I was homeless for four years, and at this time of year I thank God that I am not on the streets. I remember my friends at this time who died of homeless related problems. God Bless you, especially Harry...RIP
@Verdiz700
2 жыл бұрын
God bless you my brother, sorry for the lost of your friend Harry 🙏❤
@markfrost9005
Жыл бұрын
God bless you sir 🙏 I've worked with the homeless for a few years 🙏 I've got so much respect for you and anyone homeless and I'll carry on giving homeless people all they need 🙏 well as much as I can.
@nbenefiel
Жыл бұрын
I remember my first trip to Europe. I had never seen homeless people before. I was shocked. Now they are everywhere. I try to carry some cash just to give to them. I ran away from college when I was 17, with 50 cents in my pocket. This was back in 1970. People were so kind to me.
@mariscapoppe5521
Жыл бұрын
❤
@Cloudberry46
7 жыл бұрын
Anyone that remembers Ralph McTell from the 60's London folk clubs will know that the old lady carrying her home in two carrier bags that he sings of was, I think, Old Meg, who was a sad, regular sight around Soho in those far off days.....Never fails to give goose bumps, this song.
@dopeydawg8954
8 жыл бұрын
Sadly, not just London anymore, the song has so much relevance and Ralph McTell hit the nail on the head with this.
@kelvinlights
8 жыл бұрын
Just
@popatyourecords
8 жыл бұрын
He actualy wrote this when he was in paris ,,it was based on paris just like the man who wrote Sherlock holmes connan doyle lived in Edinburgh it had the cobbles the smoke from the chimneys fog that was what inspired him,,,,,..same with song it could apply to any city then and now nothings changed cheers
@gerhardwiechmann4853
8 жыл бұрын
popatyourecords immer wieder aktuel leider
@taniajeanneephraims5002
7 жыл бұрын
AnnieBlackmore I have been living in Paris & it makes me remember with sadness all the homeless too.
@gerhardwiechmann4853
7 жыл бұрын
Ich liebe das lied
@JoeStunner
9 жыл бұрын
Over 40 years after first hearing this as a small kid, it still moves me.
@shaunw9270
8 жыл бұрын
+JoeStunner Yeah Joe ,me too , wonderful song. Depressing video - sadly not just London , most major cities in the world have homelessness, thanks to greedy governments and Royal families. Sadly in the modern world buying nuclear weapons and holidays for the Queen take priority over the common people....
@gandrhulfharbard9166
8 жыл бұрын
+JoeStunner It still moves me after 30 odd years. It is a mark of shame on Western Governments that 47 years after this song was first released nothing at all has changed.
@ChifleyLIB
8 жыл бұрын
+Gandrhulf Harbard yes .... guvmints should do something .... or maybe the song is saying we're ALL to blame ?
@umbertotucci2300
8 жыл бұрын
+Gandrhulf Harbard i was living in brixton by The time this song came out And lived in London for over than 3 years beside I have tried so mano times to fine a helping Hand to some of those homeless you'd be surpriesed to find out how many refused. ..Most of them likes their life
@dan32113
8 жыл бұрын
injustice is timeless, this is a song from the heart thats why it touched you, it still means something !
@AMentorway4u
5 жыл бұрын
Never heard this song in all my 58 years on this earth. It's about time!!! What a beautiful song. My God. Respect to the artist for this apparently classic tune. So Beautiful. So eloquently written and sung. The world needs a big group hug and we all need to sing the same song. Peace and Love.
@folkfingerstylefreddy2154
7 жыл бұрын
This is what you call real folk music!
@stevehill3958
7 жыл бұрын
It's a wonderful song,and timeless. We are lucky to have had Ralph.
@robertmurray5330
7 жыл бұрын
this song break's my heart when ever I hear it , sadness fills me ,we all struggle but homeless people more than most, nobody knows how they really feel unless you are homeless,may God bless them and show them his love through the love of Godly people amen.
