Feb 6, 1983, At the National Concert hall, video to the album of the same name, this song not on the album. Song written by Michael Peter Smith
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@margaretchaney56273 жыл бұрын
My name is Margaret & I knew my Dutchman when he was a young man & today we are old together. He plays this song on his guitar & sings it to me.
@Trooper_blue093 жыл бұрын
That's very very beautiful Margaret, thank you for sharing that, it has touched my heart. ❤️
@floydfarless84483 жыл бұрын
May God be with you both for many years and beyond.
@Fpstup3 жыл бұрын
❤️
@Observ45er2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful. May the Earth be kind to the rest of your time visiting it.
@kayakcobber5242 жыл бұрын
That's says it al..... groeten
@dennywheeler10964 ай бұрын
Did any man, anywhere, have as sweet a voice and musical touch as Liam? He was born to sing, especially love songs. We're so lucky to have his recordings.
@siobhanclare8649 Жыл бұрын
This song means so much to me. On my husbands 21st birthday he sang this song. It was our 1st date. It's a precious memory now, as he has moved on.
@harryburgess62393 жыл бұрын
There's something about Irish music, it takes me to places that no other kind of music can. Greetings from the UK, from the generation that was born after the troubles, and praying to God that we can keep it that way 🇮🇪🇬🇧
@davekeyes55893 жыл бұрын
The Dutchman was written by Michael Peter Smith, who passed in 2020. Michael was American, but this song knows no national boundaries.
@trudyannerinehart16942 жыл бұрын
I so agree, moves my heart ❤️
@danmc34632 жыл бұрын
I’m with you. British Isles peoples all the way. I’m Spartacus 😍
@jamesgreene48112 жыл бұрын
Many thanks and best wishes from a small town in the heart of Ireland,great comment you left as a person who has lived in England in the 90s I long for everlasting peace and the best for both of our beautiful countries 👍
@annelawton6783 Жыл бұрын
🙏🏼❤️
@davekeyes55894 жыл бұрын
And now the songwriter, Michael Smith, has left us as well. Raise a pint, please, in memory of these great men.
@Omnicide1014 жыл бұрын
As a Dutchman, I appreciate this song so, so much. I actually grew up in the place that used to be the Zuiderzee, haha. Absolutely wonderful song!
@MsErikdeking3 жыл бұрын
Tis beautiful mind, makes me think of me mam and dad
@peterdeboer89242 жыл бұрын
My grandfather was born near the Zuiderzee.
@cokostwinder6145 Жыл бұрын
Ik vind dit ontroerend mooi.
@wolftrapman2 ай бұрын
Did you love an Irish Margaret?
@maryannc1910 Жыл бұрын
I just found this video on KZfaq. I was at this concert with my husband in 1983 during one of our many trips to Ireland. We always went to see Makem and Clancy whenever we could, also saw them perform a few times in the states, and also saw Tommy Makem perform solo. My husband passed away in 2003. Seeing this was very special. Thank you for posting it. ❤️
@adenanthony5257Ай бұрын
Amazing how something like that shows up on the Internet and all of a sudden you're back again. I wish you all the best. He's waiting for you Mary. I pray you are doing well
@rebaler214 жыл бұрын
Just lost my beautiful Irish mother. Played many Irish toons at her memorial service. Clancy brothers/Tommy makem were her favorites! She is running through the green grass and we will bring her back to Ireland when we can! Legally I hope!!We will all have a Guinness on Mom!! R.I.P. MOM!!!
@annefahy23703 жыл бұрын
So sorry for your loss.No one takes our memories. THANK GOD for our mothers.
@martinconnolly50983 жыл бұрын
Thinking of you brother 💚
@Fpstup3 жыл бұрын
Irish mother, count your blessings and remember the love
@iankennedy14412 жыл бұрын
Love from Ireland , my father in law was and is a kerryman who's last wishes were to be buried in Kerry ,when he died his exwife buried him in Dublin, so I never felt good about this so I drove down to his hometown and dug 3sacks of kerrysoil and brought them to his graveyard in Dublin and emptied them onto his grave , he also loved a pint of Guinness so I poured one over his grave . Love from beautiful Ireland
@iankennedy14412 жыл бұрын
What part of Ireland was she from ?
