I heard this on an obscure radio station in 1990. I recorded it on a tape and lost the tape. I've been searching for it ever since. I finally found it. One of my favorite songs. It stayed in my mind for 28 years.
@FragileBitch
4 жыл бұрын
"Obscure Radio Station in 1990" That's......somehow sound very haunting, and very much nostalgic.
@0o0o0ome
3 жыл бұрын
It is a pleasant one to have in the mind. Its been in mine for 9 years.
@richardm123uk
12 жыл бұрын
My Dad was in this band. I'm so proud.
@PeterPlaysgamez
2 жыл бұрын
who was he?
@richardm123uk
2 жыл бұрын
@@PeterPlaysgamez Bob Thomas, the founder with Gordon Jones,
@PeterPlaysgamez
2 жыл бұрын
@@richardm123uk is he still alive?
@richardm123uk
2 жыл бұрын
@@PeterPlaysgamez Yep, still playing and reviews music tech for 'Sound on Sound'.
@subfragment
10 жыл бұрын
My father loved the music of Silly Wizard, he died when I was 15, and this powerful music stirs emotions and thoughts beyond words. I am American, but my heritage is Scottish, but this music should enchant anyone.
@McAleen
9 жыл бұрын
My condolences on your father's walking on, he had a very good taste in music.
@229andymon
9 жыл бұрын
From the lone shieling of the misty island Mountains divide us, and the waste of seas - Yet still the blood is strong, the heart is Highland, And we in dreams behold the Hebrides:
@tjaehnigen
6 жыл бұрын
This music is universally beautiful and full of feeling and emotion.
@livmas10
4 жыл бұрын
I have the same story, my father died when I was 13. I completely agree with you, they are my comfort and rainy day music.
@sarapinsky315
8 жыл бұрын
One of my favorites of Silly Wizard. I always loved Andy M. Stewart's voice. Though he is gone, the music will always live on. RIP Andy.
@salal2007
7 жыл бұрын
what a blessing these recordings are still on youtube... Silly Wizard, one of the best bands I can ever remember -- I saw them live twice in the 80s and they still live in my spirit, no matter John and Andy are gone...
@SuperPeader
8 жыл бұрын
RIP Andy. One of my favorites who blazed a path for Scottish folk music. Great voice, great stage presence and a great performer.
@jondoe8889
11 жыл бұрын
Musical tastes change with the weather. My father had a fiddle, and I only heard him (briefly) play it once. In front of my HS bandmates. How mortifying! 12 years later, I discovered this music, and was soon playing it for a living. (but he was dead by then. We never had much in common. I wish we could have shared this) You sound wise. When music speaks to you, it's best to listen.
@mandolinrory
6 жыл бұрын
Had the pleasure of seeing Andy Stewart live in Cambridge Ma. (Mis)spent my young adulthood in Boston in Irish/Scottish pubs. One of my favorite bands EVER.
@rogerscott9332
5 жыл бұрын
That's why I love trad so much, just love the old stories. Well done lads.
@jamesstuartbrice420
7 жыл бұрын
very beautiful version of this wonderful folksong by the unequaled Andy. M. Stewart!!!
@justforever96
11 жыл бұрын
I can identify with that, sort of. My dad is still alive, but he was always into old folk music. He'd play the dulcimer and sing to us when we were kids, but when I became a teen, I didn't want to hear it. Then I got older, and I realized how much I love the same music as he does. I discovered Silly Wizard, and then found out that he was a big fan; he gave me a couple old records even. I'm sorry your dad died; I should take more time with mine while I still can.
@OrlopRat42
13 жыл бұрын
@FederBlaue The song is Scots, although there are Irish versions, I have seen a a version collected in Rathlin Island, in an old dialect of Irish Gaelic. The song may symbolically connect to the famine for some Irish folk, but is is simply a song of lost love. The boatman referred to is the one who crosses the river to the land of the dead. Fhear A Bhata literally means "man of the sticks (oars)". Charon and the river Styx comes to mind.
