The best and real Irishmen amongst us...The auld man was one of them, a Galway man, as broad as he was tall...kicked off the land young and told to hit the road, it's the way it was back then...when you came from a family of 10 or 11, it was survival or die...My mother kept him away from the drink though...God rest his gentle soul...RIP Micheal, Mike...Mick ++++
Most of my mum and dad's family emigrated to the in the 1940's '50's . The highlight of the year for us would be the family homecoming, from Birmingham and London. They lived in the big cities in the UK and we lived in rural Ireland and of course the kids loved the wild open spaces , days were spent exploring and playing all sorts. Easy times for us children , I miss them. This was a fav song and I thing the Dubliners record we had.
Happy Australia Day (26 January), Jim. My families' (8 great grandparents), emigration experience goes back to the 1850s so the songs that capture their experiences are Orphan Girl, Fields of Athenry, Far Away in Australia. Your account of returnees from Britain in the 20th Century, probably early 21st, is fascinating. I have friends of Croatian extraction who tell me that Xmas in Croatia finds their village swelled by American, Canadian, Australian and British visitors. That wasn't possible in the last half of the 19th Century, especially fromk Australasia although my Grandparents would have loved it. God bless the diaspora.
My Father was one of these men. Black Joe Galligan from kilnaleck co Caven. Worked hard and built the roads and tunnels in london. Died alone I loved him dearly x
There is a movie called kings staring colm meany set in the 70s london which capulates the generation this song represents..well.worth watching! Im from the Australia exodus of 2007 generation and i suppose there will be songs about us some day.wild times where i fully came in contact and realisation of what it is to be irish . Done 3.5 years in n.s.w golburn x wing prison where my "irishness" served me well. Any irish man reading this will know what i mean. I worked on building sites in the 90s in Belfast city had my 13th birthday on shuttering job at musgrave sewage works . I now live in Cornwall building storefront homes for multimillionaires .i love being a paddy !stay true to it lads it will serve you well .we are a great people and creators of great things and though i am not a wealthy man.i am content inthe philosophy of life i have all i need in life .a good family and friends across the globe which is all any irish man would care for ☘️ ❤❤❤
Only the Irish can write and sing brilliantly and give you a history lesson as well all in song brilliance 10 outo 10 🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴when I was at sea we sang this with the wurds down the Glen came the BP men like a band of highland dancers. But one in ten was a time served man the rest were fukkin Chancers Happy days boys happy days 😂😂😂
Always loved this song, my fathers and his generation came over to England to find work, finding a home was a lot harder, the signs saying “no Irish” wasn’t a myth.
Where about in Monaghan. He should have gone for the boat. I knew monaghan men who joined up because they were told an irishman wouldn't get a job after the war. 1948 before they were demob
I have to say he's the best bodhrán player I've ever seen! It's magical how hes playing away and never touches the bodhrán at all.... Would get a job on the local County Council that lad would....
I loved working with Shannon Kier macalpines and all the rest in UK God we had some laughs!! 🇮🇪☘️🇮🇪 This song by the whistling Donkeys is quite amazing!!!
That was long ago indeed - now they are full of health and safety bullshit. Plastic glasses, no radios, turnstiles, full sleeves in the middle of summer. Brother, they are wankers.
In 1988 I worked for a sub contractor to Laing and was 1 of many mcalipines, I earned £300 pw which was good for a labourer and I couldn't earn that today 36 years later so this song does not explain that the Irish controlled building back in the day we even had an Irish girl controlling the lift for £50 a day. Noreen was the girl who rented to the Irish around Kilburn and Kensal Rise. The good old days.
In what way. A bit smug of you. This song is about the great generation of 1940 50 60 70. My father worked three years in Inveraray 1950 53. Hydro dam scheme Then down to London watford Luton. A different breed of tough irishmen. I worked with Macs. These boys singing about an age gone nearly fourty years ago would not last 5 minutes. In the then very real world. Damp wet clothes. Heaters turned at night time. Buckets for toilets. Machines dump truckes getting bogged down on sites roads jobs. So much hand balling in the day. Everything was done by hand. 11000 bricks on Wagons pipes, and the timber cement offloaded by hand up until the 1980s In the winter, it was tough. It was so much colder then. Than today And rained all the time. The generation from the 90s have not got a clue what life was like. Drinking to survive it. Thank god my own children have done OK. Two in the teaching profession. And one a senior surveyor and manager with laing o Rourke. Working underground was no fun, either. Hot wet a sweaty. Always covered in muck and dirt. No proper washing facilities. Thank the holy God the men and women that came before you. Made it easy for you. Half the houses we lived in had water running down the windows, no central heating. Phones. Everyone has now laptops, mobile phones instant Internet cars. Foreign holidays And social welfare. The pub was the main social meeting place. Many became addicted to drink God help them
I’ve seen these men work. They had strength like you wouldn’t believe. Everything from lifting a transit van so the wheel could be changed, to dragging out a compressor that was stuck in mud. Christ only knows how many wooden handled shovels they broke digging out clay.
