Your voice is crystal clear and I hear every word you sing, unlike some other versions on TH-cam.
"Like a swan in the evening moves over the lake." For those who don't know, Irish folklore dictates that when a young woman dies, she turns into a swan. So that explains why she was ghostlike in the last verse. (I'm a singer for an Irish band)
Thank you very much for the explanation! I've always loved this part of the music and never understood it completely! I would like to know if Is there any relation of this fact with the swan representation in Swan lake? Once more, thank you and kisses from Brazil...
Hmmmm..... * consults mythology books * I know the Celts thought swans were shapeshifters but again thought very high of them, a sort of sacred animal, if you will, that represented the Tuatha De Danann, the tribe of gods. One story comes to mind that might be the roots of Swan Lake in a way... Aengus Og, a god of love, once fell for with a woman he saw in his dreams, and looked for years until he found her. But she turned into a swan for a year, and he if he was to marry her he would have to identify her as a swan. Eventually he did find her and turned into a swan so they could fly away together and sing beautiful songs. ((You can read a slightly more detailed story here: www.pantheon.org/articles/a/aengus.html))
Only when we understand that the fair is this unfair world we all inhabit that we may begin to understand the immense pain and depth of this incredible piece
No no not at all, I'm so so flattered by your comments please stop, lest I get a bigger ( no talent ) head than you a star 🌟 have already given me, a nobody
In the rare event I hear something this beautiful, my perception of things I see and feel changes. It's an experience that can't quite be put into words, but I know there are people out there who understand.
I had heard this song on, interestingly enough, a Spanish group's CD from about 15 yrs ago. I didn't know until now it is pf Irish origin. 69 and still learning!
Wow!!! This is probably my favourite song in the world, and this is the best version I've ever heard! I'm here sitting at an office, with my headphones on, and got me goosebumps on my arms! Thank you, Caitlin! Wonderful!!!
I knew that Simple Minds' Belfast Child was based on this but hadn't heard this in full before. This is amazing! What a beautiful voice. Cheers from Australia :-)
Caitlin, what a wonderful voice you've got! You can touch deep within with such a beautiful interpretation of this folk song. Thanks for sharing it! Greetings from Brazil! Sandro Luz
CaitlinGrey I can't believe that this is you! Beautiful! I am telling my subscribers to come here. Lots of America Irish, legitimate Irish families that moved to America during the famine. God bless you sister.
One had a sorrow That never was said. Always wondered what the sorrow was? I've loved this song since I first heard it as a child back in the 60s. It's such an intriguing song! And it's lovely to sing. I really enjoyed your version, Caitlin!
@@CaitlinGrey it does for some reason music helps me to relax and just except what has gone wrong in my life now I’m going to listen to your song again so again thank you for making this song just to let you know it helping someone feel better in themselves .. xx
so i was searching up Celtic songs cause my vocals teacher said my voice would go great with a celtic song , an so i ended up here and my god, if my voice could ever sound that beautiful ide never stop singing , your voice is amazing :D
The first time I heard this song was. when I was at sea in the 50's has a ship's engineer. There was a irish galley boy singing it while he washed up the dishes. He never knew I was standing nearby it seemed so natural his singing.
This is one of the best interpretations of this song I have ever heard . I feel sadness and an eeriness . So beautiful . To Caitlin ...much love from Canada . "May you live as long as you want and never want as long as you live ."
This wonderful ballad is perhaps more tragic then you believe. You see it's meaning, as was told to me back home in the 1980's,, is given away in the second verse,, "The people were saying no two 'ere were wed. for one had a sorrow that never was said." You see she fell pregnant to a poor man, "my father won't slight you for your lack of kine (cattle)",, She fell pregnant and thought she would have to be married,, but she was never seen again. And the swans, yes they are from the depths of Irish folklore and the legend of "Tir na nOg", the land of the young. where the children of the King were decieved and cast into swans , to stay so for 300 years. forever young.