@simonidastankovic2627
4 жыл бұрын
PRECISELY !
@stanleybodle8558
10 жыл бұрын
The music does something to give solace to my heart.
@valeriemci1
13 жыл бұрын
I LOVE this song in both English and in Gaelic. It is so beautiful and emotionally heartbreaking.
@martine2u
14 жыл бұрын
Gorgeous song. And yes, Silly Wizard was the best Celtic group of them all. They pretty much opened the way when no one was doing trad music. Thank you, lads!
@simonidastankovic2627
4 жыл бұрын
"CLANNAD" was the first Celtic Band (Enyas' family)
@renatethiede9506
8 жыл бұрын
Good bye, Andy. Thank you for the music that transported me worlds away. We'll see you again in the Land of the Leal.
@simonidastankovic2627
4 жыл бұрын
In the Land of the Leal.....
@jondoe8889
11 жыл бұрын
Thanks. He was 45 when I was born, and we were never that close. When I had children, we had our moment to bond. But he only lasted 4 years after the kids arrived. Wish it was more...
@alfgilzean3362
5 жыл бұрын
Truly outstanding your contribution to Scottish folk music has been truly phenomenal.
@guloguloguy
11 жыл бұрын
EXCELLENT! Awsome Mandola! Silly Wizard is one of the best bands ever!
@GiggleFishy
8 жыл бұрын
How wonderful it is to discover a beautiful song I have never heard by a band I've listened to for years. Somehow I never bought or listened to Caledonia's Hardy Sons. I'm sitting here with tears in my eyes listening to Andy singing this lovely tune. Thanks for the upload, Gorikain.
@GiggleFishy
8 жыл бұрын
I just ordered Caledonia's Hardy Songs from Amazon - it will be here on Tuesday. :)
@Arkybark
12 жыл бұрын
I don't think I have heard a bad version of this beautiful song. I love Paddie Bell singing with the Corrie Folk Trio. There is also a great clip here on youtube of this being played at Dougie MacLean's house.
@notafifer
13 жыл бұрын
Always loved this haunting song by Paddy Bell with the Corries but this is a marvellous version . Loading into my i tunes
@michaelchristie2008
14 жыл бұрын
i am 18 years old and i love silly wizard!!!!
@simonidastankovic2627
4 жыл бұрын
Go on...discover some more of the traditional music treasures
@kathyrobertson7229
8 жыл бұрын
Ah, a kick to my heart to hear Andy's gone...Got to hear and meet him in 96 or 7 when he did a concert at Transylvania in Lexington KY.
@kathyrobertson7229
7 жыл бұрын
Yes, would be nice to be a musician, probably some of the happiest people in the world.... doing what they love.
@Banerik
15 жыл бұрын
Silly Wizard rocks.
@oscarmclennan762
6 жыл бұрын
sends shivers up and down my spine
@LindsayCurran
14 жыл бұрын
Love this song! Very well done! I too would love to hear more from this album. Many thanks!
@GlennElliottKeller
6 жыл бұрын
Fare thee well love, where ever ye be...
@heehawluck1
13 жыл бұрын
I know in my heart I should say something meaningful about this song and it's incredible beauty.... but all I can come up with is ....... f'n brilliant. Thanks for this gem.
@TaercEum
3 жыл бұрын
My sentiments exactly!