Dia duit maith maidin Makes me think of my days at the international training centre for joseph cyril bamford the craic we had after the work was all but said and done there is nothing but hard work to make a man or a woman happy for like my uncle leo says stephen work is great for the mind if any who listen or read take a look at a canal or a road whether it be in some place along mcalpines highway and you sure to see the mark of the hard workin Irish men and women who gave all for what they ehere worth how dad it is that we have lost the greatest work ethic and hsve to sit in class rooms to get a fancy card to tell everyone you csn work when our ancestors did neither need a card or a long winded speech for the navy shovel said it all god bless them and there memory -from a humble Jcb mechanic
Down the Glen came the Scottish men like a team of bengal lancers one in ten was a time served man the rest were fukkin chances 🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴
The best and real Irishmen amongst us...The auld man was one of them, a Galway man, as broad as he was tall...kicked off the land young and told to hit the road, it's the way it was back then...when you came from a family of 10 or 11, it was survival or die...My mother kept him away from the drink though...God rest his gentle soul...RIP Micheal, Mike...Mick ++++
Most of my mum and dad's family emigrated to the in the 1940's '50's .
The highlight of the year for us would be the family homecoming, from Birmingham and London. They lived in the big cities in the UK and we lived in rural Ireland and of course the kids loved the wild open spaces , days were spent exploring and playing all sorts. Easy times for us children , I miss them.
This was a fav song and I thing the Dubliners record we had.
Happy Australia Day (26 January), Jim. My families' (8 great grandparents), emigration experience goes back to the 1850s so the songs that capture their experiences are Orphan Girl, Fields of Athenry, Far Away in Australia. Your account of returnees from Britain in the 20th Century, probably early 21st, is fascinating. I have friends of Croatian extraction who tell me that Xmas in Croatia finds their village swelled by American, Canadian, Australian and British visitors. That wasn't possible in the last half of the 19th Century, especially fromk Australasia although my Grandparents would have loved it. God bless the diaspora.
My Father was one of these men. Black Joe Galligan from kilnaleck co Caven. Worked hard and built the roads and tunnels in london. Died alone I loved him dearly x
Lots of love and hugs from an old irish labourer May he rest in peace
God rest him, mighty men 🙏
Did he ever tell you about olden day story’s, Rest in peace Joe..
My dad too ... He's on the right road now to Heaven x
Why did u let him die alone????????
My Dad Co Mayo came over in the 1940's Railways and Building work , that shovel shifted tons and tons of stuff . Great Man xx Miss you.
There is a movie called kings staring colm meany set in the 70s london which capulates the generation this song represents..well.worth watching!
Im from the Australia exodus of 2007 generation and i suppose there will be songs about us some day.wild times where i fully came in contact and realisation of what it is to be irish .
Done 3.5 years in n.s.w golburn x wing prison where my "irishness" served me well.
Any irish man reading this will know what i mean.
I worked on building sites in the 90s in Belfast city had my 13th birthday on shuttering job at musgrave sewage works .
I now live in Cornwall building storefront homes for multimillionaires .i love being a paddy !stay true to it lads it will serve you well .we are a great people and creators of great things and though i am not a wealthy man.i am content inthe philosophy of life i have all i need in life .a good family and friends across the globe which is all any irish man would care for ☘️ ❤❤❤
Still whistling along with the the fabulous band at 93. This is the food to keep you lively & happy
Good on ya 🍻
Simply class 👏 👌 a great irish song
Only the Irish can write and sing brilliantly and give you a history lesson as well all in song brilliance 10 outo 10 🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴when I was at sea we sang this with the wurds down the Glen came the BP men like a band of highland dancers. But one in ten was a time served man the rest were fukkin Chancers Happy days boys happy days 😂😂😂
Always loved this song, my fathers and his generation came over to England to find work, finding a home was a lot harder, the signs saying “no Irish” wasn’t a myth.
