Based on the American song "Aragon Mill" which was written by Si Kahn in 1974 (or 79?) A lot of people seem to think this is the original. It wasn't but a great song nonetheless. Thanks Ray.
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@killickfarms3 жыл бұрын
Nobody can put over a folk song like Finbarr furey. His voice is a mix of life lessons, cheeky confidence, peace with himself and plenty of black Porter!!!!
@zachmcloughlin3 жыл бұрын
Nobody can beat finbarr but look up dan mc cabe
@kingston24113 жыл бұрын
@@zachmcloughlin furys are the best singers and boxers
@galwaytribes53103 жыл бұрын
What a storyteller finbar is, every song he sings he takes us on the journey with him
@simontimoney Жыл бұрын
Dubliners can..luke kelly
@simontimoney Жыл бұрын
@@zachmcloughlin luke kelly
@kathz90823 жыл бұрын
In the early 2000’s, my family would have music nights every week when I was little. I can still my mother singing this (slower than this version) and smiling down at me. what I would do to go back to those simpler times.
@patriciaoneill80532 жыл бұрын
Aw lovely message
@roryduggan180512 күн бұрын
No clue but that comment brought a tear to my eye mabye it’s cause his voice in the background BRING BACK OLD IRELAND
@franciso.connell16344 күн бұрын
We can still have simple times
@patriciadavidson67655 жыл бұрын
How can 106 people give a thumbs down to this iconic song: it is stunning 🤗😎
@samkearney64244 жыл бұрын
DID
@paddymac51614 жыл бұрын
Shower of wankers
@marcdunn77163 жыл бұрын
Yup dunno Somebody's bored n angry i think
@rcoughlan7373 жыл бұрын
@@marcdunn7716 Looks like u got it right, too many haters nowadays
@martinlong1063 жыл бұрын
Muppets is all its a beautiful song
@TheEamoB4 жыл бұрын
These Furey lads are national treasures. And Davey Arthur of course!
@michaeldonnellan58652 жыл бұрын
Beautiful singing BRING BACK THE OLD DAYS ASAP💚💚💚💚👍👍👍💚💚💚💚💕💕💚💚💚💚💕💚
@alan00ross5 жыл бұрын
At the East end of town, at the foot of the hill, there's a chimney so tall, it says Belfast Mill. But there's no smoke at all, coming out of the stack, for the mill has shut down and it's never coming back. And the only tune I hear is the sound of the wind, as she blows through the town, weave and spin, weave and spin. There's no children playing, in the dark narrow streets, and the loom has shut down, it's so quiet I can't sleep. And the only tune I hear is the sound of the wind, as she blows through the town, weave and spin, weave and spin. The mill has shut down, t'was the only life i know, tell me where will i go now, tell me where will I go. And the only tune I hear is the sound of the wind, as she blows through the town, weave and spin, weave and spin. I'm too old to work and I'm too young to die, tell me where will I go now, my family and I. And the only tune i hear is the sound of the wind, as she blows through the town, weave and spin, weave and spin. At the East end of town, at the foot of the hill, there's a chimney so tall, it says Belfast Mill. But there's no smoke at all, coming out of the stack, for the mill has shut down, and it's never coming back. And the only tune I hear, is the sound of the wind, as she blows through the town, weave and spin, weave and spin. And the only tune, I hear is the sound of the wind, as she blows through the town, weave and spin, weave and spin. As she blows through the town, weave and spin weave and spin
@aphexrobinson20223 жыл бұрын
I'm not even irish but had a beer, sat back in my arm chair and falling in love with this! ❣
@martinpinkerton16153 жыл бұрын
About the song
@MoMo-vb9zq2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the lyrics Alan its a lovely song!
@richardbyrne6183 жыл бұрын
This song sends shivers up my spine
@frillman34663 жыл бұрын
Was my grandad kenny (pops) favourite song according my dad, I sadly never got to meet my pops!! But what a tune.. proud of my irish blood!!!
@thomassmith42593 жыл бұрын
I'm Irish ☘️ and I can't stop singing this song omg I love and my sister loves it too such a good song I can't believe this is in the 90s
@HouseholdDog13 жыл бұрын
They are brilliant musicians. The instrumentals make you actually feel the wind, blowing through the town.