@mohurley2
7 жыл бұрын
Fhear a Bhata How often haunting the highest hilltops i scan the ocean i sail tae sea wilt come tonight love, wilt come tomorrow wilt ever come love to comfort me? Fhear a bhata no horo eil'e fhear a bhata no horo eil'e fhear a bhata no horo eil'e Oh fare thee well love where e'er ye be They call thee fickle they call thee false one and seek tae change me but all in vain for thou art my dream a' through the dark night and every morning I watch the main fear a bhata no horo eil'e... There's not a hamlet too well I know it where you go wandering, or set a while but all the old folks you win wi' talking and charm its maidens with song and smile fhear a bhata no horo eil'e... Doest thou remember the promise made me the tartan plaidie, the silken gown the ring of gold with thy hair and portrait? that gown and ring I will never know fhear a bhata no horo eil'e... Séist: Fhir a' bhàta, na hóro eile Fhir a' bhàta, na hóro eile Fhir a' bhàta, na hóro eile Mo shoraidh slàn leat 's gach àit' an téid thu (or) My farewell to you wherever you go English translation Chorus (after each verse): O Boatman, no one else O Boatman, no one else O Boatman, no one else My farewell to you wherever you go I often look from the highest hill That I might see my boatman Will you come tonight, or will you come tomorrow Oh sorry will I be if you do not come at all My heart is broken, bruised Often tears are running down from my eyes Will you come tonight, or will I wait up for you Or close the door with a sad sigh? I often ask of the boatmen If they have seen you, if you are safe But they all tell me That I was foolish if I gave you love. My darling promised me a gown of silk That and a fine plait A golden ring in which I'd see a likeness But I fear that he shall forget. Although they said you were flighty That did not lessen my love for you You are in my dreams at night And in the morning I ask for you. I gave you love and cannot deny It's not love that lasts a year or a season But a love that began when I was a child And that will not wither until death do take me. My friends say often That I must forget your image But their counsel is as unfathomable to me As is the returning tide. I am all too sad and tearful Like a white swan that has been torn Sounding her death-call on a small grassy loch Having been forsaken by all. Séist: Fhir a' bhàta, na hóro eile Fhir a' bhàta, na hóro eile Fhir a' bhàta, na hóro eile Mo shoraidh slàn leat 's gach àit' an téid thu 'S tric mi sealltainn on chnoc as àirde Dh'fheuch am faic mi fear a' bhàta An tig thu 'n-diugh na 'n tig thu màireach 'S mar tig thu idir gur truagh a ta mi Tha mo chridhe-sa briste brùite 'S tric na deòir a ruith o m' shùilean An tig thu nochd na 'm bi mo dhùil riut Na 'n dùin mi 'n doras le osna thùrsaich? 'S tric mi faighneachd de luchd nam bàta Am fac' iad thu na 'm bheil thu sàbhailt Ach 's ann a tha gach aon dhiubh 'g ràitinn Gur gòrach mise ma thug mi gràdh dhut Gheall mo leannan dhomh gùn dhen t-sìoda Gheall e siud agus breacan rìomhach Fàinn' òir anns am faicinn ìomhaigh Ach 's eagal leam gun dèan e dìochuimhn' Ged a thuirt iad gun robh thu aotrom Cha do lughdaich siud mo ghaol ort Bidh tu m' aisling anns an oidhche Is anns a' mhadainn bidh mi 'gad fhaighneachd Thug mi gaol dhut 's chan fhaod mi àicheadh Cha ghaol bliadhna 's cha ghaol ràithe Ach gaol a thòisich nuair bha mi 'm phàiste 'S nach searg a chaoidh gus an claoidh am bàs mi Tha mo chàirdean gu tric ag innseadh Gum feum mi d' aogas a leig' air dìochuimhn' Ach tha 'n comhairle dhomh cho dìomhain 'S bi tilleadh mara 's i toirt lìonaidh Bidh mi tuille tùrsach deurach Mar eala bhàn 's i an dèidh a reubadh Guileag bàis aic' air lochan feurach Is càch gu lèir an dèidh a trèigeadh
@TheLittledikkins
6 жыл бұрын
Andy did the song beautifully, but the fact remains it was written for a female voice.
@anakinskywalker1344
5 жыл бұрын
спасибо за текст
@simonidastankovic2627
4 жыл бұрын
Wow man, you really made an effort !