@ReneLindsenSGC7 жыл бұрын
This song helped me a lot being in a hospital in Switzerland to learn to walk again and regain my memory. Beautifull.
@goofy792485 жыл бұрын
Rene Lindsen, that’s very, véry good to imagine sir!!
@paulahardeman61034 жыл бұрын
May you contine in good health 🙏❤
@tomasmorrissey73244 жыл бұрын
Thank God and g9d health mate
@thefreeradical23203 жыл бұрын
Rene....do hope you're 100% better now...🇬🇧...
@lisabracken50743 жыл бұрын
Hope you restored your health. Beautiful song to guide you through your struggle. Wishing you all the very best
@loojiful5 жыл бұрын
What a gorgeous song. Reminds me of the old couple who lived next door to us when I was a kid. Jonothan William Mason (Bill) and his wife Gloria. Bill was a Sergeant in some part of the Army, and served in WW2. "Glo" as he called her, worked in the munitions factories in West Wales, near Pendine Sands. Glo used to bake cakes, and every Sunday afternoon she would give a huge wedge of Lemon Drizzle to my sister and I. It became a sort of tradition. By the time I left for Uni, Glo had developed Alzheimer's. Bill took care of her for years, he cooked Sunday lunch for them both and made sure Glo always looked her best. He used to go to the Supermarket and buy a lemon Drizzle cake, cut it into slices and put them into an old biscuit tin that Glo had kept. Then after lunch ,he would make tea and take a slice of cake out of the tin, telling Glo how lovely "her" baking was. She thought she had made the cake and it used to make her smile. Bill died in the summer of 2001, he was 87. Gloria was taken into care and passed away sometime in 2007, she was buried next to Bill.
@thefreeradical23203 жыл бұрын
So sad...
@anthonymcnamee79673 жыл бұрын
Totally
@johnpatti43913 жыл бұрын
My Dad has dementia. Cherish every moment while you can. They deserve our love.
@gerhar112 жыл бұрын
Beautiful
@liam056214 жыл бұрын
A beautiful song sung by two of Ireland's finest musicians, may they rest in peace.
@Hollyrock7126 жыл бұрын
This is one of the most emotional songs I have ever heard. Liam and Tommy are the best !!!
@VictoriaBlogger9 жыл бұрын
The reason I love folk music so much is because it reminds us that life is so much bigger than today, and that we are so much more than individuals. Today is one link in a long chain; I am the product of the love of thousands of people who came before me; and songs like this keep us all connected through the years that go by. Thanks to Liam Clancy and Tommy Makem for keeping this music alive so more generations could remember it.
@jimdeluce47565 жыл бұрын
You are so right. God Bless.
@patrickohare16815 жыл бұрын
Vicki Sands gifted writing thank you
@BrianClonmel5 жыл бұрын
Here here Vicki :)
@BrianClonmel5 жыл бұрын
Thank Goodness for 'The High Kings' Liam & the boys live on through Finbarr
@Observ45er2 жыл бұрын
Yes. We are part of what I only partially joking refer to as the long-term DNA replication experiment on Earth. The long linked chain of DNA is a reflection the long link of mankind over the eons.
@davidhardwick38162 жыл бұрын
The single most beautiful song I've ever heard. Someday I may listen to it without tears, but i hope not.
@ivandodds6366 Жыл бұрын
I prefer the Brendan Grace version
@davidhardwick3816 Жыл бұрын
@@ivandodds6366 They’re all wonderful, the message of the song guarantees it!
@charlesglenn38606 ай бұрын
So true I always get choked up, even at Steve Goodmans version.
