♫ Scottish Music - The Dark Island ♫ LYRICS

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glasgow1234

12 жыл бұрын

Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, Scotland.

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@peterwilson5528 3 жыл бұрын

In all my life I can say there was only one place where I felt truly free. The Highlands and Islands. All those years in Scotland were the happiest of all my life. There is not a moment I think, that part of my mind or soul is not still there in Scotland. And now I am far away...

@andrewjohnstone963 Жыл бұрын

When its in your heart you aren't far away my friend ❤

@doreenwong1295 8 ай бұрын

Beautiful song and lyrics

@felipecinelli3278 7 ай бұрын

Where in Scotland/highlands/islands in particular? I'm living in the UK but want to spend some time there. Don't know where.

@peterwilson5528 7 ай бұрын

Lochaber is where I spent many happy years. great people in the Highlands. There are so many wonderful things there history is all around you. Nature is everywhere, surrounding you. The lochs, rivers, and mountains. It is a magical place. @@felipecinelli3278

@maxmcpeake7643 5 ай бұрын

I love this song it gives me goosebumps every time I hear it. We were in Scotland in 2018, we live in New Zealand but Scotland is in our hearts.

@theuistbrothers4607 Жыл бұрын

I grew up on the isle of benbecula and isle of north uist for the first 17rs of my life, I'm now 22 and live near Glasgow, wouldn't trade growing up there for anything

@janewagner1601 6 ай бұрын

My Grandmas favourite song. She was from Scotland x

@devonsteyn2206 Жыл бұрын

Haunting, beautiful God bless Scotland

@johnmcmillan8493 5 ай бұрын

a song that would bring a tear to a glass eye

@doctorMoonshine 3 жыл бұрын

Love from Flanders to Benbecula...

@JamesClark-qt5wf 4 ай бұрын

2:00 Wonderful the place we I was born and can't wait to get back home. SCOTLAND FOR EVER

@faymcintyre2719 Жыл бұрын

BEAUTIFUL. BALLAD. SUNG SO BEAUTIFULLY

@janewagner1601 5 ай бұрын

My grandmas fave song rest her soul.

@dawnmcgregor30 Жыл бұрын

My husband used to play this to me on his bag pipes it has alot of feelings for me god rest you bob I will love you forever x

@user-xg2zh6hk7e 7 ай бұрын

Hope you're doing well darling. Love from a brother in Christ.

@user-dy2os4ku8u Жыл бұрын

Such a beautiful song, my wee mum loved that song that much we got it played at her funeral

@thethinker8805 3 жыл бұрын

Total respect for Scotland, the pipes and the kilt and God help anyone who calls mine a skirt

@VanderleiaRuggeri-he4ke 6 ай бұрын

I married in there was amazing experiencia ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤i LOVE Scotland

@terry1548 11 ай бұрын

A beautiful song, brings a tear to my eye and makes me think of my homeland .....New Zealand . I love the Scots

@jenniferappel8408 Жыл бұрын

One of the most beautiful songs ever❤

@PeterPan-ed5cm 6 жыл бұрын

Oh how I miss you the land of my birth in all my travels around the world I will never stop loving you

@jeanmilne397 3 ай бұрын

Love this song. Was piped at my dads funeral ❤

@mothmagic1 Жыл бұрын

That's the first time I've heard yhe lyrics to this. Thank you.

@jamesavenell2368 4 жыл бұрын

II served here in the REME from mid 1960 to mid 1062. The first time I heard this music was associated with a TV production entitled The Dark Islands, which they were actually filming during my final months there. One duty related to picking up any cargo and service staff from the ferry at Lochboisdale (South Uist) and one night we were joined by some of the TV crew and technicians who came to lodge at the firing range site camp on Benbecula. I also enjoyed a brief spell on St Kilda during my service.As a southern Englishman and town boy, I found there was something special about these Islands, there is an atmosphere of tranquillity that is very difficult to describe in a perfect sense and the inhabitants of a pleasurable demeanour. I have never had the opportunity in returning but in my reveries those Islands call me back and I recall the pleasure and honour of having once graced those Islands rapture.