@@CaitlinGrey And thank you Caitlin for your reply. And perhaps I may be so bold as to proffer my interpretation of the last verse. He is now an old man. Over his lifetime her love has not faded. She has never grown old. She returns to him in a dream to foretell of his death and welcome him to the afterlife where she is waiting and has been waiting for him. "It will not be long love, till our wedding day". Here we can see where W.B Yeats, in his poem, "The Song of Wandering Aengus" ,mirrors the ancient Celtic belief that death comes to man in the form of a beautiful woman who leads him into the afterlife. The last verse being,, Though I am old with wandering through hollow lands and hilly lands I will find out where she has gone, and kiss her lips and take her hands And walk among long dappled grass, and pluck till time and times are done The silver apples of the moon. The golden apples of the sun". Thank you Caitlin for your beautiful music.
My earliest memory of this beautiful song was the John McCormack version on 78, as a young child in an Australian Irish-diaspora extended family. There have been dozens of versions since then, none (for me) as emotionally overpowering as Caitlin Grey's wonderful recording. The beautiful clarity of her voice and the deep synthesiser chords leave me without adequate words. Make sure you listen with decent headphones or hifi.
You have a stunning voice, it chills me to the bone, fills me with nostalgia of the old land, brings a tear to my eye, and completely removes me from the dull world for the time that your voice fills my eardrums...All this you do with your celestial voice, you have a gift, and I'm ever so grateful that you brought it to the world, for it has benefited so many...
I came across this song while researching DADGAD guitar techniques so I searched youtube for different versions. Bert Jansch is a popular version and admittedly his guitar work is good but his voice UGH! I listened to the all female singers until I found the one that made me cry like a baby each time I heard her sing this hauntingly sad love song, such a beautiful version this is and I love it!
I used this recording to help me in arranging the tune for handbells a couple of years ago, when we were living in Ireland and trying to teach handbell tune playing. I do this entirely by ear, and used this recording because it gave me what I needed. The uncertainties that Brexit introduced led to us returning to the UK, after 9 great years in West Cork, and my handbell arrangement only ever got played at a few practices. One day, it will get an airing, I hope! I just got it into my head this evening, and so listened to it again, and it is still as stunning as ever!
Many thanks to all for the wonderful comments, I'm so happy that you like my version of this lovely song! Warm wishes, Caitlin xx
We used this for our wedding, for my wife's song
@@cryptking6283 Fantastic! And many congratulations. XX
Without any kind of exaggeration, it really is breathtaking and totally takes you to another world! Please keep it up!!!🙂🙂🙂
@@nspr9721 Many thanks for this lovely compliment.
@@CaitlinGrey Hi Caitlin, I've just listened to your beautiful singing of this old wonderful song. My dear wife once used this tune to sing an old hymn when she was introduce to solo with her choir. I remember her singing it for the first time in the High Kirk in Ballymena. No accompanyment at all, just her wonderful voice. As a musician I remember listening intently to her timing, her pitch and diction and all were perfect. It ended with absolute silence from the audience for quite a time, and then great applause. It was a magical moment.
As I write this , she's seriously ill in hospital and there is some doubt as to whether she will recover. I plan to take my tablet to her and play her your lovely, clear and beautiful singing of what became a much requested favourite song to sing. Thanks for gifting it to lovers of real music.
We must fight back to preserve our heritage & culture !!
🙏
You got that right. Good for you!
I am a Briton who wholeheartedly agrees. I have a mother who was born and raised in Ireland, so yours is a country I have visited many times. Beautiful country with its own ancient, beautiful language, and besides Irish, you will hear there perhaps the most beautiful and poetic form of English spoken too. The female Irish singing voice must be the most beautiful there is. My heart breaks that the Irish now are also being forced to give themselves up, through fashionable and vexatious guilting. Please resist, don't fall like the UK, fight for yourselves as ardently as you fought us.
@@vernonhedge4530 God bless you, brother. May our Lady set her gaze upon you. ALWAYS RESIST!
Fight back? Who's attacking you?
As a Macedonian Christan must admit the Irish are amazing pure angelic I love Irish
"As the swan in the evening moves over the lake". What a beautiful image.
I walked down the isle on my wedding day to this song, In memory of my wee granny who couldn't be with me ❤️🇮🇪
Oh, thank you so much for sharing this Caroline. Blessings to you. xx
I used to sing this to my mother. It always makes me think of her. This is the best version l have heard. Brought tears to my eyes. Thankyou Caitlin.
Thank you so much Marcus. And thank you for sharing such a poignant memory. xx ps. Apologies for the late reply, I have only just seen the comment. YT hides them from me sometimes. Odd.