@charlotteneant81337 жыл бұрын
This Summer, in Doolin, where I was just passing through with a great friend, we went to a pub and listened to music till late. Sang Spancil Hill with the whole pub. We were leaving to go to bed, and stayed a bit in the black of the night with a few people we had met just that evening. One of them sang this song a capella. We were five, in a circle, holding hands or arms. This was one of those nights, you know, the memories of which you hold very close, closer, till they become an entire part of you.
@arthursmith86197 жыл бұрын
Beautiful memory.
@charlotteneant81337 жыл бұрын
Thank you - the song, really, is to thank. Such a stunning song.
@michaelelliott60457 жыл бұрын
Liam Clancy. Fiddlers green
@jamesdolan40427 жыл бұрын
Lovely Charlotte, beautiful memory so vividly explained
@tommurphy47005 жыл бұрын
James Dolan Doolin is a great place
@joeyoloughlin21543 жыл бұрын
Not a dutchman but I have been living here for almost 35 years so I appreciate this song and singer, stay safe one and all.
@billmcgrail78998 жыл бұрын
This Michael Smith song is just one of the great songs that came out of the Chicago folk scene in the 50's and 70's. Steve Goodman and John Prine were also very productive in the Chicago folk days.
@cieranocallaghan1014 жыл бұрын
Living in Haarlem at present, I hum this song most mornings on my cycle to work . A classic
@patrickglennon68343 жыл бұрын
lucky man, I lived in the Hague and worked in Harlem for a yorkshireman, I miss the Netherlands dearly, this was 1995_ 1997
@youatemysandwich17 жыл бұрын
This is easily one of the most beautiful songs ever!
@nbenefiel Жыл бұрын
Written by Michael Peter smith of Chicago.
@marymiller786511 жыл бұрын
This song makes me cry from missing my husband. His disabilities were physical rather than mental, but he would sing with me while I took care of him. Sometimes he would call for me if I wasn't in the same room. And we grew old together, but 25 years just wasn't long enough.
@josephgleason11077 жыл бұрын
The greatest balladeer ever! Too bad the world has lost him.
@BrianClonmel4 жыл бұрын
Well said, Joseph. My Daddy is from Carrick, so Liam means a lot to me.
@kennymcadams92954 жыл бұрын
to true
@christianhafer98194 жыл бұрын
Bob Dylan thinks so. High praise.
@nualawilson81273 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately nobody gets out of this world alive even exceptional humans like Liam Clancy. We just need to appreciate them while they are alive and remember lovingly after they leave for the big space above.
@gerardcummins7573 жыл бұрын
@@christianhafer9819 It's a pity that Bob Dylan didn't actually acknowledge the source of the airs for some of his earlier songs like "Time on our side" which is "An Old Irish Air...!!!", Well Known To Many With A Love ,Or "Grá" Of Irish Music and Culture...!!! Likewise he never actually acknowledged the songs and airs that he picked up from the "Clancy Bros" either in what we would say in this country are "The Unmistakeable Hallmarks Of "A Cute Hoor...!!!"" He never acknowledged where his music came from and from whom he learned his craft...!!! Which says all that needs to be said about Bob Dylan's Character As A Person...!!! I wouldn't care to be sharing a house with him and expecting him to stump up his end of the rent and bills each month...!!! My guess is that with such flawed character traits, screwing people over would be just like breathing to him...!!! You'd Be "Singing For Your Money At The End Of The Month...Without Bob As Backing Vocalist...Lol...!!!" If You Managed To Track Him Down That Is...Lol...!!!" A Mé Féiner...Lol..!!!"
@bearsasshairyarse163810 жыл бұрын
I was taught this song as a very young man in Sydney many years ago by an Irish teacher. It's still the only song that actually stops me dead in my tracks when I hear it. I don't have a great deal of good memories from my childhood but this song and my teacher will forever stay in my mind 40 and some change years later. Thank you Maura and God rest your wonderful beautiful soul!! Little did we know that so many years later I would return to Ireland and settle down so close to where we both came from. The world seemed so large back then!! I'm just crying listening to this again!!
