I was raised listening to Tommy Makem and the Clancy Brothers. They are all sadly missed. But we still have there music. RIP BOYS ☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️
@erinnepowers4905
Жыл бұрын
I was as well. ❤
@42awww
13 жыл бұрын
Am I in Heaven? For 5 minutes here, I feel I am. It just does not get any better than this. Thank you, thank you for posting.
@anmhi1000
13 жыл бұрын
Cathy Ryan is the most beautiful female i have ever seen with a voice to match. Thanks for singing this great song.
@6330deer
3 жыл бұрын
Cathy ryan
@robinhood480
2 жыл бұрын
I thought it was Mommy Take’em I mean Tommy Makem
@johncook7281
2 жыл бұрын
I am trying to be sure who Cathy is . The brunette who took verse and chorus after Tom Makem?
@James-rn6lo
Жыл бұрын
This is the first time I have seen Cathy Ryan.!! What a beautiful lass and a great singer.!!!???
@jeffreyjacobs390
Жыл бұрын
Just great to hear this old favorite of my Father - Tommy Makem, Tommy Makem & the Clancy Brothers .... filled our house all three floors with speakers on dad's day off ..... He loved these Irish Singers so ! God bless those that bring such joy in song. GBjj
@Rikki0
3 жыл бұрын
Tommy was one of those few who started out with an amazing voice and then proceeded to just get better every year all the way up until the day he died. We miss you Tommy, and thanks for the music. Huzzah from Texas.
@momazilla
12 жыл бұрын
After the version the family did at Liam Clancey's graveside, this song will always move me to tears. Thank you Tommy, Liam, and all,
@jkpuskar
16 жыл бұрын
He died 3 months before coming to Pittsburgh...would've been my chance to see him live. Now, he makes the heavenly choir a little sweeter. Rest in peace, my brother.
@steveroberts8719
4 жыл бұрын
In these trying times of the novel Cornoavirus Pandemic, this song is so comforting. Thanks, Tommy for the memories.
@chee6060
13 жыл бұрын
That just about say's it all, an Icon that will be forever missed, along with all the Clancy brothers, the Dubliners & others like Luke Kelly, Paddy Reilly, Liam Clancy & Ronnie Drew. May God bless them all for leting us have the pleasure to hear & enjoy them all.
@stevenburke1599
2 жыл бұрын
Paddy Reilly is about the only one still alive from your list
@johnjennings9693
Жыл бұрын
@@stevenburke1599 and Johnny Mac evoy still doing concerts,
@zuluder866
15 жыл бұрын
A true bard..I'm blessed to have seen him perform live. I last saw him a few months before his death. He coughed more than I remembered but the songs were as crisp and clear as ever just like his spirit and love for the music. I fear there won't be many more like him . He will always be missed .
@googlensky
13 жыл бұрын
What an incredible rendition of this wonderful song. Tommy, so missed here, certainly makes heaven an even better place. And Cathy Ryan - just stunning. Can't help but smile to her as she looks at the camera at 2:10. Lovely.
@er8925
Жыл бұрын
She had a stunning voice ❤ I play this in the nursing home I work in.
@Maureenkukla
13 жыл бұрын
I miss Tommy and his beautiful voice so much! He added so much to my life.
@regine5285
7 жыл бұрын
me to
@jkpuskar
16 жыл бұрын
I started performing the week after he passed; dedicated my first concert to him and sung "Four Green Fields" in his honor.
@mrbuggsbunny1
Жыл бұрын
May your performing bring you joy and success. Your comment is from 15 years ago! Hope "Four Green Fields" is still on your playlist. My favorite! A love song and a rebel song.
@country1940
11 жыл бұрын
I have always understood this song to be of Scottish origin but whatever it's true origin it is still one of the most beautiful melodies ever written, right up there with Londonderry Aire/Danny Boy. A lot of well known folk songs whether Irish, Scottish, English or American have sketchy origins and many borrowed melodies but the main thing is we can enjoy them all sung by wonderful singers like Tommy, Clancy Brothers, Dubliners, etc. May they continue to be sung by succeeding generations.
@mervynmaxwell1595
Жыл бұрын
I was written by one of the Belfast McPeake family, well-known folk group. Rod Stewart recorded it and named it, 'The Purple Heather.' The McPeake's sued him for copyright as it was cited as 'a traditional song on the CD..'