@BlackTalon53 Ай бұрын

Cant believe this is the first time I am hearing this song! Why havent I stumbled across this before after having been interested on Scottish folk songs for years? What a heartrendingly beautiful tune!

@jackjohnhameld6401 3 жыл бұрын

*As the steamer leaves Oban and passes Tiree.* Magical words and a wistful melody. *Of the midsummer dawning that follows the night.*

@lynnbeowolf6106 3 жыл бұрын

My mum passed away in England, and a piper escorted her on her final journey with The Dark Isle. Now she’s home where she longed to be.

@tillerman7272 3 жыл бұрын

godspeed x

@alexandercarder2281 3 жыл бұрын

😭😭

@archiebrown3719 3 жыл бұрын

This was my grandmothers favourite song of the island she belonged too l do believe shes back where she belongs xxx😇😇😇😘😘😘❤❤❤

@alexander-cz4bc Жыл бұрын

It should be the national anthem of Scotland. My dad played it on the violin. he played in Scottish dance bands. I was born in Bournemouth. I'm grade 8 piano. Memories of playing this with him.

@andrewjohnstone963 Жыл бұрын

Spot on my friend Wonderful song uplifting but ever mindful of the feelings of the heart ❤️ 🎉

@scottishsuzuki8132 5 ай бұрын

Another good choice. Never really liked Flower of Scotland. Always preferred Highland Cathedral or Scotland The Brave.

@Tlwstg17 Жыл бұрын

A hauntingly beautiful rendition of this song, and sang by a voice so perfectly clear and crisp. I love this❤

@alyssadietz542 5 жыл бұрын

heyy! i’m from 🇺🇸 but i’d love to visit Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 one day💜

@clothilde1623 4 жыл бұрын

Come, you’ll be very welcome. 🙂

@stookinthemiddle 2 жыл бұрын

Learned this in primary school on the recorder. What a rackett. Only now am I truly appreciative of the song, and Benbecula. Beautiful island.

@donaldriggs5441 6 жыл бұрын

In the late 70 s I flew a light aircraft over Benbecula . It is a fabulous rigged terrain . I am glad the engine did not fail - nowhere to land ! . I am English but spent 20years in Scotland and have been to most places in Scotland on a motor bike . Fabulous country , lovely people . Don Riggs .

@brianw322currie7 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@rudi2947 7 ай бұрын

aint that the truth, don.

@dianefiske-foy4717 3 ай бұрын

What’s ‘rigged’ terrain?

@debbiemiller3263 5 жыл бұрын

This was played at my grampas funeral in April this year 💔 it breaks my heart when i listen to this but it's comforting at the same time knowing this was his favourite song

@Elyzia1980 3 жыл бұрын

This song was played at my Grandad's funeral as well. It always makes me tear up.

@rustybuchanan9709 Жыл бұрын

Same but not on April it was the day after my dad's birthday

@georgesmith4413 8 ай бұрын

Beautiful

@doramckinlay5776 3 жыл бұрын

I live in Spain but miss Scotland so much Dark Island is my connection to Scotland , i know Alexamder and his brother Tom Jack was a beautiful person I wish he was still here I miss him

@dianefiske-foy4717 4 ай бұрын

Beautiful music! Beautiful scenery! Part of my heritage along with Irish and, possibly, Welsh, but mostly British. I feel a connection to Scotland for some reason, even though I’ve never been there. Probably never will get to go. Too old now. But I can’t enjoy music and videos of Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿.

@binnes2 6 жыл бұрын

most beautiful song and tune you are ever likely to hear!

@GeorgeMayAustralia 11 жыл бұрын

50 years away from Soay and Mallaig - travelled the world...Lived in the USA, Malaysia New Zealand Australia and still... From the lone shieling of the misty island Mountains divide us, and the waste of seas - Yet still the blood is strong, the heart is Highland, And we in dreams behold the Hebrides:

@michaelswan3766 3 жыл бұрын

George May o

@DobermanDave531 3 жыл бұрын

A true heart

@ManbunJ 3 жыл бұрын

Lie back, close your eyes and play this song. You have just had your first experience of heaven and peace.

