Saints and scholars, bairds, poets, singer songwriters keep the history in word and music. Never let it go. 🇮🇪
@vanpirate9 күн бұрын
The barley continues to grow. Tommy and liam , absolute legends ❤
@seandavis119613 жыл бұрын
That was beautiful. He was at school with my mother. She still says he always came to school with a patch on the arse of his trousers, because people were poor at that time. My sister was with him on his last tour here. Anyway, he had a great life, brought Irish Music to the world and was a very special person. RIP. Tommy and Liam.
@josephmurray2234 Жыл бұрын
I forgot how good they were and a pure undiluted irish voice genuine and outstanding
@marypoulter27305 ай бұрын
Absolutely!!
@olivermoynihan98044 жыл бұрын
My Mother's favourite song but tonight I remember my brother who lost his life today in a car accident..im not a religious man but I hope our mother is waiting for you today..God bless you Mike john
@Canoe5714 жыл бұрын
I feel for you. This is the hundredth time I've heard this song and was about to get through it, unscathed and dry of eye, but your note has done it to me.
@MatthewAnthony-tr5yu2 ай бұрын
Tears flow every time I hear this. So sad, yet ever hopeful....
@suzannecooke20556 жыл бұрын
I always think I'll make it through this song without crying, then the line comes around "my sons have sons..." and the waterworks start. I first heard this at a Pittsburgh Irish festival sung by Tommy Makem himself. By the end of the concert, my cheeks were chapped from the tears.
@zigtonswizard36702 жыл бұрын
You're not alone. Wonderful song about our other country, now known as "home" where my ancestors started it all. Up Antrim! Up Ireland's 32.
@antoniamontana9671 Жыл бұрын
Great comment.
@cheiftain732 Жыл бұрын
Try listening in dublin . They buried us without shroud or coffin .
@suzannecooke2055 Жыл бұрын
@@cheiftain732 I am so moved by that poem. I created a tapestry based on it!
@andrewkeefe3126 Жыл бұрын
@@suzannecooke2055 I love the song, but the poem is my favorite part. I'd love to see the tapestry!
@VictoriaBlogger12 жыл бұрын
Look at the emotion in his eyes when he sings ... this is more than a folk song, it's a love song ...
@aliciamcnally869 Жыл бұрын
Love that
@maryshanley329 Жыл бұрын
How wise and true you are. It is indeed a love song. Thank you, Vicki.
@danbreen6946 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely Brilliant Goosebumps listening To It
@FluxAscender4 жыл бұрын
Rest in peace, Tommy and Liam. Ulster will bloom green again one day. The day is closer now than ever.
@kwaichangcaine82343 ай бұрын
We might be under a one world government when that happens unfortunately 😢
@user-qj6wj5kz3xАй бұрын
😢😢
@jimkeappock75583 жыл бұрын
Only the great, Tommy Makem , could write this song and sing it with the heart to express its meaning. God Bless Tommy. Rest In Peace
@jimeo194622 күн бұрын
I remember saying as a younger man that Tommy taught me more about being Irish than anyone else. Even though face to face I could barely understand his Brogue. DNA test says my roots are all in Ireland 100%, but raised in Pittsburgh, Pa. USA O'Halloran/O'Malley etc.
@aodchain14 жыл бұрын
This is probably one of the most powerful songs I have ever heard. What a wonderful way to paint a picture of history.
@jeremiahkirwan68955 жыл бұрын
There is nothing on the planet to touch this song ,,,, corcaigh abu ,,,,,,,,,,
@maryshanley329 Жыл бұрын
Our heritage is filled with such sorrow. But at my old age, I wonder if everyone else’s is too. I am of Irish heritage, but American to my core and proud of what we have done for others. So much young American blood has seeped into the soil of Europe. But I think they have forgotten.
@chinludy14 жыл бұрын
I was in my teens when I saw them at a hall in the Chicago area with my folks. Of course, as a teen I wasn't interested....however....when they played this song...I could not stop crying for the entire rest of the show.....their power to stir a cryptic teenager speaks volumes. I saw them several times more and luckily once in Ireland in 1977 and became a lifelong fan. This is our theme song every March 17th for our family St. Patrick's gathering, rightfully so. RIP Gentlemen & thanks.
@TheHachmom7 жыл бұрын
A poem by Seamus Heaney and a song by Tommy Makem, doesn't get much more Irish than this...
@fergiequeally25864 жыл бұрын
We will never hear the likes of this again. It’s haunting.