@sileodonoghue-bergin6996
2 жыл бұрын
So true, now it's also the streets of DUBLIN...I think its so Sad.. and there's so much greed in the WORLD....I always give, and share a chat, I'm told by many, people don't even show the a glance, we are all brothers and sisters, we should at least care....GOD, BLESS THEM ALL...X
@derekjolly9663
8 жыл бұрын
'The man outside the seaman's mission' says it all, the forgotten Merchant Navy. without whom there would be a London as we know it, people can't fight without food, planes can't fly without petrol all brought in by the Merchant Navy of which I was proud to be a forgotten hero. Take time to visit the MN memorial at Tower Hill and see how many thousands died with hardly any mean of defending themselves, it only took one torpedo for the crew of a tanker to die a horrible death. Gone but not forgotten
@susanlansdell863
8 жыл бұрын
I used to work at Trinity House and we'd attend the memorial on Armistice Day - so moving.
@garydunning9363
8 жыл бұрын
thankyou my friend.
@struanrobertson1606
7 жыл бұрын
I spent fifty years at sea in the Merchant Navy - and saw it go from 80% of the world´s shipping down to about 4% after we joined the EU - and during the Second World War we had more casualties than the army, the navy and the airforce put together - and were awarded not a single medal...!
@geoffboldison649
7 жыл бұрын
Struan Robertson my late father was also a merchant seaman sir god bless
@struanrobertson1606
7 жыл бұрын
I'm still alive...and was at sea (in the MN) for fifty years...
@zeniktorres4320
6 жыл бұрын
Loved this song for many decades, beautiful music and wonderful lyrics with a timeless message.
@Derwentcub
12 жыл бұрын
Beautifully made video of a classic song. Thank you.
@barracute
15 жыл бұрын
A true classic and one of the best melodies i have ever heard. Thankyou
@archiegemmell3785
6 жыл бұрын
I grow up with ralph Mctell and since I first heard this in the 80s it still has me crying everytime I here this great song....thanks Ralph xx
@stevegoode1341
11 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of my Dad, miss him, great song.
@philomenapeterson1790
5 жыл бұрын
He has a lovely voice. Love this song. Thanks for sharing Nov 1, 2019 from Malaysia
@ycm9863
6 жыл бұрын
Have you seen the old man In the closed-down market Kicking up the paper, With his worn out shoes? In his eyes you see no pride Hand held loosely at his side Yesterday's paper telling yesterday's news So how can you tell me you're lonely, And say for you that the sun don't shine. Let me take you by the hand and lead you through the streets of London I'll show you something to make you change your mind Have you seen the old girl Who walks the streets of London Dirt in her hair and her clothes in rags? She's no time for talking, She just keeps right on walking Carrying her home in two carrier bags. So how can you tell me you're lonely, And say for you that the sun don't shine. Let me take you by the hand and lead you through the streets of London I'll show you something to make you change your mind In the all night cafe At a quarter past eleven, Same old man sitting there on his own Looking at the world Over the rim of his tea-cup, Each tea lasts an hour Then he wanders home alone So how can you tell me you're lonely, Don't say for you that the sun don't shine. Let me take you by the hand and lead you through the streets of London I'll show you something to make you change your mind Have you seen the old man Outside the Seaman's Mission Memory fading with the medal ribbons that he wears In our winter city, The rain cries a little pity For one more forgotten hero And a world that doesn't care So how can you tell me you're lonely, And say for you that the sun don't shine. Let me take you by the hand and lead you through the streets of London I'll show you something to make you change your mind
@elizajohn5
8 жыл бұрын
And yet loneliness affects millions of well off people who live in mansions. Seeing others on the streets living in appalling conditions cannot turn on a switch in a lonely persons mind just because they see many living in agony. Loneliness and depression hold each others hands and even a warm bed and full stomach at night cannot compensate a lonely and empty mind.
@georgemorris5676
8 жыл бұрын
aint that the truth brother
@peterslevin3722
5 жыл бұрын
Your right mate, loneliness is a different thing completely to poverty. Both are terrible things to have to live with.
@DanielleKingdjdinosaur
4 жыл бұрын
id rather be lonely in a mansion than on the street.
