The Mingulay Boat Song

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Жыл бұрын

Harbottle and Jonas give a stunning performance of The Mingulay Boat Song live at Folk@thecornerHOUSE.
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@margmckay3257 Жыл бұрын

I learned this song at primary schools and I am 80 years of age I often sing sing today👏🥳🧤

@HarbottleAndJonas Жыл бұрын

❤

@blahblahblah85 Жыл бұрын

I still play it. I'm 70. Lovely . Well done..

@kais.7075 Жыл бұрын

I am learning it now at age 37. My son, age 4, loves it. It will be passed on :)

@cosh5 Жыл бұрын

I learned it at primary school in the 1970s.

@douglasherron7534 Жыл бұрын

@@cosh5 Same here, along with many other traditional Scots folk tunes. No doubt this has been binned by the SNP in their drive for "diversity" and so they can spend the time asking primary school kids about their sex lives and gender identity!

@michaelbird3887 Жыл бұрын

I believe this is one of the few remaining "boat-pulling" songs, giving the rhythm to the oarsmen ....

@lyndoherty909 Жыл бұрын

Delightful! Lovely to hear young people continuing traditional folk music.

@HarbottleAndJonas Жыл бұрын

Folk music is in our blood! X

@andycope5601 Жыл бұрын

Yep, definitely a great rendition of a Scots classic! Beautiful voice and harmony. Simple but effective.

@HarbottleAndJonas Жыл бұрын

Thank you Andy!

@pamelahay6242 Жыл бұрын

Lovely traditional song first heard 50 years ago but not much in recent decades. Almost a hymn when sung together by a singing audience. Thank you.

@alancrabb Жыл бұрын

And that is how just two people can fill a hall with glorious sound : wonderful musicianship.

@philipgrier9376 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful. We were taught to sing this in school in the 1950's. Great to hear it again

@HarbottleAndJonas Жыл бұрын

Cheers Philip!

@monkeynuts1806 Жыл бұрын

Same here - we had a weekly singing lesson in the 1950's, and this is one of the many songs we were taught. This brought back memories - and a few tears

@duncanallaire2392 Жыл бұрын

this wrenched tears out of me after many long years of not being able to cry. thank you.

@HarbottleAndJonas Жыл бұрын

Wow! Thank you for sharing x

@samurguybriyongtan146 Жыл бұрын

Bless you, Duncan. May they flow freely and more often for the sake of your tender heart.

@timh3561 Жыл бұрын

Ya takin the michael

@antoine010101 Ай бұрын

Thanks so much. I love you both, your music sound Amazing to me. I coved it strait away for busking me singing and my accordion ... Send you much love from France. So good vibes in Scotland.. one day a gonna sail to visit you.

@oldbikerbear Жыл бұрын

My God this is beautiful. The song and the voices.

@HarbottleAndJonas Жыл бұрын

Wow! Thank you x

@davidcwilson1395 Жыл бұрын

Yes I agreee !!!!!

@scotslassie6991 Жыл бұрын

Nice version thanks love from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ❤

@HarbottleAndJonas Жыл бұрын

❤

@Tocsin-Bang Жыл бұрын

I'd almost forgotten this song. We learned it in UK primary school in the late 1950s, with our teacher "Polly" Roden.

@derpiper25 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely hypnotic - such a beautiful tune performed perfectly!! Thank you so much.

@HarbottleAndJonas Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!

@jasonscott8323 Жыл бұрын

Oh my. What a gem of a song. Never heard this till now and I’m hooked. Such a vibe from it. Feeling very emotional listening. Thank you 💗

@HarbottleAndJonas Жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you Jason x

@markperkins9437 Жыл бұрын

Makes me wish I was Scottish!

@pauly2847 Жыл бұрын

I used to listen to this sung by The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem . Brings a tear to the eye.

@jimajello1028 Жыл бұрын

My Great Grandfather was a sea Captain in the 1800's. He would have loved this if written during his time period. However, my Dad used to play this song on mandolin with his Dad. The Sea was in their blood because they both were Steamship Brokers. Well done! Thank you.👍

@HarbottleAndJonas Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your story Jim!

@johnlewis8664 Жыл бұрын

I was lucky enough to go to Mingulay when I was younger. Beautiful island and a beautiful song.

@darknevangelist Жыл бұрын

I love this song. I didnt know it was Scottish though, so thanks for that info.

@almac2598 Жыл бұрын

The clue is in the title - Mingulay.

@peterlarge8051 Жыл бұрын

I learnt this song over 60 years sgo and is one I sing in Gaelic so beutiful

@HarbottleAndJonas Жыл бұрын

Would love to hear that!!

@bonnieanne5483 Жыл бұрын

I was about to ask about the lyrics in Scots Gaidhlig. How would I find that, please! Tapadh leibh!