@dudewithcomedy114 жыл бұрын
im not irish or anything, but i looove this song, respect to those who were oppressed by the brits
@padrina14 жыл бұрын
Honest to God, I thaught this song was an ancient song, it is in every Irish heart xxxxx
@mikegoldberg52613 жыл бұрын
and beyond
@dondecapot92832 жыл бұрын
The song is timeless. Bless you boys. ☘️🥃
@eileenhavern772 жыл бұрын
And girls
@kevmccormack98573 жыл бұрын
I've always loved this song and heard Tommy sing it more times than i could count. But like liam says, Many think it's a Traditional song. I am one of those people. I didn't realise Tommy wrote this himself. Thanks Tommy A Pair of Legends that will never die
@SPennell8 жыл бұрын
I've heard this song performed many times by so many outstanding Irish singers yet no version is as powerful and heartfelt as this one.
@johnodonoghue52453 жыл бұрын
Reavhlunach
@kevinwiley96964 ай бұрын
Of ALL the MANY songs sung by The AWESOME Clancy and Makem, This is by far THE BEST SONG EVER!!!!!! Finbar Clancy of the Highkings does Tommy PROUD with it now!!!
@Mjburns22Күн бұрын
Legendary. Cannot make it through without crying like most herel
@debramaroney26656 жыл бұрын
I was raised on this music, especially this song. To this day I can still sing it and remember every lyric
@WalterTrachim12 жыл бұрын
Seamus Heaney's poem "Requiem For The Croppies" is what Tommy recited at the very beginning. Combining that with this song made a powerful statement. And may he and Liam rest in peace.
@philwoodward42979 жыл бұрын
Thanks for uploading this. It is great. As a 32 year old Englishman, I had never heard this song until yesterday. It's very striking how little many of us in Britain learn, as we grow up, about (a) our crimes overseas, even if they are relatively recent or are ongoing, and even when they're not carried out on the other side of the world but in neighbouring countries, and (b) the way those on the receiving end of our aggression feel about it. And the interesting thing to me is that not only have I never heard of this song before now, my parents hadn't heard it either and nor had anyone I know, and not only that, in Britain we are largely shielded from the general sentiment expressed, namely the basic fact that most people in Ireland regard Ulster as Irish not British, and the fact that Irish people haven't forgotten that all of Ireland would be ruled by Britain if not for armed struggle. I remember that when the Good Friday agreement was signed, the British news media reported, as a sort of aside, that the Irish government had relinquished its territorial claim over Ulster, which was striking to me because, like any English person who relied on the British news media for information, I had no idea that the sovereignty of Ulster had until then been in dispute between the British and Irish governments. We had been given the impression that it was just a rag tag bunch of terrorist thugs that wanted us out, rather than, as was the case, the vast majority of the population of Ireland and their elected government. People in Britain do not understand how those whose counties we invade and whose land we occupy feel about it, and this song should be played in British classrooms because it makes it crystal clear. It is also absolutely beautiful. It's obvious why our leaders don't want us to know. We would feel exactly the same if our island was invaded and occupied. To empathise is the most natural thing in the world, which is why the media in Britain has to be so careful to make sure we're not exposed to this sort of thing.
@brianmaguire65219 жыл бұрын
hi.i welcome your comments as an englishman.i have been to england many times and always had a great time,many people are consumed by hate and bitterness.i am not one of them and obviously not you also.i am a leeds united supporter and i go to games regularly.also people are lovely and i have all ways been very welcome.
@falling_artzyt29258 жыл бұрын
Irish history is something the English must remember an the Irish must forget
@carzmc18 жыл бұрын
+Mark Corby said like an englishman . how dare you
@falling_artzyt29258 жыл бұрын
+carmel mcgillicuddy Not at all. Irish history is something that is sadly lacking in most English people. Cromwell is something of a hero in England, the famine is barely mentioned. The continuation of sectarian violence is not reported. The "Peace Wall" has got bigger. I think in the 6 counties people must work together to make a future not dwell so much in the past. Ireland was stolen by the English years before the famine. I believe that it is important that in this year of the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising that a retrospective look be taken on where we came from and how Ireland is progressing
@mikegoldberg52618 жыл бұрын
"Irish people haven't forgotten that all of Ireland would be ruled by Britain if not for armed struggle." It would have taken longer but non-violent Gandhi style resistance surely would have done the job by the 40's, if not sooner, and left far less seeds of hatred. Underlying blame goes to the British ruling class imperialists, of course.
@keithheyward20325 жыл бұрын
liam and tommy were two of the best great version of this fine song happy st patricks day to everone irish or not
@nancyanne38163 жыл бұрын
God bless Ireland, Scotland and the good folk across the pond.
@quack5992 жыл бұрын
Yes, this is the best rendition I've found online of this very powerful ballad. We were fortunate enough to see Tommy Makem in concert in Manchester, NH in a high school auditorium with excellent acoustics. I sobbed like a child throughout this song, felt as if I must look silly. But when I looked up at the end... there were tears streaming down Tommy's face. After he retired he lived in Dover, NH and was good friends with Vincent Lawless, the Catholic priest assigned to University of NH, an exceptional person himself. I was at UNH, hanging out with other students every night during that time. Now I live in a small seaside community in Ireland near the town where the Clancy brothers grew up. And where Liam and Tom Clancy retired. Tom Clancy is buried here. There' are still lots of Clancys here, still making music and art.
@staffy4389 Жыл бұрын
We will have 4 green fields again, maybe not in my lifetime,,,, but , for the brave Nationalists , Michael Divine and brothers in arms.
@MrOhjok10 жыл бұрын
Makem is a poet. This is beyond beauty.
@donqlfzahnke81586 жыл бұрын
Mossy McSharry . I met Tommy makemen in 1992at the Irish cultural festival in berea Ohio
@dukemarshall5326 жыл бұрын
A poem by Bobby Sands was set to music. In Your Daughters And Your Sons Another Poet from the wee north
@blasketboy15 жыл бұрын
We've listened to so many 'songs of freedom' for years and years, this was always the song that simply told the story as it is. R.I.P. Tommy.
@chriscloherty3912 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest songs ever written.
@Erchamion6516 жыл бұрын
Always love to hear Tommy recite this. The last line of the poem is actually 'And in August the barley grew up out of the grave.' Tommy changes it to 'But...' which to my ear changes the whole tone and meaning of the poem.
@tazzyman18110 жыл бұрын
Ulster will bloom once again as the fourth green field of Ireland
@cloverskies7710 жыл бұрын
PRAY TO GOD
@Kiwicruiser3553 жыл бұрын
What do I have, said the fine old woman What do I have, this proud old woman did say I have four green fields, each one was a jewel But strangers came and tried to take them from me I have fine strong sons, who fought to save my jewels They fought and they died, and that was my grief said she Long time ago, said the fine old woman Long time ago, this proud old woman did say There was war and death, plundering and pillage My children starved, by mountain, valley and sea And their wailing cries, they shook the very heavens My four green fields ran red with their blood, said she What have I now, said the fine old woman What have I now, this proud old woman did say I have four green fields, one of them's in bondage In stranger's hands, that tried to take it from me But my sons had sons, as brave as were their fathers My fourth green field will bloom once again said she
@flowersofthefield340Ай бұрын
RUN TO THE FIELDS
@garyblackler741310 жыл бұрын
The great Tommy Makem and Liam Clancy! RIP boys!
@FaustinaFalcon84 жыл бұрын
Aside from all the other astounding qualities of this performance and recording, the camera work at 2:56 is excellent. Refocusing on Liam's face as he looks contemplatively at Tommy... so moving.
@stu82pendous3 жыл бұрын
Beautiful ... I only have love in my heart for the Irish people, as an Englishman I only wish they can find peace and forgiveness with time ...
@seancunningham40073 жыл бұрын
As an Irishman from the 4th green field I thank you for that. We will only find peace and forgiveness when we are united as one nation
@eileenhavern772 жыл бұрын
As an Irish woman from the forth green field, I have so much love for our ordinary English brothers and sister who are also the victims of corruption, lies and Tyranny XOX
@juliewhelan77438 ай бұрын
Never a truer word spoken.
@melrosemiss6 ай бұрын
Thank you. US born but heart is in Tyrone with my paternal grandfather and Laois with maternal grandparents.
@eileen19249 жыл бұрын
This song always brings tears as I listen to Tommy Makem what a wonderful job he does thank You Tommy RIP
@danacoyle18263 жыл бұрын
First time I head this song was in 1983 in Portland maine at Pete Kelly's Irish Village Pub on Commercial Street it was sung by a group called Harvest home that's I fell in love with Irish music
@annedonovan90054 жыл бұрын
Definitely the finest version of this song.
@leftie48227 жыл бұрын
Heard this with my mother and my aunt at a Clancy Brothers concert in 1968 in Boston. This song made an impression on me though I was only 18.