@helenjervis7253
4 жыл бұрын
There’s none so blind, than those that see, never walk past anyone without a smile or a hello. I was once in a room full of people at Christmas, but so lonely, my lovely husband a serving soldier was doing his duty for queen and country. God was I so alone.
@Schlagerschnulzen
5 жыл бұрын
Das Lied macht echt nachdenklich und traurig. Man was muss man dankbar sein das es einem relativ gut geht.
@stewartlone3445
2 жыл бұрын
Poetry to music from an amazing few years when people like Ralph, Cat Stevens, Paul Simon, Don MacLean and others created genuinely timeless, classic songs.
@MargaretDenham
11 жыл бұрын
I love the photographs you've chosen to accompany this song. I've always loved this song but you've raised a new awareness with your choice of images. Well done and I hope that many more people appreciate the message you are spreading. It's a very sad world we live in when the songs that entertain us also portray so much human misery and no one really seems to care.
@rayward1865
6 жыл бұрын
time is the best way to judge a song and a film....we can safely say this is a classic...
@JJohnston3711ProInk
8 жыл бұрын
This was actually the very first time I ever heard this Song....I found it timely and was moved deeply by it. That is known as Art.
@risumotus
4 жыл бұрын
Never heared this before? Wow, must have been a plezant surprise.
@shermcn
2 жыл бұрын
An exquisite musical masterpiece, I loved this as a child, and I still do.
@thorbart7279
9 жыл бұрын
forgot about this song ... was introduced to it in 1971 when I visited London ... What a beautiful song about the poverty hidden under the surface of what was then 'Swinging London".
@ciclestones
2 жыл бұрын
A very deep life lesson in this song. This song has been with with me for many years
@damonz.king.8952
5 ай бұрын
Beautiful. Hits me like a thunder first time i hear it...amazing song...
@huggage1996
14 жыл бұрын
this song is one of those that you need to listen to when you are feeling hard done by, a great melody. thanks for sharing
@SirPercival13
10 жыл бұрын
Britons! We have been through thick and thin and together we stand, together we can do anything, we need to rebuild our wonderful nation to the standard it used to be. Together, united as one, liberal, socialist, all are equal in our nation. A nation of greatness, technology, advancement, intellectuals. Improve yourself, to improve your nation. Let patriotism flow through you for our nation. Unite hand in hand as our ancestors did. For we were and still can be, great.
@kenpitman7927
9 жыл бұрын
If only Sir Percival . . If only
@alexanderfleming6040
9 жыл бұрын
THIS APPLIES TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TOO,MY BROTHER. ALEXANDER FLEMING, WASH DC/VA, USA APRIL 21, 2015
@TheGlenmanusskinhead
9 жыл бұрын
ALEXANDER FLEMING i hope so ......
@donstim02
8 жыл бұрын
First heard this in the 70's - about 10 yrs old - it moved me then, and it moves me now still. Just such a good and sad portrayal of those that have not! I defy anyone not to have a lump in their throat!
@bgg4865
Жыл бұрын
London today is not the London I knew years ago........ I treasure this song.
@andylewis6794
2 жыл бұрын
learnt to play this at school, first ever song i learnt to play, still loving it in 2022, awesome song, x
@MilkJugUK
7 жыл бұрын
Magnificent song, magnificent message! THIS WORLD MUST CHANGE!
@elmarschonenberger6910
7 жыл бұрын
So wunderbare Musik gab es nur in den 60er und 70ern. Dieser Song ergreift einen noch heute - nur ist es ein gewaltiger Unterschied, ob man den Song heute oder eben vor 43 Jahren sich angehört hat ...
@Musik4LifeAndLonger
13 жыл бұрын
Wow, Amazing with so much feeling really good thanks for ubload Greeetings from Germany
@anakmalaysia9563
7 жыл бұрын
great song! I'm 90's but I dearly and immensely love the past past time songs as it is full of story and meaning.....
@u6ty5et5ey6r7t
3 жыл бұрын
I lived on the streets for many years. I had more friends then, than I have now.