@cardbuddy4988 2 ай бұрын

This listener across the ocean has no idea what a Minch is, but what a beautiful song. Beautifully sung by you both.

@douglasscott7614 Ай бұрын

The Minches are a couple of straits between the Hebrides and Scotland! There's a big one and a small one

@Lamprolign Жыл бұрын

I've been on the sea in a small craft in stormy weather many times and this song has seen me home.

@NiallMS1 Жыл бұрын

Distant Mingulay, deserted by its people in 1912 and now a bird sanctuary!

@peterrandall9523 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful song, sung beautifully. Takes me back to when I first heard this, a lifetime ago now. Gorgeous 👏👏👏

@HarbottleAndJonas Жыл бұрын

Thank you Peter! ❤

@candsoshea3566 Жыл бұрын

Makes us proud of our fathers who chanced the seas and our mothers who waited at the key side. Ha celts ah

@terrynpiper7667 Жыл бұрын

I have been playing this tune on my Northumbrian Small pipes for years but this is the first time I have heard it sung. I now realise that I have been playing it too fast. Thank you.

@robertlonergan9401 Жыл бұрын

I have been aware of this song for a long time as I heard it sung a capella in a pub in Dingle, Kerry,Ireland. Four piece vocals to die for, but this is right up there! Thanks.

@HarbottleAndJonas Жыл бұрын

I think we play it slow to be fair!

@HarbottleAndJonas Жыл бұрын

@@robertlonergan9401 Very kind of you!

@robertlonergan9401 Жыл бұрын

This is true as a lot of shanties and related songs were used as a way of getting the crew working in unison and developing a bond through song.

@Doug-xt7bn Жыл бұрын

This is much slower than I’ve ever heard it played or sung although it’s beautiful and so mournful like this. When played faster it has a different kind of energy and feeling. Sends a shiver down my spine whichever way it’s played

@tribulationcoming Жыл бұрын

Because someone is willing to bring, to carry, to transport, to conceal such tradition until it is time to show what past is. Truly a beautiful exposition, as a circle unbroken.

@selkie630 Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite songs .. a lovely lovely version.

@HarbottleAndJonas Жыл бұрын

Thank you Nicole! ❤

@jimchastain6840 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful rendition of this classic song! You guys nailed it!! Please post the lyrics so new people can sing along! You sound amazing! Keep posting songs!!!

@johnmitchell1614 Жыл бұрын

You'll find the words if you look online. I did. Best regards. 🙃

@HarbottleAndJonas Жыл бұрын

Thank you Jim! www.youtube.com/@HarbottleAndJonas

@user-dz4tr9oj9b 5 ай бұрын

Wikipedia gives both the original lyrics which they use here, as well as more recent versions which are more nautically accurate. A beautiful song.

@mikesanderson5940 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely lovely!

@CedarAshCanvas Жыл бұрын

Had this on semi-repeat for a few days while I split wood for next winter. Thank-you much for the harmonies and musicianship. Northern Ontario. Really lovely.

@HarbottleAndJonas Жыл бұрын

Wow! Thank you so much x

@georgesteadwood7845 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic rendition of a beautiful piece

@HarbottleAndJonas Жыл бұрын

Thank you George!

@pierreconreaux4086 Жыл бұрын

Je vois Madame que dans votre voix , il y a une simplicité qui me touche. No more lynchage but a one celtic mélodie that's mean liberty! No more black and white , only multicolore slainte I love. your musique ..

@HarbottleAndJonas Жыл бұрын

❤

@judypountney9648 Жыл бұрын

This literally took my breath away! I realized I was so mesmerized that I was holding my breath. This is absolutely beautiful.

@georgezink8256 Жыл бұрын

First time I’ve ever heard this person singing

@kevinmcnamee6006 Жыл бұрын

It's a great song. Excellent performance of it. Thanks...

@HarbottleAndJonas Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@Bikergerbil Жыл бұрын

Lovely, one of my faves.

@pdxyadayada Жыл бұрын

A favorite sea song for decades..nicely done!

@HarbottleAndJonas Жыл бұрын

Cheers Chris

@georgezink8256 Жыл бұрын

Awesome thanks for sharing beautiful folk music

@HarbottleAndJonas Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@AngusBrown-hv3zn Жыл бұрын

One of my dad's l miss dad singing he would have loved this we could have had a wee sing along

@patrickdaly5068 2 ай бұрын

This is one of the most beautiful songs I’ve ever heard. As some others indicated, the performance is absolutely mesmerizing. There’s so much feeling in the vocals and the tune itself. Thank you so much.

@anthonywhitmarsh3032 11 ай бұрын

Can almost feel I'm at sea on slow rolling waves! Great song that I learnt at primary school.

@johnrodgers6250 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely loved it! Thank you so much for posting

@HarbottleAndJonas Жыл бұрын

Cheers John!