To the men who worked hard by day and night!!!
Finally got to see the lads live in Perth Western Australia. And it was sure worth the wait. Brilliant.
My dad was one of those men. Then he was called up and fought in Italy for two years. A proud Monaghan man.
Where about in Monaghan. He should have gone for the boat.
I knew monaghan men who joined up because they were told an irishman wouldn't get a job after the war. 1948 before they were demob
@@Peter-sl6mf Knockatalon, Scotstown.
@@Peter-sl6mf He would have regarded that as running away. England became his home. He felt he had to defend it. Simple as that.
Great rendition of the historic verse that is so dear especially in the hard construction days of days gone by by.
stumbled by for a listen, glad I did, great find this band
I believe this is the best performance of this song I've ever heard.
Agreed
Padraig Mac Roibeaird no one will ever be better than Ronnie drew
Agreed as wel boooom
I have to say he's the best bodhrán player I've ever seen! It's magical how hes playing away and never touches the bodhrán at all.... Would get a job on the local County Council that lad would....
@Timothy Callanan When this popped up last night I was wondering what long lost nigerian relative was after leaving me a fortune!! 🤣🤣🤣
Great song my grandad was 1 of these men left kildress and worked all over England
My dad was one of McAlpines Fusiliers in the 60s.
So was my dad 👍💚
Mine too
@@madeleinebuckley287 Was your dads name Raymond.
Mine to
Some was mine, in Cricklewood
Excellent band , bass player is exceptional
Real music ,,real artists
Absolutely brilliant, love ❤️ it.
I loved working with Shannon Kier macalpines and all the rest in UK
God we had some laughs!! 🇮🇪☘️🇮🇪
This song by the whistling Donkeys is quite amazing!!!
That was long ago indeed - now they are full of health and safety bullshit. Plastic glasses, no radios, turnstiles, full sleeves in the middle of summer. Brother, they are wankers.
Thanks very much 🔊🍀👊🔥
Unbelievable Band
Brilliant lads keep it up .up the irish
What a fantastic group of professionals at their trade best I've ever heard in my life
Bango can fairly play it well,,
In 1988 I worked for a sub contractor to Laing and was 1 of many mcalipines, I earned £300 pw which was good for a labourer and I couldn't earn that today 36 years later so this song does not explain that the Irish controlled building back in the day we even had an Irish girl controlling the lift for £50 a day. Noreen was the girl who rented to the Irish around Kilburn and Kensal Rise. The good old days.
god that banjo though...bravo lads ..
Ukulele luv, God luv my family
@@dianemcalpine65 keep on marching luv, tis still a banjo
Thomas quinn top banjo player👌
Yee ha 🇨🇮 pure Irish music the way to go
Absolutely brilliant. What a fantastic performance.🇦🇺🇮🇪
Absolutely brilliant
Great group fine music
That banjo picker can make it get up and run around on its own power!
class, the Tyrone boys.
Up Tyrone…..
Brilliant song from the Irish list of great songs
Great song, it makes the auld feet want to dance, it makes you feel young. Old legs are not as supple, but the whistle is still sharp.
I can watch them all day.🤩brilliant
My uncle's game over in the 50s and worked on the buildings and worked hard
Great stuff. Thanks for posting
I have a great respect for the Irish who have built all of England and America with their tears.
God bless the Irish xxx
I’m going to London next week thank god things are a lot different now 😀
In what way. A bit smug of you.
This song is about the great generation of 1940 50 60 70.
My father worked three years in Inveraray 1950 53. Hydro dam scheme Then down to London watford Luton. A different breed of tough irishmen.
I worked with Macs. These boys singing about an age gone nearly fourty years ago would not last 5 minutes. In the then very real world.
Damp wet clothes. Heaters turned at night time. Buckets for toilets.
Machines dump truckes getting bogged down on sites roads jobs. So much hand balling in the day. Everything was done by hand. 11000 bricks on Wagons pipes, and the timber cement offloaded by hand up until the 1980s
In the winter, it was tough. It was so much colder then. Than today And rained all the time.
The generation from the 90s have not got a clue what life was like. Drinking to survive it.
