This song is absolutely fantastic and Timeless,Luke Kelly is something else and he really knows how to sing, THANKYOU for this top quality upload.R.I.P.Luke.
@dinerouk
12 жыл бұрын
He sang a song called 'Tramps and Hawkers' to the same tune. I used to sing it too.
@theliamofella
7 жыл бұрын
I've not heared this version before, i like this one best, as barneys tenor banjo sounds great with it.
@paullavan6098
10 жыл бұрын
I haven't heard this version before. Thank God there are so many examples of this incredible man's work left to us; Thank you Lukie.
@nolamom
4 жыл бұрын
What. A. Voice. Thank you, Luke.
@killiekentman
15 жыл бұрын
Luke and the Dubliners at there best. thanks for posting.
@bridodonnell6698
3 жыл бұрын
Beautiful tune. RIP to all the Irish who had to emigrate over the years and have now passed on.
@andrewwigglesworth3030
4 ай бұрын
This song comes from the "Oh well, that's just the way it is" section of the 1959 Radio Ballad "Song of a road" by Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger, produced for the Midlands Area of the BBC Home Service (based in Birmingham) by Charles Parker. It's a radio programme about the people who built the M1 motorway. Look it up, it's well worth listening to, along with the other Radio Ballads that were produced on other topics. The song is sung by Isla Cameron, in her very Scottish accent. The tune is from the the very well known Scottish song, "Come all ye tramps and hawkers." Many unthinkingly assume that this is a song about "Irish emigration." It's about working on jobs that take men away from their homes and families for periods of time. In this case it's a Scottish worker, who will be coming home to his family ("for a week or two") before leaving for the next contract. Actually read the lyrics, they tell a story of working class men in Britain who lost their family life because of how construction work is organised. A lot of people connect this song to Luke Kelly, and he did a fine version of the song (note: not "the original"). Luke knew Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger well, he even left the Dubliners for a period early on in their career to move back to England (London) to participate in MacColl's "Critics Group." He went to learn songs and performance techniques etc. He went to get an education in folk music, and it's the reason he had so many English and Scottish songs in his repertoire; including many written and composed by Ewan MacColl. Of course this song can be universalised. It can speak to many who had the experience in their own families of not seeing a father for weeks or months, or simply because of long working hours. It's a common working class story that has been experienced from South Africa to Chile, from the USA to India ... in fact the whole world over.
@boldertash
2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant
@ShaggyOtis
10 жыл бұрын
What album is this on?
@riekjeheida680
10 жыл бұрын
I know my love ..mono lp from EMI
@tony10396861
13 жыл бұрын
@jukenna This sounds exactly like Luke Kelly because that's exactly who it is!!
@Deakion
13 жыл бұрын
jukenna: This is Luke for sure, it's the accompanying that makes it sound a bit different.
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