@othmarerlacher2127 3 жыл бұрын

What a great song,could listen endlessly.WOW 👍👍👍👏👏👏

@gortonize 10 жыл бұрын

What a voice, brought a tear to my eye.

@ellymullen4035 5 жыл бұрын

Brill music x

@colinkeane6634 Жыл бұрын

Mary Duff

@YolandaApagyi 5 жыл бұрын

Beautiful! Love, Yolanda from Tihany, Hungary!

@rustybuchanan9709 Жыл бұрын

This is the song that was played at my grandpa's funeral

@claudiawilliams3631 Жыл бұрын

I played this at my dad's funeral. 2021

@bowtower 3 жыл бұрын

Beautifully sung, beautiful song.

@billmccraw7551 6 жыл бұрын

Proud to be a Scot.A haunting song sung with so much feeling.One of Scotland's greatest songs.

@jimmybee49 4 жыл бұрын

Haven’t heard this since I worked in Stornaway in the late seventies, cried like a baby the whole way through the song.

@andrewbluebells2370 5 жыл бұрын

What a stunning place, so beautiful, we are Blessed to live in such a beautiful Country!...😉

@mmmmikkimac 10 жыл бұрын

one of the best songs and videos I have seen on KZfaq

@mcrobertspiper5848 12 жыл бұрын

Certainly brought a tear to the eye, have played this on the pipes many times over the years, this is just Beautiful

@cm.s.2164 2 ай бұрын

Breathtakingly beautiful. So poignant and mesmerizing . I truly added this to my playlist so it plays after every tenth song.

@davidartist2750 5 жыл бұрын

The singer is Mary duff..... red haired Mary.... simply the best!

@user-xg2zh6hk7e 7 ай бұрын

thank you

@jacobsgranddaughter 3 жыл бұрын

❤️⭐️beautiful song and singer!

@christinebrook5959 Ай бұрын

Absolutely sweetheart, I’m from Glasgow, absolutely my country ❤

@connormacmillan6884 2 жыл бұрын

RIP Big Neilly monk, benbecula x

@robertjohn4261 6 жыл бұрын

No word's required, just listen and enjoy !.

@2001fluffybunny2001 11 жыл бұрын

my grandpas fave song miss him

@Jad3212010 2 жыл бұрын

This should be the national anthem🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@gcvanwerd1 8 жыл бұрын

How beautiful this is .. Thanks for posting and sharing. Greetings from Holland.

@anajinn Жыл бұрын

This was the Queen Mother's favourite music.

@ShadowNinja2846 6 жыл бұрын

This song never fails to make me cry, sang it in primary school (and won first place in the burns song competition), then again at my papa's funeral, can't hear it without tearing up

@ShadowNinja2846 3 жыл бұрын

@Sadye Moss you’re right, no one gives a shit

@finlaymacintyre8161 Жыл бұрын

Me too

@papsofjura 10 жыл бұрын

gorgeous arrangement, stirs the heart strings

@johnmcallan3980 9 жыл бұрын

My mothers family came from Benbecula. As a child I went there on holiday. I remember my mother always placed a small piece of peat in a suitcase when we were leaving. I'm pretty old now but can still remember that wonderful smell.

@marywinter4171 11 ай бұрын

ME too!

@jimorjamesorjimmy4099 2 жыл бұрын

Me too at my younger brother's funeral Andrew Steel a couple of months ago in Glasgow

@Bobby88441 12 жыл бұрын

It's just so beautiful, it brings a tear

@siobhancosgrove2386 10 жыл бұрын

A GORGEOUS girl with a GORGEOUS voice from Ireland by the name of Mary Duff is singing this version of this classic Scottish song & boy! WHAT a ballad

@garycoghillgary1560 5 жыл бұрын

What beautiful songs.