Thank god my own children have done OK. Two in the teaching profession. And one a senior surveyor and manager with laing o Rourke.
Working underground was no fun, either. Hot wet a sweaty. Always covered in muck and dirt. No proper washing facilities. Thank the holy God the men and women that came before you. Made it easy for you. Half the houses we lived in had water running down the windows, no central heating. Phones. Everyone has now laptops, mobile phones instant Internet cars. Foreign holidays
And social welfare.
The pub was the main social meeting place. Many became addicted to drink God help them
Class absolutely class
Exellent. Le talent et Exellente voix pour de belles chansons 🎵🎶
Pride and respect
G8
Mighty song .....tare In to it🇮🇪👍
Fuckin class lads. Top class 👏🏽👏🏽
My dad came over from Ireland in the 30 ties he you to you can't the seanery 😅
Please re phrase
Well done lads!Saoirse Eireann!💚
Superb version 💖
Great band
really good version of this song
I like these guys, they seem to have a good time. Count me as another fan.
Who's a better male Irish singer? Nice man to boot.
Brilliant Band . Great at Grace , best I've ever heard .
I’ve seen these men work. They had strength like you wouldn’t believe. Everything from lifting a transit van so the wheel could be changed, to dragging out a compressor that was stuck in mud. Christ only knows how many wooden handled shovels they broke digging out clay.
bass player is cool great band
For Jolene,she loves these dudes!!!!
🇨🇮💃🎻🥁 I love it 💕
Excellent,
brilliant
Absolute brilliance
good one men
Pecker Dunn on this one brilliant
Brilliant
Absolutely brilliant I was a fusilier in 1989
A tribute to cups Wining Post 1980s RIP
They are singing about the men who drank in the crown and got picked up outside for work in the mornings. Different era
Keep it going lads 🇮🇪❤️🇺🇦🇪🇦❤️
Dia duit maith maidin
Makes me think of my days at the international training centre for joseph cyril bamford the craic we had after the work was all but said and done there is nothing but hard work to make a man or a woman happy for like my uncle leo says stephen work is great for the mind if any who listen or read take a look at a canal or a road whether it be in some place along mcalpines highway and you sure to see the mark of the hard workin Irish men and women who gave all for what they ehere worth how dad it is that we have lost the greatest work ethic and hsve to sit in class rooms to get a fancy card to tell everyone you csn work when our ancestors did neither need a card or a long winded speech for the navy shovel said it all god bless them and there memory -from a humble Jcb mechanic
Class
That's the shot.👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
For all the Irish boys who worked their arses off .
My family
wow
That boy can play the fiddle!
Like this song when it says shuttering jobs, Liamp/atrick Madeira
1 word,,,,,,,,unreal
❤️x
Down the Glen came the Scottish men like a team of bengal lancers one in ten was a time served man the rest were fukkin chances 🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴
A fine old song bin there done it and got gounf in the spike
Hi Tommy do u have a cd ? Ur top man love ur music 👍👍
Banjo player is unreal
brilliant,where are they from;
County Tyrone Ireland Benny
Dromore Tyrone.Great lads.
up the Tyrone boys,thanks
🎩on the wall
🌿🌷🍃🌺🌱🌼🌿🌷🍃🌺🌱🌼 ❤❤❤❤
Lol unless ya missed It......can anyone hear the banjo 👍 🤪
Great song and great band needs the monologue at the start tho pecker dunne did the best version of this song
Conor Quinn Luke Kelly’s is up there too
@@patdapope Ronnie Drew’s is the definitive version to be honest
Agree padraig
👍
Yup yup up the rebels
ELECTRIC❤
Pogues should have done a cover.
👍😀☘️🍻
Comè on Tyrone8❤
Get the banjo ( I haven't a deer🙋)x
Is it really that time..,...the clock on the wall says ..,.....🙋
if youre any good youll get the lodging ,if youre not you wont that was the interview
Unreal
@@lisacrossey9434 its true ,harsh but fair
Elephant John Murphy
Who's here coz they thought Donkeys could whistle April 2020 might stay for a while yeeeeehaaaaaaaa
Brian Fee
My daddy actually loves this song but I don't and I don't why I'm watching this
YOU DONT LIKE THIS-
Perhaps you’re a closset paddy
your da might have been a fusilier
Me thinks Ireland is rising up again
Donna target
Richard Thompson original best.