@@CaitlinGrey thankyou for taking the time to reply youtube works in very strange ways..Sending high vibes from the South African Bush to you.
It reminds me of my Dad (💔💯 RIP 🪦) The last I heard him sing this beautiful song was in the car, to Josh Groban’s version
😢moma
listening to you in 2024!! absolutely riveting. ❤️
Thank you so much Jimmy.
Belfast child brought me here and I’m so glad it did absolutely beautiful a stunning voice 👏👏👏
Thank you so much Danny. I also love Belfast Child. :-)
Funny you should say this. This track was played on BBC Radio2 today & I found myself singing the Belfast Child lyrics in my head. I never knew it was a song in its onw right.
Great version in Michael Collins movie with Neeson
What a truly angelic voice.I cried listening to her ❤️
Ahh, many thanks Eugene. ☺
@@CaitlinGrey You were born with the most beautiful gift . Embrace it 👍
@@eugenebuckley7657 🙏🙏
I'm Choctaw (native american) but my great-great grandfather was from Ireland and your music/photos always makes me feel like I'm home. I hope to go to Ireland some day ❤
Oh wow, how amazing! Thank you so much for the lovely comment. Warm wishes & blessings, love Caitlin xx
CaitlinGrey 💖💖💖
Native american and celtic mythologies have many similarities.
Thankyou you to your ancestors for supporting us irish in times of hardship and poverty.
@@tomasmcclements1491 Thank you Tomas. I'm grateful that our nations have this shared connection.
This was my late mother's 'party piece' something she was always prevailed upon to sing at family gatherings. She had a lovely clear voice perfectly in key and although it is probably 60 years or so since I last heard her sing it, it still makes me cry. Thank you for a lovely version.
Thank you too Ron for sharing this wonderful story about your mum. How lovely. Warm wishes to you. x
My mother passed away two years ago, and it was hers too. The first time I heard her sing it was her best friend's wedding. It's burned into my memory for the rest of my life.
This version is so great I will definitely be checking other music by you Caitlin,
My mothers family Wowereit Irish and she taught me an appreciation of Irish music I have loved and am proud to have Irish blood in my History you sing very beautifully.
Many thanks Terry, much appreciated.
So good to hear that third verse - so often omitted. My one sadness is that she didn't sing "last night she cane to me, my dead love came in ......"
Ahh, sorry about that Susan. In some versions I've heard, it's 'dead', in some it's 'true'. So, I left it as 'true' for a slightly more 'ambiguous' meaning. But many thanks for commenting. Very much appreciated. 😍
All in a dream. Lovely melody beautiful voice
Thank you so much. x
I haven't heard a better version of this beautiful song than this. The crystal clear voice, the haunting music - the celtic musical heritage is fantastic. Greetings from Norway, Stig
Thank you so much Stig, you are most kind. :-)
Thank you so much Stig, you are most kind. :-)
Caitlin. I was adopted in 1969. Only today, did i discover who she was. I went to visit her grave witch was 40 years of looking. This was one of Her Recessional songs at Her funeral.Wow. Thank you
Thank you so much for sharing this Andrew. Blessings to you. XX
Incredbly beautiful and my personal favourite version EVER !!!!!!!!!
So kind Yvonne, many thanks. :-)) xx
I’ve just listened to about 10 or more versions of this song. This is one of the finest 🙂.
Thank you so much.
It is, one of the finest.x
This beautiful classic has got to be one of the prettiest tunes ever written.
Indeed. It is a gorgeous song, probably one of my all-time favourite songs to perform.
@@CaitlinGrey I first heard Charlotte Church sing this tune...not sure where. I went out and bought her CD with this tune. I'm a sucker for pretty tunes...no matter who performs them.
@@sunking2001 Me too! I love Loreena McKennitt singing this song; such purity of tone. I also love Sinead O'Connor's version. So very different, but the raw emotion in her voice is spine-tingling. Thanks for the comments, always great to hear from fellow music lovers! :-)
@@CaitlinGrey Loreena's version is overwhelming with "sure beauty" ... performer, melody, and lyrics... love Sinead's version, too. You can't deny a beautiful classic tune.