@justforever96
4 жыл бұрын
Still one of my very favorite songs. For those who don't know, this was written by an Irish girl lamenting her sailor lover who had gone overseas and hadn't returned, in spite of his promise to marry her. To offset the sad lyrics, it turns out that the man DID finally return and they were married after all. Whether it turned out happily, who can say. But she did get her man. No joke.
@mikemacdonald6985
9 жыл бұрын
just discovered this band great music, also just found irish stew and orthodox celts and can't get enough from Canada thanks for keeping it alive
@tearlach45
8 жыл бұрын
Silly Wizard are Scottish
@jorasco
8 жыл бұрын
orthodox celts and irish stew are serbian
@simonidastankovic2627
4 жыл бұрын
"The ORTHODOX CELTS" is a famous Serbian band. "IRISH SYEW" as well !
@rexmundi7632
9 жыл бұрын
My grandfather's favorite song. Interesting to hear the English verses.
@simonidastankovic2627
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, we all got used to the Gaelic lyrics, lately
@martine2u
12 жыл бұрын
@richardm123uk: you ought to be :-) . Silly Wizard was possibly the best trad band ever. To this day, it remains my favorite and I often listen to one of their songs or musical piece. Their body of work is unparalleled in quality, imo. Kudos to your dad and the other lads.
@adriennekraft2381
8 жыл бұрын
Wonderful! Simply wonderful!!
@EverybodyLovesMaria
11 жыл бұрын
His voice is brilliant!..
@killiekentman
15 жыл бұрын
nice one. one of my favourite bands.
@presbyteriangirl9739
6 жыл бұрын
Beautiful song
@michelpanzerwolf3264
8 жыл бұрын
remind me the best moments of my life!
@meacenastiberius9438
5 жыл бұрын
I heard this band at a house party back in 1979 while doing some LSD. Their music has been a welcome part of life, ( and the LSD is long forgotten).
@ianpaul2074
12 жыл бұрын
As well you should be! I had the privilege of seeing SW twice in Chapel Hill, NC -- absolutely breathtaking!
@rebelforlife4964
5 жыл бұрын
so beautiful
@OrlopRat42
13 жыл бұрын
@FederBlaue No problem. The fact that you commented at all means you have excellent taste in music :)
@jeffreyhoward6319
9 жыл бұрын
Three people have not known the yearning for true love.
@jeffreyhoward6319
6 жыл бұрын
Now 7
@colonelolrik4447
5 жыл бұрын
Très beau
@Diana18MononokeRan
15 жыл бұрын
i would like to know all the songs of this album
@michaelchristie2008
14 жыл бұрын
@makenziecat dont be like that, i was just stressing the fact that i am young and still enjoy old scottish music, not alot of people do. Do you get why i said i am 18 now!
@Hwyadylaw
12 жыл бұрын
I love Andys voice!
@dezoveelstemarc
13 жыл бұрын
@michaelchristie2008 most people at this age (i'm 16) would say that the music sucks, most of them just to be cool. If they just learned to appreciate beautiful music... I don't think it's weird to like the music at young age, i think it means you give your honest opinion. Anyways, I love it:)
@mulligan12660
11 жыл бұрын
thier just brillant /wonderfully funny in concert/rip johnny!
@fares57
11 жыл бұрын
I use to search for clever comments in order to be the top commenter. I am sure lots of you try it... This video forbids me of doing the same. I dont have the right to steal the glory of this song! It is a BEAUTIFUL SONG! Don't vote my comment please.
@OrlopRat42
11 жыл бұрын
Thank you, that's very interesting. I must admit I got that nugget of information off the album liner notes, my own knowledge of Scots Gaelic is foggy to say the least.
@Brelomane
11 жыл бұрын
Nice song description...
@MegaBiohazzard
11 жыл бұрын
Silly Wizard!