@hannehuber441
7 жыл бұрын
Oh my God, I haven't heared that song since years. Thank you for upload.
@philipgilmartin6876
7 жыл бұрын
Stunning song. Has never left me from being a child.
@pusuper1309
7 жыл бұрын
Saw and heard Ralph play this live when he supported The Everly Brothers in 1987. Great song.
@l.salisbury1253
6 ай бұрын
Whoa! Must be surreal to hear "streets of London" and "wake up Little Suzie" on the same bill...!
@mike61219
12 жыл бұрын
Lest we never forget the needy, whatever the circumstances to their plight. Well done to the person who decided to put this on youtube, it just goes to prove there are some that care in this turbulent world.
@jimmymufc58
6 жыл бұрын
classic track this one, was 17 when this came out and, livin in a small village in Yorkshire , a place where everyone new every one else. London was a different world to me then, I didn't no what poverty was. as life had it, I ended up livin in London for over 30 yrs, still live here and one things for sure, I no all about poverty and loneliness on these streets, ive seen it with my own eyes every day for 30 yrs.the words to this track were true back in 1975 and, theyre true now at xmas 2017
@davidmolecey4405
7 жыл бұрын
A moving song, tenderly rendered by Mctell, lyricist and performer, with some exquisitely illustrative stills: had me weeping at my keyboard for pure joy... Oh! The humanity of it all...!
@pix046
8 жыл бұрын
A lot of people commenting have scarcely ever slept out on the streets in their lives. Nor have they gone up and down on night buses. It is, actually, quite invigorating to be out and is preferred by quite a substantial number of people as a way of life. When you are on the streets you are not just a number.
@JasonRadley
8 жыл бұрын
Deep, like a worm's grave.
@TheBlueskyson
8 жыл бұрын
indeed pix, but the uncertainty of that lifestyle can wear thin.
@shellydrew100
8 жыл бұрын
I've been out on the "streets" quite a few times "skip diving" for food !
@arminchef1
7 жыл бұрын
have you ??????????????????????????
@terrypoolesmith677
7 жыл бұрын
do you know anyone
@TexterinSanja
2 жыл бұрын
🤔 Den Song habe ich das erste Mal als Jugendliche im Zeltlager am Lagerfeuer gemeinsam mit den anderen gesungen. Einer spielte Gitarre dazu. Es war berührend. Und das ist es heute noch! ☺
@kipmurray2291
8 жыл бұрын
We don't realize how good we have it and how fortunes can change overnight.
@sxitezza
13 жыл бұрын
This song says so much !!! if only we all acted on the words of this song then there would be far less sadness or suffering for so many people in our world, if we all helped just one person each then we would all make such a positive difference for so many who suffer a daily existence... Terry -X-
@_Claire_Louise_
16 жыл бұрын
this always makes me cry when i hear it it was our leavers song at my primary school and it always brings back so many memories
@phillipperry3125
5 жыл бұрын
Being homeless twice for over twenty years combined this song means so much, makes me so great full for what I have now
@ingeheld4940
7 жыл бұрын
Thank you, shows me, that I am not alone with my thoughts
@newforestpixie5297
7 жыл бұрын
in 1975, our hippyish french teacher, whom cos he was so easy going, didn't get much attention during his lessons but at school assembly one unusual morning (maybe the headmaster was away ) the guy Mr Bidmead, had his acoustic & did this song to audience of punks & herberts - when he finished, you could of heard a pin drop - followed by loud applause! new forest
@CountvonCount33
6 жыл бұрын
He would probably get the sack if he did it these days, for deviating from the curriculum or some sort of bullshit.
@herbertovermann4457
6 жыл бұрын
What means “Punks and Herberts“?
@paddyagar
5 жыл бұрын
Fantastic, thanks for sharing. This is what the kids need , something a bit different
@naughtydorf18
5 жыл бұрын
Herbert pre modern Chav
@AMentorway4u
5 жыл бұрын
Beautiful 😀😀😀😀
@jackjohnson9161
7 жыл бұрын
Me too mate, remember this song from my childhood, still hits home.