@karenmitchell9459 9 жыл бұрын

Lovely song the old songs are better than the other stuff

@kenrobson5937 7 жыл бұрын

Absolutely beautiful , the voice of an Angel .

@AnneStewart-yb1jz Ай бұрын

Hauntingly beautiful..

@judithligosky 9 жыл бұрын

Beautiful rendition. I bought a 45 of this in Stornoway in 1970 and am happy to rediscover it. Scotland gu braidth!

@carolinemacnee563 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant

@gcvanwerd1 4 жыл бұрын

This one hits me right in the hart. How beautiful is this.. Thanks for posting. Greetings from Holland.

@99IronDuke 2 жыл бұрын

Such a beautiful song.

@carolinegriffin2966 6 жыл бұрын

I live in scotland born here but i feel for catolina my father was a veteran ww2 conscripited soldier wish for world peace hugs frm me x

@banksey5553 9 жыл бұрын

Ooh I just heard this version for the first time and I got goose bumps, so many goose bumps!

@MacGillivray64 9 жыл бұрын

I actually live on Benbecula and couldnt be more proud of it. All the pictures in this video i have seen with my own eyes and im yet to go to a location that can match its beauty, for i know it cant be beat.

@LinnTractorNut 7 жыл бұрын

Jack MacGillivray

@lairdd.a.robins2475 6 жыл бұрын

aye jac' there's none that can match it in beauty

@edwardmcinally5096 6 жыл бұрын

Rsmedwardmcinally@yahoo.co.uk, I have been listening to this, music and I have played in the pip,band,excellent

@sim33009 8 жыл бұрын

Sad and so beautiful.

@andreeareads1779 7 жыл бұрын

Beautiful!!! I'm speechless!!! ❤💜❤💜❤💜❤💜

@de1ce 6 жыл бұрын

SCOTLAND, my adopted Country, I'm blessed to be here

@uelrobson9361 4 жыл бұрын

Love, prod Stewart, oh aye.. The Scottish hate me now.

@danielflynn1524 4 жыл бұрын

Born here bred here and I’ll die here too Scotland forever 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👌

@danielflynn1524 4 жыл бұрын

Forever 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️

@lauramacgillefhinnein5106 3 жыл бұрын

Daniel Flynn, with a last name like that I'm guessing at some point your family came from Ireland? A Gael moving to another Gaelic country. I've recently been looking into my family's history, (myself, siblings & two cousins are the first of our family not to be born in the Highlands since the year dot). I've learnt that a lot of the Scots moved all over the world, many did so generations before my father moved down south for work reasons, & us Celts are to be found all over the globe! Am proud to have both Scottish & English history & heritage but it saddens me in these days to see that even though I have have 50% Celt DNA, the fact that I also have 50% English DNA makes me unwelcome in parts of our homeland... Not so much in the Highlands but more in the SNP strongholds of the Lowlands 😔. If the English side of my being harboured such nationalism & hatred I'd quite rightly be called out for being a nationalistic, racist Bawbag, & yet in Scotland it seems acceptable! I was meant to be visiting family in the Highlands in May but because of the pandemic it was cancelled. God knows when this will be over with & I can safely visit without being made to feel like a social pariah for my accent or a plague carrier for the same reason. Until I get to see those hills again, please do me the favour & love 'our' country a little bit extra on my behalf. I hope you & yours are keeping well & safe during this time 🙏👋🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿✌️🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇮🇪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@danielflynn1524 3 жыл бұрын

Laura Mac Gille Fhinnein Aye your Spot on Laura full of the fighting Celtic spirit born and bred in Glasgow i’am 100% Scottish and proud of If and proud of where my distant relations came from too 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️🇮🇪

@TheScorpio1953 12 жыл бұрын

great song. i give us our country back.regards scorpio.