I lost my wife some 18 years ago and while I am over the grief I still miss her. Often in that period I have dreamed of her coming to me in various ways. It is a common thing. So the writer (some many years ago) had similar experiences - the main difference to me being they were planning on marriage, they had not actually married. So the song is very moving and would be to anyone who has lost someone close to them. Beautifully sung.
Thank you so much for sharing this. And for your kind comments. Much love, Caitlin x
Beautiful version, just beautiful.
Thank you so much.
@@CaitlinGrey I can't tell you the number of times I've listened to you singing this. Your voice is crystal clear and I hear every word you sing, unlike some other versions on TH-cam.
@@Argyll9846 Ahh, thank you so much. So kind of you to say.
This piece of music ,makes it all clear , and im homesick for co louth in a very loving and respectful way ,,,,thank you for your reminder,Caitlin.
I'm so happy the song has evoked fond memories for you Garry! Warm wishes, Caitlin
like a bell darling ,,,keep the magic flowing thanks a million
Will do! :-))
A truly lovely voice.
Thank you so much Mark, most kind. :-)
Gorgeous version. Pure voice.
Thank you so much Gregory.
My Scott/ Irish blood loves this....Mystical....haunting! Thank you for the gift!
Many thanks Viking Princess! :-)
@@CaitlinGrey We found your music on youtube and listen to it along with a few others, but your version is by far the best.
@@vikingprincess6882 Thanks you so much, how lovely! :-)
"Like a swan in the evening moves over the lake." For those who don't know, Irish folklore dictates that when a young woman dies, she turns into a swan. So that explains why she was ghostlike in the last verse.
(I'm a singer for an Irish band)
Thank you very much for the explanation! I've always loved this part of the music and never understood it completely! I would like to know if Is there any relation of this fact with the swan representation in Swan lake? Once more, thank you and kisses from Brazil...
what is the name of your band, i'm part irish myself. & german)
Hi Zeb. It's just me, Caitlin Grey. :-)
Hmmmm..... * consults mythology books *
I know the Celts thought swans were shapeshifters but again thought very high of them, a sort of sacred animal, if you will, that represented the Tuatha De Danann, the tribe of gods.
One story comes to mind that might be the roots of Swan Lake in a way... Aengus Og, a god of love, once fell for with a woman he saw in his dreams, and looked for years until he found her. But she turned into a swan for a year, and he if he was to marry her he would have to identify her as a swan. Eventually he did find her and turned into a swan so they could fly away together and sing beautiful songs.
((You can read a slightly more detailed story here: www.pantheon.org/articles/a/aengus.html))
I adore your version of this song, Catlin!! It's hauntingly beautiful
This is a beautiful song!
I'm covered in goosebumps. Beautiful. Thank you for making my day better.
Thank you so much Nellie, what a lovely compliment. :-))
Beautiful song, beautiful singing voice.
Thank you George.
Such a beautiful song. And the voice matches perfectly to it - as much as the breathtaking images. ☘🍀🍀
Thank you so much Cecilia.
@@CaitlinGrey Thank YOU for sharing such a lovely tune with us.💖
Beautiful sounds that come from a beautiful Girl. thanks Caitlin U.B.
Only when we understand that the fair is this unfair world we all inhabit that we may begin to understand the immense pain and depth of this incredible piece
Beautifully put Russell.
@@CaitlinGrey
Beautifully sung Caitlin
@@russellwiley2484 Most kind! :-))
No no not at all, I'm so so flattered by your comments please stop, lest I get a bigger ( no talent ) head than you a star 🌟 have already given me, a nobody
@@russellwiley2484 LOL. Nice one. :-)
Caitlin you have a God given talent you touched my ❤️
Thank you so much, most kind.
In the rare event I hear something this beautiful, my perception of things I see and feel changes. It's an experience that can't quite be put into words, but I know there are people out there who understand.
Gosh, thank you Brian...that's quite a compliment! I'm so happy you like my version.
Warm wishes, Caitlin
There are lots who feel this way Brian. Like me just now
Thank you so much!! @@MsSpock1
@sean jones Thank you Sean, much appreciated! :-))
First time I hear this song and I love it! I am obsessed by Carrickferus and now O found this song. Many many thanks. Fantastic
My favourite version of this beautiful song.