@gieitlaldie281110 жыл бұрын
Live for tomorrow - but remember the past. Good to know you think of those who helped you on the way. I only heard this recently - touched me deeply. Am going to learn to play & sing it!
@jennyvictor27697 жыл бұрын
Bearsass Hairyarse
@edwinryan19986 жыл бұрын
Bearsass Hairyarse G
@maryhinfey12306 жыл бұрын
Bearsass Hairyarse of blue and
@tomflannery52946 жыл бұрын
Edwin Ry
@bryngeranek24809 жыл бұрын
Had the honor of playing with him before he passed----amazing talent and sorely missed.
@mzklvr735 жыл бұрын
I wish I could of seen him! Their music hits me in the heart so deeply
@BrianClonmel5 жыл бұрын
I am so glad you did, cherish the memories Bryn
@LC_music_studio3 жыл бұрын
Now there is a memory to hold onto.
@wheelzoffire114 жыл бұрын
when I was a child my mum used to take me on her knee and sing this. I was immersed in Makem and Clancy from a young age and as I grow older, the feelings grow with me... this is like a reunion with an old old friend. RIP Liam.
@TheHarperDave8 жыл бұрын
Best rendition of this EVER, it was truly his song. I may do this one, but I'll never top this man. He is actually a cousin of my dear wife, and she remembers being on his knee, as a wee redheaded girl, and him singing Red-Haired Mary. No better childhood memories than that, I think. He is dearly missed by us all.
@lindavanhouten38827 жыл бұрын
Jacke Buck litning bow
@rockweedgirl7 жыл бұрын
I was lucky enough to see him and Tommy Makem just north of Boston. We were the only "kids" there (with my mother), so we got a lot of attention from them, and the crowd loved it. At one point I was so sure a tiny drop of spittle from Liam landed on my cheek, and of course I never wanted to bathe again. I was forever in love........... What a treasure..... I hope you are able to do this song and give it new life and honor. Now, many decades later, in the most innocent sense, I am acting as a Margaret of sorts to my elderly father (my father's wife his truest Gentle Annie in every sense but name, her being Mary, having passed on), and I have the context to realize what a privilege it is.....
@TheHarperDave7 жыл бұрын
What a grand memory. My wife tells me that previous incident she remembers was at Radio City Music Hall. They played Carnegie Hall too. We got to see The High Kings (in which one of the younger Clancy plays and sings now), two weeks ago, and two of them, (one being distant family), took time to come 'round to see us perform later in the weekend, at the same festival. I knew we had arrived as true musicians, when one of them took the time to compliment out harmony and my arrangements. Even though I know the man I honestly blushed and stammered. These folks are still the icons of Irish folk music, even today. If you get the chance to see the High Kings, don't miss it. (The same production company as Celtic Woman, and they are touring South just now....
@martinlintzgy13616 жыл бұрын
Imho, this is the most beautiful song ever written. There is a better version, stilk Sung by an east clare man. Terence o'rielly Always retuces me to tears.
@richardperkins50466 жыл бұрын
I disagree. Michael P. Smith does the best version of this song. He wrote it, so he knows how it is supposed to be sung.
@eratriano91073 жыл бұрын
i love this song so much ... how much healing and joy has it brought to so many all around the world...
@desdiamond57006 жыл бұрын
A song about dementia written before dementia was a reconised condition!!!
@eddierock31845 жыл бұрын
Des Diamond )
@sallyandrews93485 жыл бұрын
I look after an old couple, friends of mine (help them with lunch etc), the wife has parkinsons disease and the husband is in the the early stages of dementia, this song reminds me of them, god bless them
@Hollcall5 жыл бұрын
"Hardening of the Arteries." is what it was called. Basically ; " Right on the Nose"
@kennymcadams92954 жыл бұрын
how very true
@pocketlama4 жыл бұрын
My wife has dementia. This song always makes me cry.
@FolkFaninMA11 жыл бұрын
Liam has always done this song very well, but this performance is especially lovely. So tender, and the expressions on his face are just amazing, like he's seeing or living the whole song as he's singing it. I also love hearing the audience singing along so gently. Truly lovely performance.
@nbenefiel Жыл бұрын
Many years ago,I went to a dinner theatre show called Personals. I wound up sitting next to Michael Smith. This song was in the play. We wound up talking for around 2 hours. He was a truly delightful man.
@creathor1999 жыл бұрын
Great song, great performance. Sadly, these fellows are gone now, before I realized their greatness.
@inverterville5 жыл бұрын
same here what a fool I was not to realised it way back then ...
@fdalefd4 жыл бұрын
I saw them when I was a kid and later I saw Tommy Makem at his place in Manhattan. But if you want to have same feeling follow the High Kings and see them if you can. It took my 10 yr old daughter to make me realize they are the real deal!
@davebyrne38003 жыл бұрын
The are very much alive once their music and songs are played or sang as are the likes of Luke Kelly and so many others.
@Fpstup3 жыл бұрын
That harmony ❤️
@trevormadden43012 жыл бұрын
I was blessed to grow up in this old ireland. The main singer is from my part of the world in tipperary
@gramar787811 жыл бұрын
A teacher played that for us years ago in primary school and I've never forgotten it. Tremendously tragic song incredibly performed with feeling and tenderness impossible to match. There couldn't have been a dry eye in the house after that rendition..
@H20.4 жыл бұрын
Liam had got the most beautiful speaking voice I've heard in a long time.
@TyvianRed10 жыл бұрын
I cry every time...
@johnkell57818 жыл бұрын
R I P Liam music keeps people alive
@iralee97876 жыл бұрын
I surmise this song refers to Van Gogh. An excellent accompanying work is Don McClean’s “Vincent”. Why must God taint genius with madness? Ira Lee, Ph.D.
@helenwalter88806 жыл бұрын
RIP: Return if Possible
@vilstef69883 жыл бұрын
The two best versions of this song are by Steve Goodman and Liam Clancy. Both left us too soon. Such a lovely and humane song. Steve Goodman said it was his favorite love song.
@-solidsnake-10 ай бұрын
You haven’t heard my mother play it when you were her child though
@vilstef698810 ай бұрын
@@-solidsnake- I would love to hear her sing it.
@paulsutton12326 жыл бұрын
Love this song rest in peace Liam ur music will never die
@macliam812 жыл бұрын
A singer, songwriter, poet, actor and storyteller. Liam Clancy along with Tommy Makem was one part of the best Irish/folk group these shores have ever seen, IMO. I was lucky enough to see him live in one of his last concerts in Laois, even then, the man was a class act! RIP.
@simplyDiann14 жыл бұрын
Beautifully sung--Michael Peter Smith wrote this in 1968, one of my favorite singers, Steve Goodman, popularized it. This is a beautiful, heart-felt rendition of it.
@mungous1000 Жыл бұрын
Steve's version was the first one I heard, and to me, it's still the best!
@jeremiahkirwan68956 жыл бұрын
He sings this song like reading poetry, ,
@HillaryHeath-jb1uo7 ай бұрын
To all who are old and in love, and helping one another on the road home. ❤
@joanblanch39736 жыл бұрын
From Barcelona, I want to pay my respect to Liam. I never can't understand why Irish musicians don't have the respect that they deserve.
@tonykenny71606 жыл бұрын
Joan. It's like all great artists. They are not recognised until they pass away. RIP Liam Clancy.
@stevenrowe49545 жыл бұрын
he was dearly loved by those of us who followed him... He will be sorely missed.
@BrianClonmel5 жыл бұрын
Thank you Joan, God Bless
@helenaville59395 жыл бұрын
Irish musicians are respected far and wide by Irish people and the Irish diaspora around the world. You are not Irish and so therefore you are not familiar with the Irish culture and its international following, and that's only to be expected. We Irish know.
@jeromeconvery267 Жыл бұрын
They are respected where it matters and that's at home in Ireland.