@michaeljordan3422 2 жыл бұрын

Omg Who Is That Beautiful Singer Wonderful Listen 24/7 To That Voice

@florenceleguellanff4700 8 ай бұрын

Voix sublime, paroles émouvantes sur l'exil, mon coeur se serre lorsque j'entends cette magnifique chanson. Dans mon coeur, l'Ecosse pour toujours !❤

@JockThePhantomPoet 3 жыл бұрын

So Beautiful, always loved the song.

@anastewarttamariz8650 5 жыл бұрын

sang this a lot in primary school and heard it again last week out of nowhere almost cried

@judedouglas3118 10 жыл бұрын

Lovely version of a haunting and beautiful tune. Interestingly, these images of the Western isles (where I have never been) are very like the south coast of South Island New Zealand. No wonder the Scottish settlers felt at home in Invercargill and Dunedin and maybe my Scottish grandfather who came to NZ in the early years of this century and who I never met somehow contributed to my love of Scottish traditional music.

@johnnyrebpalmer7720 10 жыл бұрын

Thank you dear cousin. Did you know that Santa Anna's army had the pleasure of hearing a lone set of pipes strike up as they moved toward the Alamo, and it made many "sick with fear" as they marched toward the Texan positions.

@lairdd.a.robins2475 6 жыл бұрын

Aye

@williamdean4101 6 жыл бұрын

I didn't know that! As an historian and piper I had no knowledge of the pipes being played at the Alamo; Wish it still worked today!

@clothilde1623 4 жыл бұрын

I did not know that! I know the pipes have been played by many Scots/Brits charging into battle, including both world wars, but I’d never have guessed they were played at the Alamo. Thank you for the info! Fascinating stuff.

@kirstenellin 9 жыл бұрын

It is Mary Duff singing. Beautiful voice!

@kennydurkin 3 жыл бұрын

Gorgeous song beautifully performed

@garycoghillgary1560 4 жыл бұрын

Dark island. We all have a dark island at this time but we will get better and be better. Hold on it's coming sooner than you think 🤔. Listen to the words breathtaking.

@michaeljordan3422 2 жыл бұрын

Wow Never Heard It Sung Before Beautiful Stunning

@user-ow8ru9dg8j 2 жыл бұрын

Красивая песня и музыка👏👏👏👍👍👋

@x-calibur168 3 жыл бұрын

This must be the beautifulest song ever (never fails to bring tears to my eyes lol) xx

@daviemcf 2 жыл бұрын

This has got to be the best version ever....love this song. 😊

@lesterjohnston8888 2 жыл бұрын

What a voice pure heaven

@falkirknproud2293 10 жыл бұрын

I am close to tears,I live in England but my home will forever be Scotland...Vote Yes

@Hermour556 10 жыл бұрын

Vote yes,but i live in England....ahahahahahaha what a paradox

@falkirknproud2293 10 жыл бұрын

kingofkings962 Why is this a paradox? I want a better future for my daughters and grandchildren who are still up in Scotland.I also must ask why is it a paradox to say that I live in England but my home will always be Scotland.I only live here ave never felt really at home here.Now go and troll something else man

@YolandaApagyi 9 жыл бұрын

You are a great SCOTSMAN! The future belongs to the nations not the internationalist liberals who have no roots, and the first wind will blow them away into NOWHERELAND! Love, Yolanda!

@falkirknproud2293 9 жыл бұрын

Yolanda Apagyi thank you yolanda,the scots/irish community is still marching strong.

@lairdd.a.robins2475 6 жыл бұрын

Braw

@michellecairns7381 Жыл бұрын

God bless you

@karinhuntley2584 6 жыл бұрын

Most beutiful, should live forever

@TheTourmaline57 11 жыл бұрын

My one dream is to go there some day.

@Michael-wj6pe 3 жыл бұрын

It's amazing song 😍🙌incredible

@Snick3927 Жыл бұрын

This lovely melody-and all of Scotland's extraordinarily rich corpus of traditional music and song-does not require this kind of saccharine, over-orchestrated treatment. When stripped down to its pure, unadorned essence, it captures the true national soul-spare and enchanting.

@michellecairns7381 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful