Stewart's voice is just perfect for this song! Makes the modern talent sounds anemic, that's for sure...

This was Scotland's counter attack on the rock 'n' roll revolution. My Granny used to like Andy Stewart (well the Grannys of most Scots of a certain age liked him). He was described as one of a host of kilted entertainers but he stood out because he was genuinely entertaining. I've told a few people that it was his son, Ewan Stewart, who played First Office Murdoch in Titanic and they're incredulous, discounting the very noticeable father-son likeness.

what a excellent tenor voice, i love this kind of stuff, real music indeed.

Oh man, my dad sings this everytime I have a sleep in...

The best version so far

Sometimes it would be guid to go back to these days,I live in Queensland but will never forget my scottish roots. stuart

Andy Stewart is the Bomb... I Love Andy.. he kicks arse! [from Vancouver B.C.!!!

Andy Stewart was definitely a kilted entertainer with the emphasis on the entertainer. He also had quite a gift for ad-libbing.

Definitely the finest of the finest Scottish singers entertainers - they dont make them as talented no more! Any recent Scottish celebrity loves himself so f*g much its a real pain to haf to listen to him/her!

This is the best version of the song. I think I've watched this video over 50 times in the past week. We need more videos of Andy on youtube, I love watching him sing.

Was it not Andy who first said 'when it was really bitter cold in the Highlands the lads wore their sporrans UNDER their kilts' ....... No seriously he was a splendid Scot.

Well ,,,,,he is still very much missed ,,,,,,and he wrote some guid songs TAE ,,,,,,and NOBODY could EVER take his place ,,,,RIP wee man

this song is really good

This piece of music was our Regimental March. The Pipers used to play it at 0400 hours (Reveille ). Loved the tune but not when it was played on 32 Bagpipes that had not been tuned as yet. Makes me proud to be Scots.

Can't say I was ever a fan of Andy Stewart, yet here I am, because he enunciates so well - and so this will be perfect to share with a class who don't understand Scots very well. And, actually, it's no bad.

Yes, I remember the White heather Club in the 1960s on BBC TV.

has the right last name to sing a Jacobite song like this

neerday has never been the same since Andy was taken off he was the man The young uns have their yins noo so best of luck tae them

SUPER!!!

@lehnrik “Hey! Johnny Cope” is a Jacobite song and refers to General Sir John Cope. At the time of the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion General Cope commanded the Government Forces in Scotland.

Wonderful. - Erkele

@Piggycow Andy is referring to the opening sequence of dancers on the show, and makes a quip! "Good evening and welcome once again to the White Heather Club. You`ve just seen dance an eightsome reel, and it`s called an eightsome reel because usually eight people dance it!" (An Eightsome Reel is a Scottish country dance.)

Cant beat the old shit and the banter

Does anyone have the full episode they can upload? Sorry, but I can't get enough of The White Heather Club.

I remember his show in the early 70's on Tyne Tees at 12:30 on a weekday

This was written by one of my family (going way back) Adam Skirving :)

@JCMcGee Ireland as a whole & Scotland as a whole have ever been allied.

Ah wis only a wee laddie when the white Heather club wis oan the go but it is bloody guid.

OUR WILLIE.... AHE KEIN WHUT YU SAY WILLIE, BIT THE GRASS IS WET, AN ME HURLES TOO WEE.

Простая и весёлая мелодия! :)

@bealach Aha, ok, thanks! Happy new Year!

@OurLadyofGalway Fair point.

@Piggycow Fantastic song though, among his best.

@JCMcGee Did he not send his brother Edward Bruce to assist the Irish Gaels to fight against the Hiberno Normans? Then somehow or other Edward Bruce (not Edward King of England) was crowned High King of Ireland, but the Irish Gaels were never united behind him, some of them even fighting for the Hiberno Normans. Well actually Irish Gaels probably had more in common with a Hiberno Norman than a Scotto Norman. Anyway the Hiberno Normans & the Anglo Normans managed to defeat & kill Edward Bruce

@EwanStewartFan Not sure, maybe early 1960s.

@JCMcGee despite help from his older brother Robert, King of Scots & that was the end of that. So the King of Scots did try to ally himself with the Irish Gaels against the Hiberno Normans, but apart from anything else, maybe the fact that he & his brother were part-Norman themselves could account for the mixed reaction they received from the Irish Gaels. Of course the Gaels in Ireland & Scotland continued to have family & military ties after this, just as they'd always done, but I don't think

just seen dance an Eightsome Reel, and it's called an Eightsome reel cos normally 8 people dance it

wishes people would learn how to use Google and Wikipedia. The White Heather Club was a BBC TV Scottish variety show that ran on and off from 7 May 1958 to 1968.

How much is years?

I think there is a clue in the introduction.

thank your understanding of the english language, let me know when you can write a proper reply .

The woman on the left is exceptionally beautiful.

@Pawnbroker00 : Do you know the 1st thing Robert Bruce did after gaining Scottish Independence?

PLANXTY do a very fine version of this song, but a VERY different interpretation. with Uillean pipes and bodhran.

Anyone know exactly what he says in the intro? All I hear is "Welcome once again to the white heather club ______________ and its called a ___ reel because usually it gets people dancing" ? I've been trying to figure it out for weeks now whenever I listen and just can't make it out.

Wath is father is ewan Stewart

This is better than most of Stewart's stuff, but I'd still rather hear the Corries' version. This is a little too "Hollywood."

i love this song - - - and i never knew it til just a few weeks ago. i am an american fan of rabbie burns and i have a yt channel with many of my own versions of burns and scottish songs, mostly or all w keyboard and vocal. i invite you to check my channel out and scroll around to find the scottish music . . . . et al! johnny cope is cool and it is next on my list . . . . . . .!

wonders if lehnrik has ever used Google or Wikipedia

Who was Johnny Cope?

would just like to say DWYT is not "a bl00dy disgrace to Scotland!" 1D84Down IS I've just come down from the Isle of Skye, I’m no very big and I'm awful shy, And the lassies shout when I go by, " Donald where’s your troosers." Let the wind blow high, let the wind blow low, Through the streets in my kilt I'll go, And all the lassies shout hello Donald where's your troosers. A Lassie took me to a ball And it was slippery in the hall And I was feart that I would fall Fur I hadnae on ma' troosers

raw caledonia ...:p

Yeah, the White Heather Club was best avoided by teenagers in the 60s like the plague but Andy, like a lot of artistes of the time, seem to have a touch of style now. Just nobody dare start singing 'Donald, where's your...' - a bl00dy disgrace to Scotland!

@Pawnbroker00 OMG, you didn't really just dishonor yourself and your country with this kind of racism! You owe your family and nation and everyone on KZfaq an apology.