@Siobhan119516 жыл бұрын
Absolutely wonderful! This version, with the beautiful recitation of Seamus Heaney's moving poem, is certainly one of Tommy's best.
@darienbowie12807 жыл бұрын
I had this as my wedding song in 1984
@mammyoriordan14 жыл бұрын
God rest both their beloved souls. - Blessings - Rene
@dondecapot92833 жыл бұрын
Still brings a tear to my eyes and a lump in my throat. Was priveliged to see the lads at the Harp n Bard Danvers Mass. Bless you boys RIP
@1963PKELLY12 жыл бұрын
WOW such a powerfull song performed by two of the greatest, absolutely beautiful made my hair stand up WOW
@daverichardson309510 жыл бұрын
I have been a fan of the clancys since the 1960, s and saw them in Newcastle. This song still sends a shiver down my spine.
@MatthewAnthony-tr5yu2 ай бұрын
Absolutely beautiful capture of aging
@MrSuperMoran14 жыл бұрын
A truly magnificent rendering. Makem and Clancy truly were remarkable.
@endasims34432 жыл бұрын
I was but a nipper but my mom and dad brought me to this concert as they did with Johnny McEvoy and the Dubliners . They loved Ireland, they loved life and they loved their children. Glad to be irish . RIP Mam and Dad .
@patrickohare16816 жыл бұрын
It takes the man that wrote the song to sing the song , brings me back to the first night he sang it , fantastic , rip 🙏🇮🇪
@padraichorgan8 жыл бұрын
Heartfelt Tommy ....and what a voice....I think it is made more genuine by the fact he was a Nordie and it is good to know that Irish traditions were kept alive with Irish Ulstermen ,while the South looked away in shame......
@eileenhavern772 жыл бұрын
As an Irish woman from the forth green field it's heart breaking to think of how the other have turned their backs!
@padraichorgan2 жыл бұрын
@@eileenhavern77 Yeah ,I can understand that ,equally the loyalists turned their backs on their "brethern" in the South .So why does nobody ever talk about these things?
@bent77928 жыл бұрын
goosebumps. i wish i could have seen them live.
@bettycompton23436 жыл бұрын
Who writes the songs rules the world and keeps the thrust of civilization upward!
@melrosemiss4 жыл бұрын
I am so blessed to have seem them live twice: 1968 Marquette University, front row, pregnant with first child, and Tommy sang this to me; 1987, Frank Brittingham’s Irish Pub, sent them bouquets of green flowers and Tommy remembered singing to me at Marquette.
@kathysommers803 жыл бұрын
I did. It was amazing.
@dondecapot92832 жыл бұрын
Saw them many times. Among my fondest memories. ☘️
@TheNinyo772 жыл бұрын
Seen them in the Ulster hall ,when I was 9 yrs old ,my brother aged 11 played tin whistle on stage for one song,when he called up . Never forget the ovation !!!!.
@lewysthomas57855 жыл бұрын
And their wailing cries...... they reached the very heavens.
@AnnalisaMCF13 жыл бұрын
2 dislikes, really have no idea as to what talent is on that stage, and now sing with Gods choir, the like will never again be seen x
@seangrogan362222 күн бұрын
These gentlemen are as Irish as the gusting blusters off the Atlantic that lash the Connemara coast with the water without whisky
@jasonwalsh47934 жыл бұрын
My heart is breaking. Erin fore ever. Grew up with this song and always thought it was older.
@martinagriffin19814 күн бұрын
This is my favourite. CLASS.
@BrianClonmel Жыл бұрын
Many have sung this true ballad in essence the story of Ireland... But this rendition is THE ONE in my opinion. Tommy is not singing from vocal chords but FROM HIS Heart... Brilliant song written by himself. As for Liam my Daddy is from Carrick so he's special to me eternally thank you 'lads' for everything. RIP
@johncarroll12363 жыл бұрын
Love this song great Irish singer RIP 🙏
@gerryoreilly19228 жыл бұрын
I for one will never forget what they did to us for 700 years.
@victoralvarez32998 жыл бұрын
Q Sissel
@rwh41966 жыл бұрын
+gerry o reilly It always seemed strange to hear on the news that there had been trouble between the Irish and the English for, say, 25 years. According to the best historical information I have available - on the back of a Clancy Brothers album - it started in 1188, just a bit more than 25 years ago.
@melrosemiss4 жыл бұрын
900 years now.
@mikelepage30286 жыл бұрын
Best performance of a song I have ever witnessed. Portland. Eastland. Acapella. So amazing and very similar to this one. Passion. Lyrics. Voice. Wow.