@herbypumpkin1256
7 жыл бұрын
I have been working with the Homeless for 47 years now and its just getting worse. And I have absolutely no answers. One minute someone has a good Job, a Wife and Children, - and then suddenly its good along with self-respect and motivation.
@revolutionaryviews9702
7 жыл бұрын
HerbyPumpkin An end to the worldwide banking cartel and the corporate state in which people are cheap cattle serving their money god globalist masters would be a start. A return to the nation state and England's legacy of freedom and independence is needed for the rest of Europe to follow. Brexit is the beginning, if the masters don't strangle it in the cradle.
@nfsilva35
5 жыл бұрын
That song! break my heart.
@mauricetaylor6802
8 жыл бұрын
a truly brilliant song from Ralph.
@newvlogs4116
6 жыл бұрын
Super Song i sang the Song for thirty Year in my scool its a aktuellety song today thank you
@nightlight701
15 жыл бұрын
omg this song almost made me cry! great lyrics... great melody... i love it.
@notwastedinkansas
4 жыл бұрын
This was all about me for 10 years, except it was here in the United States, a very lonely time. But then I heard the voice of God and I quit abusing drugs and alcohol and I asked Jesus into my heart ❤ and since 1986 I am not alone anymore. It can happen to you too, if you want. If anyone is anti religion, this IS NOT about religion or what church you go to, it's about Jesus
@zebediahmusicman
13 жыл бұрын
Beautiful song... awesome video!
@nfsilva35
4 ай бұрын
Beautiful music. I apreciate it
@gary3561
7 жыл бұрын
a sad yet such a great song. its relevance in todays and yet yesterdays society too is bang on. nobody should be homeless cold or left to just decay away. this should be a Christmas number 1. not a poxy Xfactor winner. id buy this in a heartbeat..
@heyoka5758
8 жыл бұрын
Viele Erinnerungen. träumen pur.
@jiminitin86
14 жыл бұрын
this video is sooo fitting and makes the point of the song that much clearer!!! makes ya feel guilty for having bad days when ya see how bad some people have it!!!!
@ladycherryific
14 жыл бұрын
i love this song! the pictures describe the song so darn well and it makes me really sad that there are so many poor, sick and homeless poeple, not just in london, but everywhere:(
@29Forever
Жыл бұрын
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@sarachang2269
7 жыл бұрын
Love this song very much, can't stop replay
@jackiegeritz5345
Жыл бұрын
Have you seen the old man In a closed-down market? Kicking up the paper With his worn out shoes In his eyes, you see no pride And held loosely at his side Yesterday's paper Telling yesterday's news So, how can you tell me you're lonely? And say for you that the sun don't shine? Let me take you by the hand And lead you through the streets of London Show you something to make you change your mind Have you seen the old girl Who walks the streets of London? Dirt in her hair And her clothes in rags She's no time for talking She just keeps right on walking Carrying her home In two carrier bags So, how can you tell me you're lonely? And say for you that the sun don't shine? Let me take you by the hand And lead you through the streets of London I'll show you something to make you change your mind In the all night café At a quarter past eleven Same old man Sitting there on his own Looking at the world Over the rim of his teacup Each tea lasts an hour And he wanders home alone So, how can you tell me you're lonely? Don't say for you that the sun don't shine Let me take you by the hand And lead you through the streets of London Show you something to make you change your mind Have you seen the old man Outside the seaman's mission? Memory fading with The medal ribbons that he wears In our winter city The rain cries a little pity For one more forgotten hero And a world that doesn't care So, how can you tell me you're lonely? And say for you that the sun don't shine? Let me take you by the hand And lead you through the streets of London Show you something to make you change your mind Source: LyricFind
@qubrasaleh
16 жыл бұрын
i love this song... a girl at ma school sang it and i was blown away... Traxer from Norway
@oOdesultoryOo
13 жыл бұрын
he is a very very good singer .. this song is so wonderful (= i luv it
@davidbastable8149
8 жыл бұрын
Have not lived in or nearl London for 45 years but love the song
@livefreeordie45
10 жыл бұрын
This is the first time I have heard this song. I was born in London but left when I was but 8 months of age. This will be placed in my favorites. Very inspirational.