@ferrarired1422
Жыл бұрын
Londonderry me hole
@GordonHudson
Жыл бұрын
The words to Londonderry Aire were written by an English man. A lot of these songs have odd pasts.
@johnjamieson7087
Күн бұрын
@@mervynmaxwell1595 The tune is "The Braes o' Balquidder" and the original poem was by Robert Tannahill of Paisley. Have a google. McPeake picked it up while touring in Scotland
@ajeansmith5478
7 ай бұрын
I missed knowing him. Yet I miss him now, as a dear friend. What a beautiful voice. Love you, Tommy
@dalecauthen9086
3 жыл бұрын
When my Mom was really missing my great aunts and uncles who used to play together when I was little boy, I bought her the Clancy brothers Christmas album with Tommy Makem and I think she wore that CD out, playing it over and over. It was like hearing their Scots-Irish broughes again as they played mandolin, guitar and fiddle and mesmerized us for as long as they would play. They're all gone now. But what sweet memories.
@rvcrvc2
15 жыл бұрын
What a treasure, tommypm. Makes me proud to be 1/2 Irish. Wish my Dad & Uncle Bob - full bloods - were still here so I could share this with them.
@GUIDOBRAT
14 жыл бұрын
Being an Irish-American, I've always loved Tommy...greatly missed Erin Go Brach.
@frankanderson3503
Жыл бұрын
Is there no such thing as an American?
@1950sparks
16 жыл бұрын
How hauntingly beautiful the whistle can be in the right hands !
@chiefredwater1965
14 жыл бұрын
when i was younger this was one of my favorite songs my parents played. I hoping Jesus returns before they go.......
@williamc.1198
4 жыл бұрын
Rest in Peace, Tommy. You are sorely missed!
@Builder99
16 жыл бұрын
You couldn't have said it better...I saw him play many times live...Class act...
@KeshHarp
4 жыл бұрын
Lyrics written in 1953 by Francis McPeake of Belfast. Using the the old Scottish melody written by Tannahill in the 1800's. First I heard it played on the radio was in 1957....All that said, Rest ye gentle, Tommy. Armagh has given another voice to heaven's band.
@niamh556
14 жыл бұрын
A beautiful song and a great loss to our music with the deaths of Tommy and the Clancy brothers. However we have people like Cherish the Ladies, Barley Bree and many others to carry on the tradition. Slan go foill agus go n'eiri an bothar leat Tommy.
@clarebannerman
16 жыл бұрын
Still as good as the first time I heard it---over 45 years ago. Maith an fear a Thomáis.
@42awww
12 жыл бұрын
I would really like to thank TommyPM for uploading this. I have come to this video so many times I couldn't count. Times when I am sad, lonely, happy, drunk, anything a person can be. You know how you get used to a song and it loses it's initial appeal after awhile. This performance, grows more potent with every listen.. Thank you so much
@GUIDOBRAT
12 жыл бұрын
My favorite of ALL Irish songs...sung by my ALL-Time favorite Gaelic singer, the great Tommy Makem (may he rest in peace)"Will You Go Lassie, Go" (also known traditionally as "Wild Mountain Thyme") is very ancient and probably the most beautiful song ever written (but then, I'm bias because I'm Irish)
@robertianjohnston7483
2 жыл бұрын
A Scottish song
@erinnepowers4905
Жыл бұрын
I am biased as well. It's Celt music. Irish-Scottish. Doesn't matter ❤
@rvcrvc2
15 жыл бұрын
Tommy had such a regal command of the stage, and of himself, the way only the very best, of the very, very best, are able to present.
@user-oh7iv3ij5x
10 ай бұрын
Lovely song thanks for the video🇬🇧💙
@NSResponder
14 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for posting this. A beautiful performance of a classic. -jcr
@sirussorc1
14 жыл бұрын
R.I.P tommy.. some of the best damn music I've ever heard.
@desy2478
13 жыл бұрын
An amazing performance of an amazing song. It's like the sudden realisation about how you feel about someone put in to words and beautiful music.
@42awww
11 жыл бұрын
Truly a gift. I don't think a person can practise enough to have that kind of charisamtic command....
@Tessietots
14 жыл бұрын
So Beautiful. May You rest in peace Tommy. God Bless
@steveroberts8719
5 жыл бұрын
Scottish or Irish. That's for the musicologists and folklorists. For the rest of us--the most beautiful and greatest song ever.