@dr.wianmeintjes9028 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@HarbottleAndJonas Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@JamesRattray Жыл бұрын

Wow that was so powerful. Harbottle (is that her name) was so elegant, a really great introduction. Love the fact you live in the south, as with the song being sung in the south, I too have left Scotland after 50 years. Thank you.

@HarbottleAndJonas Жыл бұрын

Cheers James!

@timh3561 7 ай бұрын

One of, if not the greatest, version ever.

@jfrakers Жыл бұрын

Beautiful harmonies!

@HarbottleAndJonas Жыл бұрын

❤

@michaelslack4937 Жыл бұрын

Hauntingly beautiful...thank you!

@HarbottleAndJonas Жыл бұрын

Thank you Michael!

@michaelslack4937 Жыл бұрын

@@HarbottleAndJonas Thou art most welcome.

@tonyclack5901 Жыл бұрын

Very nice, great harmony's .

@HarbottleAndJonas Жыл бұрын

Cheers Tony!

@tdc1991x Жыл бұрын

Beautiful performance. Brings back memories of my grandpa singing this to me while I sat on his knee as a wee boy. Always makes me slightly emotional.

@morgan7023 Ай бұрын

love this

@vka82055 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful ❣ Such a pure, rich voice with nice harmony ~ thank you!

@NSResponder Жыл бұрын

Lovely.

@martinplaysmartin Жыл бұрын

I am fascinated... Listening to you again and again...

@HarbottleAndJonas Жыл бұрын

Cheers Martin!

@edwardfitzpatrick9004 Жыл бұрын

Very nice, well done.

@jackdonnelly6119 5 ай бұрын

Just beautiful, utterly uplifting!

@RobertPalomoMusic 2 ай бұрын

Lovely concertina!

@fredmoss3515 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful.

@beckymccreary592 Жыл бұрын

Awesome. Thank you for sharing.

@billmac57 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful rendition of a traditional song, just a few weeks ago I learned there is no harbour on Mingulay, you land on the beach or the rocks.

@maviedanslevent Жыл бұрын

Wow. Thank you.

@HarbottleAndJonas Жыл бұрын

❤

@dianefarrell2343 Жыл бұрын

This is ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!!!!❤

@TheTomnewman Жыл бұрын

lovely . . . .

@mikejones8892 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful very atmospheric and captures the rhythm of a sailing ship.

@HarbottleAndJonas Жыл бұрын

Thank you Mike!

@unclephil440 Жыл бұрын

Great video. Thanks for sharing.

@wyohusker Жыл бұрын

Enjoyed the music while enjoying a dram of single malt.

@HarbottleAndJonas Жыл бұрын

🥃 cheers!

@richnewman5478 5 ай бұрын

WONDERFUL!!!!

@davidcwilson1395 Жыл бұрын

Totally beautiful !!!!

@HarbottleAndJonas Жыл бұрын

❤

@johnboswell3583 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful.

@graceh2684 Жыл бұрын

Lovely. 💕

@HarbottleAndJonas Жыл бұрын

❤

@eofolk7754 Жыл бұрын

Stunning

@SuperMikey001 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful rendition , Thank You

@HarbottleAndJonas Жыл бұрын

Thank you Mike!! 😊

@johnhutchison2268 Жыл бұрын

One the Corries greats and beautiful sung here

@garyhaigh797 Жыл бұрын

This was by far the best i have ever listened to. Do you play live and if so can i buy some tickets amazing

@Ukepa Жыл бұрын

beautiful and haunting...

@janicewhite1113 Жыл бұрын

love it

@HarbottleAndJonas Жыл бұрын

Thank you Janice x

@roddymcniven8734 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful harmonies and song

@mattgowans5121 Жыл бұрын

Hi form Scotland

@rayhoward8188 Жыл бұрын

❤ WOW BRILLIANT 👏 EXCELLENT RAY TWELVE STRINGS.

@HarbottleAndJonas Жыл бұрын

❤️

@brucecollins641 5 ай бұрын

grand version.

@ladymeghenderson9337 Жыл бұрын

My mum taught me this

@braithmiller Жыл бұрын

Fine!

@paulmitchell3877 Жыл бұрын

This is fantastic. Is the 2nd snappy piece also the Mingulay Boat Song?

@HarbottleAndJonas Жыл бұрын

The tune is ‘Hut on Staffin Island’ by Phil Cunningham

@bushidodog Жыл бұрын

Getting a real Gillian Welch/David Rawlings vibe, kids. That's a good thing ❤😊

@HarbottleAndJonas Жыл бұрын

@@bushidodog bloody hell, that’s a compliment and a half!

@paulmitchell3877 Жыл бұрын

@@bushidodog I see what you mean

@davidgriffin7469 Жыл бұрын

Private Frazer came from Mingulay,

@wildscotsman1 Жыл бұрын

He was claimed to be from Barra, near but not Mingulay.