@911eragon1
12 жыл бұрын
preach on preacher man :P
@jasonmackintosh6075
3 жыл бұрын
blessed be X
@entropyfan264
8 жыл бұрын
By the way, you can be an Atheist and still be moved by this great music, I'm living proof thanks again, Andy & Johnny
@dominiquepemberton3935
8 жыл бұрын
theres an old joke an atheist, a vegan, and a crossfitter walk into a bar. I only know because they have announced it 6 times since they have been here
@meezergeezer
7 жыл бұрын
LOL!
@tommerker8063
5 жыл бұрын
@@dominiquepemberton3935 you know followers of a fundamentalistic faith should realy not make fun of people about that since your guys literaly go from door to door trying to convert people (besides literaly killing another human being for not believing in the same imaginary friend)
@simonidastankovic2627
4 жыл бұрын
which clearly proofs that you are not an atheist
@timotopatatey
12 жыл бұрын
Моя любимая песня
@simonidastankovic2627
4 жыл бұрын
Моя тоже
@anakinskywalker1344
5 жыл бұрын
прекрасно
@simonidastankovic2627
4 жыл бұрын
Боле того
@mandolinrory
11 жыл бұрын
Dedicated to my Lochgilpead lover.
@richardm123uk
12 жыл бұрын
@Uuuurk Exactly so I'm not lying.
@ScotsmanRS
11 жыл бұрын
"Bata" means "stick", yes, but that's not the word in the song. The word in the song is "bàta", which means "boat". "Man of the sticks" would be "fear nam bata", not "fear a' bhàta".
@HumorisLogical
11 жыл бұрын
The best part is, I don't even have to call them wizards.
@simonidastankovic2627
4 жыл бұрын
because they are
@musicalhealer2143
7 жыл бұрын
Can anyone slap down any lyrics? trying to learn this song. Thanks
@Jolan61
7 жыл бұрын
how often haunting the highest hilltops i scan the ocean i sail tae sea wilt come tonight love wilt come tomorrow wilt ever come love to comfort me? fhear a bhata no horo eil'e fhear a bhata no horo eil'e fhear a bhata no horo eil'e oh fare thee well love where e'er you be they call thee fickle they call thee false one and seek tae change me but all in vain for thou art my dream a through the dark night and every morning i scan the sea fear a bhata no horo eil'e... there's not a hamlet too well i know it where you go wandering or set a while but all the old folks you win wi' talking and charm it's maidens with song and smile fhear a bhata no horo eil'e... do you remember the promise made me the tartan plaidie the silken gown the ring of gold with thy hair and portrait? that gown and ring i will never know fhear a bhata no horo eil'e... Read more: Silly Wizard - Fhear A Bhata (The Boatman) Lyrics | MetroLyrics
@oisinolochlainn4437
8 жыл бұрын
go hiontach ar fad
@timotopatatey
11 жыл бұрын
;)
@Hwyadylaw
12 жыл бұрын
1 dislike? :( Troll, I will find you!
@simonidastankovic2627
4 жыл бұрын
Me too.....beware silly troll !
@user-rx3hu9mw7r
5 жыл бұрын
boatman
@justforever96
8 жыл бұрын
I know you see this comment a lot, but seriously...who the _hell_ downvoted this? A pack of rabid feminists in denial of the fact some women actually match the character of the one in this song?
@musicalhealer2143
7 жыл бұрын
justforever96 more like a pack of new gennies who have no taste in musik even if it ruddy well hit them in the face.
@Jolan61
7 жыл бұрын
um, you realize this was written by a woman?
@musicalhealer2143
7 жыл бұрын
Jolan61 Thanks matey!
@McAleen
6 жыл бұрын
This is a true song, and with happy ending, he did come back to marry her...^^
@robertf5318
5 жыл бұрын
@@Jolan61 I'm pretty sure he knows.
@iST3LLA
11 жыл бұрын
I'm fifteen and oh wait nobody cares. Hush and listen to the music.
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