@0otee3 жыл бұрын
Being Dutch and loving Mc Clancy’s voice/music and accent so I came here! Its lovely❣️👌 Thanks William🌺🌹👌❣️
@paulcoates2088 жыл бұрын
Iv enjoyed ballads and folk music since I remember but I only heard this song two days ago when my mother asked me to play it while I was showing how to use KZfaq on her new IPhone. Moved me to tears thinking of the old couple and the unconditional love. It's great when you think you've heard all the great songs and a tune you were obliviously to crops up. .
@cmahue12356 жыл бұрын
Yes it is. Same thing happened to me with the song Grace, sung by Paul Byrom. Don't know how i missed it, but i have found them both now.
@margarettreacy5595 жыл бұрын
I was lucky enough to see Tommy Makem and the Clancy's in Belfast on a few occasions.Their repertoire of songs was unbelievable.Their talent a national treasure.They made folk music "popular" and you were proud to tell your school mates you were at a Clancy Bros. concert.I still play their songs when having a glass of wine and it's not just about sentimentality.Its spiritual,if reminds me of where I came from and that love,traditions and music form the backbone of what we are.The Dubliners also do this for me,but in a different way.❤❤
@roytheboy6811 жыл бұрын
RIP Liam and Tommy. We'll not see your like again. This song will always remind me of my childhood.
@markrush50136 жыл бұрын
steve goodman told me about peter michael smith and he told me about liam clancy....music is about connecting the dots....what a journey !
@soldier22976 жыл бұрын
Always listened to this year's ago but forgot the name of it. Took me so long to find it again. What a song.
@floydfarless84483 жыл бұрын
I have an old love who has been in a group home for many many years. The last time I spoke with her she said she recalled what we did 50 years ago. Memories of yesterday she had none. Give your friends and family hugs when ever you can, that may be their only memories.
@jenniferboylan60344 жыл бұрын
This song puts my little boy to sleep every night. Beautiful music 😃 thank you Liam and Tommy xx
@westcoastfalconry8 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite songs and definitely my favorite version
@martinlintzgy13616 жыл бұрын
Kate Marden There is another version of this song, by terence o'rielly, which is simply wonderful. Terence o'rielly is better known as a guitarist, unfortunately, i can't finnd any youtu.be clips of his vocals.
@pattynan14 жыл бұрын
Brings a tear to the eye; we will never see their likes again. Wonderful stuff! I'm so pleased to have lived in their times
@johntechwriter10 жыл бұрын
Tonight (Sept 2, 2014) I was watching a documentary about the Dutch and their millennial battle with the North Sea, and it brought to mind a song I had heard in my teenage years about some Dutchman and the Zuiderzee. Thanks to Wikipedia I'm here on KZfaq reliving the gentle lyrics of one of the great popular love songs of the century passed. (Not since "Danny Boy" has a song so needed to be sung by an Irish voice.) Thank you, Mike Smith, for putting us in touch with our inner Dutchman.
@thegreenrose55156 жыл бұрын
amazing...truly...liam sings with the wisdom of the ancients...and like a fool who knows too much, he still has the gleam of the cheeky young boy in his eyes. At times his voice so powerful...at times so gentle...easy to see why diane guggenheim fell for him.
@jameshayes1673 жыл бұрын
I’m from Carrie on suit Clancy’s the best
@johnpatti43913 жыл бұрын
Life is wonderful. Cherish it.
@jmmprime11 жыл бұрын
Saw them many times together at The Irish Pavillion in NYC...seems like a lifetime ago, but the memories are still strong...
@rossmcl17714 жыл бұрын
I wanted to say 'goodbye Liam and thanks so much for all you've given us.' This, my favourite spot on all of youtube, seems like as good a place as any to do so. I'm now going to watch it again - for the millionth time I think. But it will mean more than ever. RIP
@intune1100110 жыл бұрын
I can't believe I came across this song and Liam and Tom Clancy after they passed. I missed such great singers and writers but thanks to "the conman" i can hear it for the first time. The Dutchman, a song that no novel, movie or any media except music can chill you to the bones, make you cry and feel good all at once. Mr. Smith RIP!