Thank you so much Roy.
enjoy it people, close your eyes take it in because her voice is the closest we will get to heaven while still in the land of the living.
Wow, thank you so much. I'm hugely flattered. Warm wishes, Caitlin
Listen to this Swan move o’er the lake th-cam.com/video/4GqkMrdYQ-M/w-d-xo.html
This song is the finest composition ever created.
Thankyou for singing it so beautifully.
🥰
Thank you. It is a stunning melody for sure. Love the modal quality of Irish music.
Holy goodness perfect pitch and beautiful phrasing
Many thanks, most kind.
I had heard this song on, interestingly enough, a Spanish group's CD from about 15 yrs ago. I didn't know until now it is pf Irish origin. 69 and still learning!
Ha, awesome!!
Outstanding in every way
Just hauntingly beautiful ❤
Thank you so much Claire.
That was utterly stunning first time hearing caitlin sing this beautiful ballad was truly amazing.
Thank you so much, most kind. x
What a beautiful song.
Thank you so much.
Brought a tear to my eye, and I'm dead inside 😂
You are all here my friend I can’t cry but there’s one tear in the corner of my eye listening to this
Hang on in there ❤️
My wife walked down the isle to this song, lovely.
Congratulations to you both! XX
Thank you
This song shakes me to the core.
Thank you Nasser.
Enchanting, amazing, angelic and heaven sent. This song stirs the human soul and spirit
absolutely wonderful version of a wonderful song
Many thanks Reinhard.
Wow!!!
This is probably my favourite song in the world, and this is the best version I've ever heard!
I'm here sitting at an office, with my headphones on, and got me goosebumps on my arms!
Thank you, Caitlin! Wonderful!!!
Thank you so much. :-)
How come this isn't in the thousands! !!!!!!
Beautiful voice that encapsulates the song and draws you in. Brilliant.
+Martin Green Many thanks Martin! :-))
Touches my Soul! Thank You, Caitlin 💖
Many thanks Tony.
I knew that Simple Minds' Belfast Child was based on this but hadn't heard this in full before. This is amazing! What a beautiful voice.
Cheers from Australia :-)
Thank you Allan, so glad you enjoyed my version of this gorgeous song. Warm wishes from the UK. :-)
@@CaitlinGrey My pleasure. All the best :-)
So atmospheric!!
😍
Thank you so much Richard.
I am always coming back to this song why because this ladies voice melts my heart and makes my soul warm
What a wonderful compliment. Thank you so much Thomas. This is a very beautiful song to sing. Warm wishes, Caitlin
The dislocations and accental slides in this rendition are world class. Simply wonderful.
Ahh, many thanks Lee. I learned at my mother's knee, listening to her sing. She taught me all I know.
Beautiful song, beautifully sung no need to say anything else
Many thanks Trevor.
Beautiful, the best rendition I have yet heard. It's a song that's hard to get right.
Thank you so much David, that's very kind of you to say.
What a beautiful voice!
Thank you so much. :-)
Wow this gave me chills. Hauntingly beautiful ❤
Thank you so much Brittany. x
Caitlin, what a wonderful voice you've got! You can touch deep within with such a beautiful interpretation of this folk song. Thanks for sharing it! Greetings from Brazil! Sandro Luz
Obrigado Sandro. Very kind words! :-)
Thank you do much for singing this beautiful, haunting melody. Michael Collins brought me here.
Thank you too!
Can't hold back the tears!
xx
CaitlinGrey I can't believe that this is you! Beautiful! I am telling my subscribers to come here. Lots of America Irish, legitimate Irish families that moved to America during the famine. God bless you sister.
Oh wow, thank you so much for spreading the word and for the lovely compliments. Warm wishes, Caitlin xx
@@CaitlinGrey ive just heard your version of this beutifull song. You have the voice of an angel. I will always listen to your music from now forward.
@@jamescourt4703 Thank you James, that is so kind. I'm sorry I missed your comment until now. I do hope you see my reply.
I am still crying......
One had a sorrow
That never was said.
Always wondered what the sorrow was?
I've loved this song since I first heard it as a child back in the 60s.
It's such an intriguing song!
And it's lovely to sing.
I really enjoyed your version, Caitlin!