@shannonduddy41493 жыл бұрын
Grew up with the furyes,, brilliant portsalon back in the days x us derry people love use xx
@soniatilbrook4100 Жыл бұрын
Sonia kerwick this tune is BRILLIANT GOD Bless IRELAND
@johnmurphy46013 жыл бұрын
First time I heard this song was in London 1990 in the wheatsheaf pub in tooting bec
@philippatton43992 жыл бұрын
My uncle Brian Patton played with these as a fiddle player from Donegal Eire
@Normalguy1690Ай бұрын
23 years old born and raised in Belfast and my dad has only just introduced me to this song
@philippatton43992 жыл бұрын
I’m Irish and it brings tears to me !
@THEMCCARTNEYCHANNEL8 жыл бұрын
My mum used to work there East Bread st Newtownards rd at the foot of the hill when she was 13. Long since gone
@rossedmonds18283 жыл бұрын
I've known what its like to want work and not getting it. Under those circumstances its a battle to hang onto any self confidence and to hang onto a relationship. It was a long time ago but I haven't forgotten.
@kittymon3510 жыл бұрын
Good I read this thread as I am singing this song at a summer festival on Saturday in Zurich. My grandmother worked in a Belfast mill and so this song really means something to me. The girls who worked in the Belfast Mills were called 'Millies'. Two of the largest mills in NI closed due to a fall in consumer demand in 1962. Its a wonderful song and I love singing it. Thanks Si for writing it. I also wrote a song recently called the Highwaymans Lass which I also hope will be liked as much as Belfast Mill. Thanks Katie
@patriciaoneill80532 жыл бұрын
Aw my Granny worked in the mill too
@woodiethompson5265 жыл бұрын
This man was no doubt born to be a singer perfect voice perfect accent passion oozing in every performance I have heard what an entertainer ! Too early gone!
@benmchenry4587 Жыл бұрын
Whenever I feel down I listen to Fin. Thanks heaps for your beautiful voice 😊
@patriciaoneill8053 Жыл бұрын
Listen to Finbar singing with Finbar Furey " Green Fields of France"
@patriciaoneill8053 Жыл бұрын
Sorry With Christy Dignam
@ciarahamilton2794 жыл бұрын
It's 1974. Just to clarify! Brilliant song. If you're Irish, you can't stop the foot going.
@hehe34393 жыл бұрын
hahah
@williammongan98062 жыл бұрын
Not a truer word said
@quickmick11122 жыл бұрын
I read your comment as my foot started to raise up for the tap down haha thanks for the laugh.
@moneymay70502 жыл бұрын
Go on ciara
@raymondoreilly47262 жыл бұрын
Ha sitting with the foot going
@normkraushaar83959 жыл бұрын
So universal, says so much from the heart....as is Gallipoli and most of their songs
@landrykkb13 жыл бұрын
I've heard this song a lot throughout my life and I still love it.
@waynecrothers20124 жыл бұрын
Going to see the fureys and davey Arthur perform at the Ardhowen theatre,Enniskillen 8/02/2020 I can't wait,great musicians and songwriters...
@mikecarter58469 жыл бұрын
This is an awesome tune. The closing of factories and mills worldwide is a sad consequence of economic times. Whole towns fall into waste and many families are destroyed. Keep a good thought for those unfortunate people.
@BILLYnKAREN13 жыл бұрын
There is no band better than The fureys for putting genuine feeling in any and every song they play. This is no exception. Fantastic. Love this band.
@declandarthwing56913 жыл бұрын
I've literally just discovered this song, what else am I missing I wonder.
@Maksimfan14 жыл бұрын
this is the song that first got me loving folk music
@stuartlooby24183 жыл бұрын
Dopes dats why
@ammulhare16442 жыл бұрын
First time hearing this beautiful, sad, magical song. Well done to the musicians! Oregon Mill, eh? Another interesting history there too I am sure. Such songs are also documenting the onward flowing river of human civilisation & history. Thanks for posting this example!
@josparkes111 жыл бұрын
The banjo is superb on this version !
@rossedmonds18285 жыл бұрын
I was unemployed years ago - and I haven't forgotten what it felt like. Sad
@lindy-loucullen42264 жыл бұрын
God in Australia, if you are over 55, no matter how qualified you are singing the Belfast Mill.