@Richard-pe4cx
4 жыл бұрын
still a song of our time
@bartdecraemer2230
8 жыл бұрын
yep indeed after all this years , it' s still an amazing song
@jeffwateridge1097
9 жыл бұрын
WELL DONE RALPH McTELL FOR BRINGING THIS SONG TO RECORD
@bobbyact
14 жыл бұрын
Been a favorite of mine since he wrote it way back. Give blessings for what we have.
@Schlagerschnulzen
13 жыл бұрын
Nicht gerade ein Gassenhauer, aber ein Lied mit sehr viel Tiefgang - sehr schöne nachdenkliche Ballade!
@janetfirth3640
7 жыл бұрын
Sad times this song bought back memories when I was a youth and you saw people living the way they did on street corners it's so so sad we live in a country that's not poor this shouldn't be happening. These people need help and if I could afford to help them I would with pleasure. Sad
@MrShlapp
8 жыл бұрын
after all lifes troubles and strife has gone you realise life has so much to offer...just remember what made you today can never be taken away... love life and be strong..... its not always dark at six :)
@jerrylyons9279
8 жыл бұрын
well told.
@jamescooper3758
7 жыл бұрын
poignant and beautiful loved this as a kid and even more now
@96EisbrecherFan
8 жыл бұрын
The song and the video fits perfect in. You're done it great (Y)
@colinedwards3959
17 күн бұрын
My old fella ww2 vet identified to this tune.🎵…Not a well man and only managed to stay with us until 1979 …Died aged 53. Before his time. 🕰️.Rest in peace Dad ✊
@SuraSak-t8n
5 ай бұрын
LONDON was just like the big city surrounded with the poor,homeless,hungry people looking for the chance to survive,like the rest of the cities all over the world.👉May GOD give them the better future.❤❤❤ Surasak Bangkok Thailand
@Stemax1960
11 жыл бұрын
I've got a lump in my throat now. That brings home the true meaning of the lyrics!
@marhope
8 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful interpretation..nice as..thanks
@MrBurcky
7 жыл бұрын
Good song. Little Tell from Switzerland ...
@MsLadymarie1
8 жыл бұрын
Loneliness in London is even worse now! Although London is so crowded, sometimes we don't even know who our neighbours are!
@morynnia
14 жыл бұрын
I love that song. You choose the pictures very good for the video. And thanks for the lyrics =) I have to learn it for school :)
@MrChrissy1r
7 жыл бұрын
In the old cafe' at a quarter past eleven,, the clock actually shows a quarter past ten or am I missing something here!????!Love the song,, the era, the lyrics and the ambiance, love it ,, love it ,, love it,,!!XX
@hildehammershaug478
6 жыл бұрын
saaaa nydelig...og like aktuell i dag-i storbyer og mindre plasser hvor mennesker som ikke har trukket det beste kortet faller utenfor ....
@adelloyd
7 жыл бұрын
So hauntingly beautiful and so heartbreaking and it's still going on all over the uk in 2017.
@mustsee8983
7 жыл бұрын
a person shud listen to this song at least once a day,, we have so much so true,, grt song,,
@storm-luciolivier636
4 жыл бұрын
This made me cry....
@mike61219
13 жыл бұрын
To all of us who have all in life, let us always think of the less fortunate and help all we can for those who have next to nothing
@michaelmakes1225
Жыл бұрын
Ralph's second recording of this. From his album "Streets"..he wanted to do it this way ever since his '69 original,which was a solo, almost a demo..the accompaniment here hits the spot, just perfect,and sadly it's hard to find this best version these days..listen to the beauty.
@digitalbroadcaster
14 жыл бұрын
Great video match to the words here. Well done!
@georgestyer2153
7 жыл бұрын
This should be sung as an anthem in schools, churches, caring for others is what life is REALLY all about. We are a global family. There is no room for violence or aggression.
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