@melrosemiss5 жыл бұрын
Gives me goosebumps every time I hear it. Tommy sang it to me at Marquette University when I was carrying my first child, and said he hoped my child never caused me the pain of this “woman”.
@lynnemills41566 жыл бұрын
Having no horse in this race, being neither Irish nor English, I have been enchanted by this song for about fifty years now. No idea where I first heard it but way before the internet so I am guessing the radio. Introduced me to the history of the conflict which was thriving when I was in college and more importantly to the singer.
@judyarmstrong33688 жыл бұрын
So simple in its beauty that it speaks volumes of complexity to what was happening at the time. As a Canadian who loves all things Irish this is always deeply moving . My nephew married an Irish lass , once on the shores of Sylvan Lake , Alberta and the other in a wonderful old church outside of Belfast near the town of Magherafelt. My wife and I babysit their daughter and they now live in Calgary. Peter behind my Judy.
@TheNinyo772 жыл бұрын
If ever a song told the entire sorry lament of our nation ,it's this one , and now we're near our freedom it's even more poignant.
@ruger.22 Жыл бұрын
EIRE ☘️🍀
@johnpaul99353 жыл бұрын
I saw them many a time in concert. A lifetime ago. They are gone now, most of the Dubliners are gone; Hang in there Christy.
@patriciawebb91 Жыл бұрын
I saw the Clancy’s in Boston in the 60’s. I think it was one of the first times Tommy sang it. I’ve never forgotten that performance.
@barryrafferty910010 жыл бұрын
What 8 idiots gave this a thumbs down! It's incredible.
@prairledoggedrez475810 жыл бұрын
8 lumps of shite to make our fields grow greener.
@rwh41966 жыл бұрын
Orangemen :-)
@jimbreslin22095 жыл бұрын
Strangers came the brits and now it's time TO get the HELL the HELL out of IRELAND because the NORTH is HELL don't let them fool that good Friday is BULLLSHIT.
@dondecapot92836 жыл бұрын
A great performance of a great song. Bless you boys
@martinireland.74525 жыл бұрын
That is just beautiful,now I know why my dad loved them back in the 70,s
@dianebridges92573 жыл бұрын
I have no words that give this enough
@52000rightwing7 жыл бұрын
I love that he merges right from poetry into the song.
@pauljcrowley10 жыл бұрын
I will be singing this song at the Tupelo Hall in Londonderry, NH on Sunday. I have never sung in public before. I choose this song because it's such a passionate, emotional song. I will be on the very stage that Tommy himself sang this song. I hope I can channel him
@prairledoggedrez475810 жыл бұрын
Londonderry ???? ~ you'll be meaning DERRY then!!
@clytontravasso804010 жыл бұрын
Derry for Ireland
@ChantMacleod10 жыл бұрын
How did it go, Paul?
@elizajohn58 жыл бұрын
+Paul Crowley Derry.
@dondecapot92836 жыл бұрын
Only moved to Derry last year. I live near the building in Londonderry, a great venue
@kellie47313 жыл бұрын
I dare anyone to listen to this and not cry 😢
@alanwallace79242 жыл бұрын
As SPennell, below, I have listened to this song hundreds of times. On this particular video, what is notable is Liam's focus on Tommy.
@maryannderbin35922 жыл бұрын
None sings it better than the Bard of Armagh 🇨🇮
@NancyDaigleNanceDeeUptownSJ10 жыл бұрын
My parents ( crazy Irish.. murphys) loved this song and introduced it to me. Long Live the strong Irish!!
@jasonmurphy91734 жыл бұрын
Up the Murphy clan
@OFFICAL_ZOE2 жыл бұрын
I married a crazy Murphy woman
@bbiggins4 күн бұрын
Rest in Peace 🙏 both of you.
@juliusbusby38767 жыл бұрын
As a Wexford man this song makes me feel very proud of the great sacrifices we made for our freedom now with brexit we must answer our country's call again
@fergalteague49125 жыл бұрын
Please don't let the people down in the south to forget us god bless IRELAND.
@teresawills18432 жыл бұрын
@@fergalteague4912hi. So so beautiful sung such a voice r I p Tommy take care
@AnastaciaMoore9 жыл бұрын
This is such a beautiful song. I first heard it sung by the "Irish Brigade" whom I would go and listen to every time they were in town. This is such a moving rendition, I love it. Thank you for uploading!