@paulboger7377 Жыл бұрын

Why have I only heard this now? ❤️🇦🇺

@elizabeth10392 Жыл бұрын

Very pretty. ❤

@HarbottleAndJonas Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

@bertspeggly4428 Жыл бұрын

What is that instrument? A cross between a mandolin and a Portuguese guitar! Sounds lovely.👍👍👌

@HarbottleAndJonas Жыл бұрын

Thank you! It’s a flat back cittern

@NotoriusMaximus Жыл бұрын

Adequate!

@barbarakyle5663 10 ай бұрын

Love it! Go around the house singing it( not as well as the two on my screen! 3:26 😊

@dizzywilliams3557 Жыл бұрын

Where does the drone come from? Is that a 5 course octave mandolin? Lovely sounds!!!

@josiahwhitesell154 Жыл бұрын

The drone is a harmonium

@HarbottleAndJonas Жыл бұрын

Harmonium! It is a cittern, thank you very much x

@joeldcanfield_spinhead Жыл бұрын

@@HarbottleAndJonas Ah, interesting. I've only seen (in my limited experience) 4-course citterns. Deadly! Since I know a chap can make me a workmanlike version of one, what would be the tuning on this one you're playing here? (Also, this is the only version I've ever heard of this sone since learning it from a Clancy Brothers album half a century ago; lovely.)

@HarbottleAndJonas Жыл бұрын

@@joeldcanfield_spinhead I think putting a bit of personality into a song is in the spirit of folk music. It’s funny how our ‘slow’ interpretation upsets some people! I tune it GDADA

@joeldcanfield_spinhead Жыл бұрын

@@HarbottleAndJonas I've always believed that if you don't bring something new or personal to a song, you haven't done it justice. Saw a California group called Leftover Cuties perform "You Are My Sunshine" which doesn't sound all that exciting, except the very first line made it clear they were doing it in a minor key-and it was perfect. Somehow, I'd never heard it done that way before, and suddenly it wasn't just a song to sing to babies anymore.

@robertwmarwin2018 Жыл бұрын

Listen to the “longest John’s”. Version

@gavinmackay Жыл бұрын

According to my late father, a Leodhasach and native gaelic speaker, the original (gaelic) words sung to this tune were about hunting red deer - and nothing at all to do with boats or the sea.

@1959Ginky Жыл бұрын

Hauntingly beautiful, would appreciate knowing the name of these particular instruments, though I'm familiar with them, I've never actually learned their correct identity.

@JayPhilips Жыл бұрын

The stringed instrument is a cittern (see comment @HarbottleAndJonas to @bertspeggly4428 below) and Freya Jonas plays I think C/G 30-button Anglo concertina.

@Dunbardoddy Жыл бұрын

Listed on Wikipedia are the lyrics of a few different versions - starting with the original lyrics :- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mingulay_Boat_Song

@johnsinnott6179 Жыл бұрын

😊😊😊😊😊🎵

@henryroscoe2464 Жыл бұрын

Very good version but, asthis is originally a boat pulling song, designed to give the oarsmen the rhythm, it was meant to have a more , “Spirited”, tempo to be effective as a work song!

@coinneachmaclellan3121 Жыл бұрын

I love Scottish music but I wasn't aware that there was such a thing as "boat pulling music". Thanks for the info...Slainte Mhath.

@henryroscoe2464 Жыл бұрын

@@coinneachmaclellan3121 it comes under the genre of work songs, but it was specifically designed to give the oarsmen their rhythm. Slainte!

@coinneachmaclellan3121 Жыл бұрын

@henryroscoe2464 I've listened to the Scottish 'waulking' songs which I've really been impressed by as well as Gaelic Psalms which have such an otherworldly quality to them...the Scots never fail to impress me with the soulful quality of their music be it pipe bands or bands like Runrig and Wolfstone.

@mtskull59 Жыл бұрын

Traditional Folk Songs are handed down from one generation to the next over hundreds, if not thousands of years. This was written in the 1930’s by a professional composer, 26 years after the last inhabitant abandoned the island of Mingulay. By all means enjoy it for what it is but don’t fool yourselves as to its origins.

@NekonataVirino Жыл бұрын

So, as things stand it’s almost a hundred years ago and being sung in sing-arounds and folk clubs by people - the very definition of folk music In addition i’ve been singing this myself for over fifty years and I learned it from someone two generations older than me and have taught it to my grand-son - so thats 5 generations right there As for your ridiculous assertion of proper folk songs being sung for ‘thousands of years’ what a load of old tosh - ‘sumer is a cumin in’ pretty much the oldest extant folk song from this country that we have concrete evidence for is only mid 13th century -ie not yet a thousand years. If you disregard anything later than that then there simply is not British folk scene at all.