@mikesmith789810 жыл бұрын
Thank you but I'm not gone yet.
@intune1100110 жыл бұрын
mike smith OMG SO sorry. Just love he whole clan and please stay with us 4 ever!
@johnwysor10659 жыл бұрын
mike smith Great to see you here, Mike. I've loved all your stuff I learned through Steve Goodman albums. Roving Cowboy is a gem; it deserves to be much better known. I often quote the line "You can't tell a madman with a shotgun / That he is not supposed to shoot no one." I used to have a specialty food shop (reformed chef) that I named Spoon River, and not after the book. I always dreamed of having you and Steve come perform.
@jeannewilliams3531 Жыл бұрын
Precious song... A song of enduring, timeless love...
@alisalobashkova80782 жыл бұрын
I've never heard that before and was very impressed. What a song and a great performance. I'm only 74, my wife, pictured, is 20 years younger and I've told her that when I lose my mind she has to arrange my parting accident. I know she won't. I tell her she's a bloody idiot to live with me, but angels can do whatever they like I guess.
@philiponeill40232 ай бұрын
What a wonderful pairing of two magnificent performers, I miss going to their concerts
@davegina16 ай бұрын
Great memories of my dad i the car with this tape playing.
@Joe-gj1ut4 ай бұрын
You must be young
@AngelaTopping10 жыл бұрын
beautiful song - and this muscian is new to me and right up my street.
@carmeleshky9416 жыл бұрын
Such a beautiful piece...so emotional. Rip
@jeffreyallen12905 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite Clancy songs. And there are many...Thank god today's technology allows us to see the concerts and hear the songs over and over. They won't be lost to the ages.
@jennifercharlton-dennis676310 жыл бұрын
This brings me back to my childhood. What an amazing group of true musicians. RIP boys. I know heaven is a better place with all of you.
@LS-92683 жыл бұрын
A unique artist and one of Ireland's best. A fabulous story teller and has a tone to his voice that is instantly recognisable and unmatched. RIP.
@patrickscanlon5444 жыл бұрын
This is the definitive version of this song for me. I grew up listening to Makem & Clancy. The were brilliant.
@KJ-nd6jl3 жыл бұрын
This never gets old.
@clownboy33332 ай бұрын
This version always, always makes me cry.
@GeorgeStar Жыл бұрын
Many have done this song but none as tenderly as Makem & Clancy.
@pmc2376 жыл бұрын
great song/great singers.we will never see the like of them again
@shayshay97642 жыл бұрын
i love the pitch perfect way Liam starts singing the song...flawless
@glencmac5 жыл бұрын
This is the saddest song I know, and sometimes you need a sad song. Thank you!
@buratino6615 жыл бұрын
One of the ALL-TIME Classic love songs. It is a rare work of art.
@giantscauseway456 жыл бұрын
I grew up listen to a lot of Irish music ..I never listened to these cause I always taught there were rearly old fashioned. .I live in carrick on suir about 2 mile from were he lived ...my uncle sang ...red is the rose ..at Christmas's time we were all drunk but a good old craic ...I have never stopped listen to them since unreal
@johnpaul99355 жыл бұрын
Heard them singing this live in concert many years ago. They are gone now but the music stays with us. They will never be replaced but then again how could they be.
@TheGuerrillaPoet11 жыл бұрын
I never thought this had anything to do with the war, or being shell shocked. The things described I have seen with loved ones fading with Alzheimer's...or possibly just old age and dementia. One of the loveliest songs ever though....I have always held the Clancy/Makem version close to my heart.
@dianescotter80894 жыл бұрын
My favourite playlist ❤️ x
@stem13025 ай бұрын
Clancy was an incredible singer. Technically absolutely amazing. I only discovered him recently. This song just tonight. Being Dutch I’ll listen to this again for sure.
@paulinerendall72274 жыл бұрын
What a lovely song. Beautifully sung.