Ahh, thank you so much. Yes, it's such a melancholy & mysterious song. One of my faves, for sure. x
Danke Caitlin Grey , unfassbar schön !
🙏☺
Haunting crystal-clear rendering of a well-loved traditional masterpiece ❄🔥♥🍁🍀
Thank you so much Keith.
Wow she has a voice of an an angel, God bless you,
Thank you so much Peter. Most kind. Blessings to you. :-)
When ever I’m down this song makes me feel better xx
Hi Peter, thank you so much for the comment. Music heals the soul eh?! :-) Take care.
@@CaitlinGrey it does for some reason music helps me to relax and just except what has gone wrong in my life now I’m going to listen to your song again so again thank you for making this song just to let you know it helping someone feel better in themselves .. xx
@@petermckinney7512 Take care Peter. All the best to you. Caitlin x
Incredible song ❤️
Your version of this beautiful song is perfect. Thankyou!
I just came across this song because the poet Helen Ivory wrote that it was the first poem she encountered. You sing it beautifully. I am mesmerized.
Thank you so much Alexandra.
stunning voice
so i was searching up Celtic songs cause my vocals teacher said my voice would go great with a celtic song , an so i ended up here and my god, if my voice could ever sound that beautiful ide never stop singing , your voice is amazing :D
Thank you so much! Wishing you the very best of luck with your singing! Warm wishes, Caitlin xx
A beautiful rendition with the third verse that most singers fail to sing.
Thank you so much. :-)
The first time I heard this song was. when I was at sea in the 50's has a ship's engineer. There was a irish galley boy singing it while he washed up the dishes. He never knew I was standing nearby it seemed so natural his singing.
:-))
This is beautiful; great to hear the penultimate verse as well. Thank you kindly for uploading. A true inspiration.
Many thanks.
Beautiful! 😍❤️🎶🇮🇪
Thank you so much.
Simple minds brought me here, Glad they did.
Hi from Australia.
Simple minds brought me here too. Hello from France .
Hello back 7 years too late, but sure better late than never
@@psychobear1290 hello sir
@@drschnaps8081 good afternoon good sir
@@psychobear1290 thank you sir. What type of music are you listening at sir?
Was für ein schönes Lied ❤️❤️
Vielen dank Johannes.
This is one of the best interpretations of this song I have ever heard . I feel sadness and an eeriness . So beautiful . To Caitlin ...much love from Canada . "May you live as long as you want and never want as long as you live ."
Oh thank you so much for this wonderful comment RD. I'm so thrilled that you enjoyed my version. Blessings to you. :-) Caitlin x
This is the voice of an immortal spiritual being in all her beauty and glory.
What a lovely comment. Thank you so much. x
One of the best versions ever.... well done Caitlin!
Thank you so much Athanasios, I'm so happy that you like my version of this beautiful song. Warm wishes, Caitlin xx
I heard all the versions. Caitlin Grey still the best! Thank you. So beautiful. Something took her away...
Thank you so much Mel. x
@@CaitlinGrey Always. Beauty is rare but with Caitlin Grey - reachable! Think about what that is worth to be that talented and still share? Thank you.
@@hendersonmel1 Oh, how lovely! Most kind. xx
This wonderful ballad is perhaps more tragic then you believe.
You see it's meaning, as was told to me back home in the 1980's,, is given away in the second verse,,
"The people were saying no two 'ere were wed.
for one had a sorrow that never was said."
You see she fell pregnant to a poor man, "my father won't slight you for your lack of kine (cattle)",,
She fell pregnant and thought she would have to be married,,
but she was never seen again.
And the swans,
yes they are from the depths of Irish folklore and the legend of "Tir na nOg", the land of the young.
where the children of the King were decieved and cast into swans , to stay so for 300 years.
forever young.
Fabulous. Many thanks.
@@CaitlinGrey And thank you Caitlin for your reply.
And perhaps I may be so bold as to proffer my interpretation of the last verse.
He is now an old man. Over his lifetime her love has not faded. She has never grown old.
She returns to him in a dream to foretell of his death and welcome him to the afterlife where she
is waiting and has been waiting for him.
"It will not be long love, till our wedding day".