@65martyfarty
3 жыл бұрын
Lets sat Celtic
@mauricestewart6253
Жыл бұрын
@@65martyfarty scotish
@mikelynch-ef9yd
Жыл бұрын
@@mauricestewart6253 its Celtic
@michaelmcgrath4136
Жыл бұрын
It is so nice. Almost as good as AC/DC's Sin City and Motorhead's Killed By Death. U feel me?
@Martin-tn5lm
3 ай бұрын
I'm Irish. This song is Scottish. We're two sides of the one coin but still different.
@PungiFungi
17 жыл бұрын
They perform this song at the pub sing at the New York Renaissance Faire all the time! I finally learn how to sing it! Thank you, Tommy!
@heybeeg
13 жыл бұрын
Tommy would have been 78 last week (Nov 4th). He was an outstanding ambassador for Irish folk music. Tommy, thank you for leaving us a legacy of wonderful songs to continue the tradition! He and Mary were the salt of the earth - I miss them both.
@42awww
13 жыл бұрын
I have been searching for a certain version of this song for 10 years. The advent of the computer is helping, but I'm thinking this could possibly be the world's most famous song. I tried this video. I have hit replay 20 times, and will continue. It is HEAVEN! I don't need to look for that version anymore, this is the most beautiful 5 minutes of music I have ever heard. To my shame, I have never heard of this fellow, but I will be looking into it. Thanks for posting.
@jedmarum
16 жыл бұрын
Lovely! Nice to see Cathie Ryan with Cherish the Ladies. God Bless you Tommy!
@michaelrickard9890
4 жыл бұрын
They're all great here. Makem was a class act. I was in Killarney, not too from Scotland, can i say that, and an impassioned Kerryman sang this song like a man possessed as if his life depended on it playing an accordeon, his chest drawing and heaving like a bellows, beads of sweat on his brow, most likely from Sliabh Luachra he was and he mesmerized us all on that night in Danny Manns. Summer time early seventies and a sprig of purple bell heather from Howth hill there was on Charlie's cap. Will you go lassie go and we'll all go together.
@alien-mp7ci
3 жыл бұрын
Beautiful!! This song will me immortalised forever
@frankieg8117
3 жыл бұрын
I was so lucky to grow up listening to all of them. Rest in peace mom.
@johndonegan01
4 жыл бұрын
So blessed to have seen this amazing man live.
@seamusberen
17 жыл бұрын
Farewell Tommy! Walk in the Summer Country and thanks for the great music--you made all our lives better.
@jaspersmommy1347
12 жыл бұрын
Saw him every year he appeared at Milwaukee Irishfest. Just a wonderful singer, storyteller, musician, bard.
@TimOBrien-n3l
Ай бұрын
Absolutely brilliant, love the Clancy but my family won’t play them . Don’t know what they are missing.
@roly220
11 жыл бұрын
Yes, that's the essence of all great music - and performances - like this; you never tire of it.
@cheetsie
8 жыл бұрын
RIP.Tommy, Thanks for the music. it was was wonderful and will last forever
@tomkelly9714
5 жыл бұрын
Father Martin J.Kelly Born.Belmulet.county Mayo b.1926 died 2014
@GregoryJWalters
Жыл бұрын
Super! Thank you.
@strangehero
17 жыл бұрын
The master sings. "Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity". No shame in his life. Wonderful, endearing, ethnic, proud, talented, one of a kind. You shall be missed.
@irishpuppy39
15 жыл бұрын
I love this concert! So glad to see the recordings on You Tube.
@philipegan1806
2 жыл бұрын
beautiful to see Cherish the Ladies again 😍😍😍
@brumby440
9 жыл бұрын
Makes me cry every time.
@RyantoDidik
3 жыл бұрын
Beautiful song ❤️🖤👌💯
@CasperLD
8 жыл бұрын
just close your eyes. have you ever heard such beauty?
@madriver67
7 жыл бұрын
Nah & nevah will! The voice of an angel he did have!
@mrronan2007
7 жыл бұрын
never . Tommy was the best of the best . Wrote four green fields . metaphor for a dived Ireland . Its a heart breaker
@rvcrvc2
15 жыл бұрын
Should be Cherish the Lassie - what a smile that keeps luring me back.
@edwardandrew4107
4 жыл бұрын
Such a beautiful song and so well sung.
@orlandoapollon586
8 жыл бұрын
I could listen to this all day!