@TyvianRed10 жыл бұрын
It's so sad that there will never be anyone else to take the Clancy's place in music.
@helenfitzgerald763810 жыл бұрын
True, but their nephews still carry on the singing in Carrick on Suir to date
@TyvianRed10 жыл бұрын
What are their names?
@recruiter4010 жыл бұрын
Patrick Byrne The High Kings, some are relatives to the clancys
@TyvianRed10 жыл бұрын
Jeffrey Ford I'll look them up,thanks.
@recruiter4010 жыл бұрын
they are not at all like the Clancy Brothers in style. they seem a lot less Folky, but still good if you can approve of their style.
@Spinkatron14 жыл бұрын
God bless the Clanceys and Tommy Makem sheer genius i wish they could all be back with us making the rafters roar thanks for all the wonderful songs
@martinacaffrey44113 жыл бұрын
Such a poignant song on St. Patrick’s night 2021. My mother loved these 2 and handed her love down to me. Now they are all gone and my father has dementia .....
@KJ-nd6jl3 жыл бұрын
🙏
@annefahy23703 жыл бұрын
May you find comfort in your memories.
@williamvance96084 жыл бұрын
My wife and I, married 44, dating 46, known of each as neighbors, probably half a century. How could I even love my own life more that I love her!
@Deejaay83urj383 жыл бұрын
Damn. Just hear an Irishman start his ballad and the tears spring . . If you have a soul
@markkelly978810 жыл бұрын
a big fan of the band a nd you guys wherre alsome I don't think will ever come across anyone like you guys again a big and pround Irishman I always love your music and rythem u guys are so good missya mk/NJ....
@alexmorris4525 жыл бұрын
They were always ahead of their time ,,,and at the end they were better than they ever were ,,,,sadly missed all of them ,,,,,,,,,but what a legacy they have left ,,,,,slainte,,,,
@sandayheath5913 жыл бұрын
The Dutchman as sung by Keith Harkin moved me to tears....totally amazing, no one has ever done this song as well as he. Took my breath away. It was the stand out song of Celtic Thunder's Heritage for me...that and Whiskey in the Jar. Keith is destined to be a Superstar!!
@rdvqc9 ай бұрын
The late Steve Goodman (City of New Orleans), when he did this song would kid that Michael Smith had never been to Holland when he wrote this. Liam's versions are still the best. His love for the song is evident.
@mariearmstrong762910 жыл бұрын
Brilliant! pity that they are both gone now to the great unknown
@markkelly51112 жыл бұрын
what a great song i use to listen to this before bed its nice to hear the song thanks for posting the song great irish band wish to see them live owell this is just as good thanks again a pround irishman....
@tessaadie6592 жыл бұрын
My husband is at the beginning of the dementia journey and for years he joked that I am the family memory. He has just heard this for the first time and it really does sum us up.
@MrPetrus195714 жыл бұрын
I love this song which has a beautiful liric. It makes me feel happy when listening to it, perhaps because I'm dutch living abroad and thinking about Holland. Thanks Liam Clancy and may you rest in peace. The Zuider Zee doesn't exist anymore since a long time. Land has been reclaimed from the Zuidersee since more then 60 years. The part which remains beyond the Afsluitdijk is called Ijselmeer. Nevertheless the song keeps the old name in good memory...
@D10RC5 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of my youth staying in my Nannys house on Sunday morning my uncles would have on the ballads 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
@stephenconnell891 Жыл бұрын
Just visited the Netherlands and went to the zeider zee because this song got me through many years of a difficult marriage listening to it on Clyde Gilmour's CBC radio program Gilmour's albums each Sunday morning It was one of his favourites.
@bornspursttid58316 жыл бұрын
Beautiful words. its a poem with music.
@maryearly19013 жыл бұрын
My man and I 50 years together this year and this is our love song.
@asbpab196614 жыл бұрын
I have been listening to your music for more than 30 years. RIP.
@edwardandrew41074 жыл бұрын
How beautiful is this ? wonderful singing and made me feel very emotional.