Here we can see where W.B Yeats, in his poem, "The Song of Wandering Aengus" ,mirrors the ancient Celtic belief that death comes to man in the form of a beautiful woman
who leads him into the afterlife. The last verse being,,
Though I am old with wandering through hollow lands and hilly lands
I will find out where she has gone, and kiss her lips and take her hands
And walk among long dappled grass, and pluck till time and times are done
The silver apples of the moon. The golden apples of the sun".
Thank you Caitlin for your beautiful music.
@@louisabridge Beautifully interpreted Diarmuid. Thank you so much. And a quote from one of my favourite poets too! Blessings to you. X
@@CaitlinGrey Thanks again, and I shall be sure to see you sing live if you should ever come to London.
Be Lucky. x
@@louisabridge Thanks Diarmuid, I'll keep you posted! :-)
My favourite folk song
I was moved deep listening and enjoying this magistral performance!! Thank you so much!!
Many thanks Arturo.
My earliest memory of this beautiful song was the John McCormack version on 78, as a young child in an Australian Irish-diaspora extended family. There have been dozens of versions since then, none (for me) as emotionally overpowering as Caitlin Grey's wonderful recording. The beautiful clarity of her voice and the deep synthesiser chords leave me without adequate words. Make sure you listen with decent headphones or hifi.
David, what a lovely compliment. Thank you so much. Warm wishes, Caitlin
Beautiful voice.. Perfect for a song that needs such a powerful vocal. Well done.
Wow. Goosebumps.
This was beautiful.
Thank you so much. xx
Absolutely beautiful! I have goosebumps. Lovely song, sung perfectly. Thank you.
Zooo mooi....haar stem is zooo helder. En t maakt dat ik zo een heimwee krijg naar Ierland. Wat n mooie natuur
Heel hartelijk bedankt. :-)
You have a stunning voice, it chills me to the bone, fills me with nostalgia of the old land, brings a tear to my eye, and completely removes me from the dull world for the time that your voice fills my eardrums...All this you do with your celestial voice, you have a gift, and I'm ever so grateful that you brought it to the world, for it has benefited so many...
+Jourdan Wolf Wow, thank you so much Jourdan. What a lovely compliment. Warm wishes, Caitlin X
Absolutely beautiful X
Emma Hewitt Thank you so much. :-))
I came across this song while researching DADGAD guitar techniques so I searched youtube for different versions. Bert Jansch is a popular version and admittedly his guitar work is good but his voice UGH! I listened to the all female singers until I found the one that made me cry like a baby each time I heard her sing this hauntingly sad love song, such a beautiful version this is and I love it!
+CarlosTheCruiser Many thanks Carlos, what a lovely compliment. :-)
Beautiful.I used to sing this many years ago in the local pub.Ihave always loved it.
Awesome! Thank you Irene. x
I feel that this is the absolute correct tempo for this song and oh so beautifully sang. Truly the voice of an Irish Angel.
Thank you so much Larry, that's so kind of you.
Fabulous version of an Irish song for St Patrick's Day...
Many thanks Tom. So glad you enjoyed my rendition! :-)
What a beautiful, beautiful rendition. Such a lush song that never fails to bring a tear to the eye! Brava
Thank you so much, I'm so happy that you enjoyed my version. XX
the most beautiful voices sing inside cages...i am greek but half my heart is irish.may i live to see the day when not only your rivers run free
Nicole Kati Thank you Nicole. :-)
From Romania!! 🙋♂️Beautiful voice ,beautiful woman 😌
Thank you so much! :-)
Beautiful... Haunting... Come on Miss Grey, fame is waiting for you! Just dont forget to visit Turkey for a concert :-)
my favourite celtic song ever... It's stunning... gorgeous performance!
Thank you so much Tamara! :-)
Goosebumps.
Thank you so much. :-)
I used this recording to help me in arranging the tune for handbells a couple of years ago, when we were living in Ireland and trying to teach handbell tune playing. I do this entirely by ear, and used this recording because it gave me what I needed. The uncertainties that Brexit introduced led to us returning to the UK, after 9 great years in West Cork, and my handbell arrangement only ever got played at a few practices. One day, it will get an airing, I hope! I just got it into my head this evening, and so listened to it again, and it is still as stunning as ever!
Oh what a lovely story. Thank you for sharing it with us Martin. Perhaps one day I will get to hear your arrangement. :-)