@rossedmonds18283 ай бұрын
@@lindy-loucullen4226 True
@jojokeavy28353 жыл бұрын
Beautiful 🇮🇪🎶🎶🎶🎶🇮🇪2020🇮🇪
@stevesuffet9 жыл бұрын
Everyone should read songwriter Si Kahn's own comments below. Si begins by saying "Thanks to whoever posted this great version of my song 'Aragon Mill' by Davey Arthur and the Fureys." As Si says, he wrote this song after the textile mill in Aragon, Georgia, closed in 1970. What he does not say is that the mill subsequently reopened and closed again several times, but it finally closed permanently after a fire in 2002. We should all wish Si the best of luck in starting the Aragon Mill JamFest, but more importantly we should stand in solidarity with all people who are fighting against the transnational corporate greed that has destroyed the lives of working people in both big cities like Belfast and small towns like Aragon.
@irishfield15 жыл бұрын
So great song ever adore it thank you
@arthurshelby67332 жыл бұрын
One of the best songs to be made! Listening to this takes me pack to the 50 shades of green I miss
@noelsteele71125 жыл бұрын
Born in Belfast .used to hear hewitts mill horn as i walked up the crumlin road to school.happy days.
@iandickson13303 жыл бұрын
Great 👍 brilliant the best thank too them
@fred0donohoe5934 жыл бұрын
Great song good voice finbar
@iandickson13305 жыл бұрын
Sad there is olso a lot of houses with chimneys but no smoke used to love watching the smoke comeing from the train gone by days
@richardbyrne6183 жыл бұрын
Whoever gave thumbs down to this are obviously tone deaf friend.
@dougreed22572 жыл бұрын
Absolutely richard,and they have no soul!
@maxjohnson44772 жыл бұрын
I'll drink to that
@daistoke13147 жыл бұрын
This song resonates with every town, city or community that has seen jobs destroyed, Too old to work, and too young to die.
@josparkes114 жыл бұрын
The Furies are awesome, and this is awesome too, they are a great band !
@jennypiper3775 жыл бұрын
" JUST PERFECT THANK YOU FINBAR DAVEY,
@Ken528100 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely love this tune!!!❤
@iandickson13305 жыл бұрын
Great songs from the great FUREYS lovely folk music
@jestalhut12 жыл бұрын
Whatever The Furey's do is great. I love this song, and this is a great version.
@megancrowley21549 жыл бұрын
Love this song💕💕
@connorscoursing20532 жыл бұрын
Best song ever ☝️💯
@natashamolloy58854 жыл бұрын
My big brothers song 5months gone our thomas the pain in my heart is getting worse , u and our patrick is up there in paradise . I miss you so much i love you to bits , r.i.p my two brother thomas and patrick ,life will never be the same
@annmariem1213 жыл бұрын
I love ya sis we will get threw this 😭
@shannonduddy41493 жыл бұрын
My family always loved them ,and always will ,I lost my sister 2 which broke my heart
@shannonduddy41493 жыл бұрын
God bless use xx
@SuperMicksor12 жыл бұрын
Best version ever , Great Song
@tichmulraney67843 жыл бұрын
Weave n spin weave n spin 🇮🇪💚☘✊🏼
@redarchibald10 жыл бұрын
Love this! Had on repeat all night!
@patmcd82714 жыл бұрын
Number 1 song legends
@paulamcnama14993 жыл бұрын
The fureys are legendary xx
@johncole85013 жыл бұрын
Love this song
@MRAWSOME48111 жыл бұрын
It was played at my granddads funeral
@philippatton43992 жыл бұрын
Love this song ❤️❤️❤️
@gamingforidiots4013 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of my old man
@iandickson13305 жыл бұрын
That’s music at its best they sure bring life to there songs maybe not the chimney stack
@iainmackillop21288 жыл бұрын
Killiekentman Hey Ray ! I'm so amazed that this post has racked up nearly 200,000 views since it was posted. Many thanks to you for maing it available .. and to Si Kahn for writing this great song :)
@hooleyqueen8 жыл бұрын
Dear Michael Kelly, Thank you so much for sharing your lovely story with us. I was in Sligo where the Fureys own a bar called (surprise) Furey's. It is in the Northwest of the Republic close to the sea. I went to Furey's Pub & heard some lads playing traditional songs. For all I know it could have been some of the original band if any were (or are) still alive. I was there around 2002or 2003. I did not know about the Fureys then, but discovered them later. I bought one of their early CDs in a tiny record shop in the tiny village of Doolin on my way out to the Aran Islands which lie in the Galway Bay Doolin is the departure point for the smallest of the three islands, Inisheer. Inish means Island in Irish.