@joybrucebruce33774 жыл бұрын
Americans can't really understand this song unless they understand the lies they have been told about the Irish famine that brought so many Irish to America and as exposed in Cecil Woodham Smith's classic book "The Great Hunger". Smith has never been forgiven by members of the British establishment for exposing the fact that Ireland produced far more food than necessary to feed itself during "the potato famine" as shown by her careful documentation of British shipping records from Irish and British ports of sail from the early 1800s.
@michaelhenehan180927 күн бұрын
I'm second generation Irish American. I'm a musician and I've grown up with these songs, my first memories of music. Tears of joy and sorrow. I claim none of it because I have no right to claim any of it but the songs and the stories live
@Deejaay83urj383 жыл бұрын
The soul of the Celt. Our music
@brianlennon31534 жыл бұрын
The truth will always out, not always as a beautiful song like this , but out it will ,ask bobby sands, james connelly and every volunteer who paid with their lives to fight for Irish freedom, if a nations suffering is the price to pay for freedom, then the Irish have paid in full, And then some.
@melrosemiss4 жыл бұрын
Brave sons of Ireland all, may they rest in God’s peace.
@johnhoare1055 Жыл бұрын
I remember the first time I saw that particular set, it was in the Opera House in Cork. The hairs stood up on my head, and that's saying something because I'd just had a number one haircut for a parade on the following Monday.
@bobafettucini16 жыл бұрын
Absolutely wonderful. Brings tears to my eyes everytime.
@brendandelaney852710 жыл бұрын
This is a song that my Mum asks me to play for Her, and always makes us both shed a tear, God Bless You Dad, Beidh ar la linn mo chara Henry Delaney 17-11-2013
@richardhumston366910 жыл бұрын
well said my sweet heart,i went to school there and enjoyed every minuite and i was just told i have cancer, so im going to dye were i was born,i guess know better place to dye than the place i was born,i dont even know u yet i feel so close, be happy my dear,and u can come and see me......rick
@oliviaodolan64526 жыл бұрын
Tommy Makem wrote this Ishling while waiting at a british army check point in South Armagh, bless him.
@tellyalater86055 ай бұрын
The primary vocalist looks like he could be Simon Pegg's father. 😮😮 I love Simon Pegg as Scotty!! 😁❤
@mallducklard8 жыл бұрын
Every tine I discover a song I haven't heard by Clancy and Makem I am impressed anew. So much soul and sincerity and sorrow.
@moly8116 жыл бұрын
is there a grater song to remember a time in our history
@macliam815 жыл бұрын
Brilliant! Tommy Makem caputured so much in the lyrics of this song. Makem and Clancy went through the motions in many a song, but when it came to the business end of the song list - there was no-one better! Never underestimate the brilliance of this duo. The subtle things like Liam looking in a sombre way at Tommy when the poignant lyrics were sung so majestically by Tommy should never go unoticed - simply beautiful....
@franklowell13 жыл бұрын
Both these incredible troubadours are gone and the world is much the poorer because of it! Thank you and RIP Liam & Tommy!
@peterkamphorst22507 жыл бұрын
The poem at the start is especially touching. It's not just the singing these two did, but the storytelling as well, that is what makes it so magical. They invoke such strong emotions of love, loss and compassion. These songs and these stories are wells of humanity, which to draw from when life hits you at it's hardest. Thank you Tommy and Liam, I shall return.
@patriciathewisher23152 жыл бұрын
Such emotion on Tommy’s face. Very moving performance
@marymac21138 жыл бұрын
This song makes me cry every single time I hear it. Just beautiful. And given the recent events with #Brexit, could Irish reunification be on the horizon?
@fergalteague49125 жыл бұрын
I hope your right I happen to live in that 4th field.
@melrosemiss4 жыл бұрын
I pray I see it before God takes me home.
@melrosemiss4 жыл бұрын
Fergal, I pray you see it. I am in the US only because my people were forced out of Ireland. The love and devotion I feel for Ireland, and my anger towards the British government, are hard to express. I am old now and pray every day that God will allow me to see a united Ireland, governed by herself alone, before I die.
@z0770z3 жыл бұрын
@@melrosemiss Are you still here or did you go back?
@tezzabanboy14 жыл бұрын
i have listened to tommy makem for 40 years absolutely marvellous .i will listen to his sons now
@CrownedWithLaurels14 жыл бұрын
My da used to sing this when we were kids, really loud and off key to make us laugh. Whenever he'd start "fouuuuur greeeeeen fieeeeeldsss" we'd all be like NOOOOOOOO DA NOOOOOOO! Good times :D