@deaghansionnach29367 жыл бұрын
Awesome song, reminds me of my time in Belfast
@thelittleowl24845 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite song
@bowie47ziggy9 жыл бұрын
brilliant stuff, and very rare love it...
@johnduffy26042 жыл бұрын
My father was born in tipperary
@ingeborgdomin68463 жыл бұрын
Good song, THX
@montelee82445 жыл бұрын
I live 3 mi. From the mill . great song
@coleenquinn37614 ай бұрын
Beautiful 🎶🎶🇮🇪🍀🍀
@patriciaoneill80532 жыл бұрын
Aw brilliant, Belfast Mill, made the greatest people,
@sikahn918110 жыл бұрын
DO YOU KNOW A RECORDED VERSION OF ARAGON MILL? If so, please let me know for a paper I'm writing about the song's history. It also goes by the names Belfast Mill, Oregon Mill, Douglass Mills and Weave & Spin. Thanks so much, Si
@Luukupuuk6 жыл бұрын
You might want to check out this one: Planxty: Accidentals / Aragon Mill (is on youtube)
@johnduffy26042 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad to irish
@punkcat7714 жыл бұрын
I never knew who sang this song! Fureys are awesome.
@hooleyqueen9 жыл бұрын
so beautiful, so sad
@docholiday83086 жыл бұрын
I love both Argon Mill and Belfast Mill. I live in SO in cotton country and there are hundreds of closed and or adapted. Many mills have been torn down to make way for new industrial plants. The South is coming back but it went lose its soul. I wish the same for distant cousins in the 6 counties now that the worst of The Troubles are over
@coyi74542 жыл бұрын
God bless you 🇬🇧❤️🇮🇪
@samenhillyard34363 жыл бұрын
Amen
@michaelmorley64232 жыл бұрын
🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪 Beautiful song
@johannothnagel13711 жыл бұрын
Amazing voice !!!!
@georgestyer21537 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info Si...most enlightening I love those who care !!!!
@cn8203 жыл бұрын
A great song
@jamesdoran83263 жыл бұрын
This war is going on to long there should be peace
@claireandfreddy56712 жыл бұрын
Finbar irish legend, .next to luke kelly 👍
@jim62100011 жыл бұрын
Great version from a great band..
@julane502 ай бұрын
Wow . a great version of Aragon Mill. I love the Red Clay Ramblers(?) soulful rendition. I've only recently discovered 'Belfast Mill' .. ♬‧*˚✧♬‧*˚ .. must say it's one o the best !
@paddymcdaid34474 жыл бұрын
Hazel dickens brilliant at this Aragon mill ☘️👍🐶woof
@jamesdoran83263 жыл бұрын
Good old song
@susanpurnell24333 жыл бұрын
So many traditional employments gone all over England, Ireland Scotland & Wales. Only on-line shops & call centres left, sadly. Says it perfectly.
@damonwalters18135 жыл бұрын
Feeling your pain. (Cornwall)
@annmariem1214 жыл бұрын
Rip bro 😭 yur song
@johndelaney2321 Жыл бұрын
outstanding@
@cheerydavie13 жыл бұрын
One of the Furey's /Arthur .recordings
@taphhedrof10453 жыл бұрын
Dave Arthur, you are a fantastic Banjo Player. I love your Banjo playing on When you were Sweet 16 also.
@pjmo-pd7bf4 жыл бұрын
ANYONE 2020
@insideout48925 жыл бұрын
the song is such a wonderful homage to the working class people in the western world who suffered just like those who suffered across the eastern world, due to faceless big business. we might all suffer in the end
@jimmcguirk7547 жыл бұрын
Sound of the wind
@SheyD782 жыл бұрын
The heartbreak of hard working people who's jobs are suddenly gone because it's cheaper to make things somewhere without safety regulations or minimum wage. Corporate greed has a lot to answer for.
@KillieKentRadio15 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your note VanillaCapnCream :-)
@annmariem1214 жыл бұрын
Awesome
@iandickson13305 жыл бұрын
They sure could sing about tings I would never have though about chimney stack there must be millions of them doing nothing
@mark-anthonybent795111 жыл бұрын
makes me homesick . miss ireland very much . maybe its time to finally go home