@edejan
10 жыл бұрын
This is the first time to see this performance! I have loved Tommy Makem all my life and it's wonderful to see a new video of him performing. Thank you!
@michaelduggan1890
2 жыл бұрын
OMG , I love this song , it makes me cry . Thank you ..........
@eileencoleman6857
Жыл бұрын
They are magnificent. So many heartfelt songs.
@999manman
3 жыл бұрын
If this doesn't make you want to shed a tear I wonder if you even have a soul.
@mariancooper2776
11 ай бұрын
Memories of my Dad 😢🇮🇪☘️
@jamesmohan8305
10 жыл бұрын
A great song by one of the best singers from Ireland. My father really liked Tommy Makem may they both R.I P..
@MarkRobertCuthbert
14 жыл бұрын
A Great Keady, Co. Armagh, Ireland man. R.I.P. Tommy
@greggus42
3 жыл бұрын
The greatest folk song ever.
@rileycpo
3 жыл бұрын
Then there's four green fields...
@frankanderson3503
Жыл бұрын
Its Scottish
@mrwolfhound
17 жыл бұрын
They'll be others coming up... but none can take his place. He and the Clancy Bros. were true originals. God rest his soul!
@robertflint2549
7 ай бұрын
Great old Scots song well rendered.
@johncook2748
Жыл бұрын
Yes, one of my Favorite renditions of this Beautiful Traditional song.
@hissmugness
17 жыл бұрын
I have this on an old lp of the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem' I have listened to it since I was 8. I still completely lose it whenever I hear this song. Now that is immortality! For the Clancys on their own don't have the same effect on me!
@southtownj382
4 жыл бұрын
Great was. Tommmy Make! I love this song!
@befalvey
11 жыл бұрын
No one will ever compare with Mr. Makem...
@999manman
16 жыл бұрын
My copy of this had a glitch so I am so happy to see this in its entirety...if there s a more bittersweet song on Earth I don't know what it is...it could move a statue to tears.
@carthageflaherty6247
2 жыл бұрын
what a great gentleman he was RIP
@breffnipark
14 жыл бұрын
excellent ! Love that girl's voice !
@andyegan9587
2 жыл бұрын
Cathie Ryan, She has lots of songs on Spotify & You Tube
@NorthLimitation
15 жыл бұрын
Is this about whether it's a Scottish or Irish song? It is definitely a Scottish song, but we're very similar to oneanother and have massively influenced eachother. For a long time we have been brother nations and long may it continue! RIP Tommy, a fantastic man.
@jamesfitzgerald6636
4 жыл бұрын
NorthLimitation ... Scots were thrown out of Ireland! True
@eileencurran3482
Жыл бұрын
My favorite concert of all time was Liam Clancy playing with the Spain brothers and the Clancy Brothers in Melrose, Massachusetts just a few years before he passed away
@richardsullivan1022
Жыл бұрын
Beautiful xxx
@fmichaelb
17 жыл бұрын
I was was thinking at first it the North Texas Irish Festival, held in Dallas. We've had him there 5 or 6 times (and once or twice on stage with Cherish the Ladies). But upon reflection, that doesn't look like any of our stages. Tommy is not only a great entertainer, he is a true gentleman as well.
@stanibol
12 жыл бұрын
Goosebumps. Beautiful rendition.
@irishpride9999
14 жыл бұрын
@TommyPM Tommy will always be with us...whether it be through song...through his children...or through his spirit. Although his body is laid to rest Tommy will never go away.....never. As long as I live and the people of Ireland live there will be no rest for Tommy Makem. Long Live Tommy.
@swanvi11e
12 жыл бұрын
What can i say but i love it and without it the world would not be same
@Hemulen40
13 жыл бұрын
Beaut rendition of ´Mountain Thyme´ . Thanx, Tommy !
@shamnet
14 жыл бұрын
A legend who with his music helped to enstill my love for this music & my pride for my Irish heritage...
@clintmaddoxii6153
5 жыл бұрын
I just love this,
@iceaxe56
15 жыл бұрын
I use to go to Makems irish pavalion in New York--What a place and a singer-Strange how time passes
@regine5285
6 жыл бұрын
I miss you Tommy Makem,....you are in heaven, I know ...-:))))
@pfeifferpack
10 жыл бұрын
Happy birthday Tommy and RIP.
@tristanburke6575
8 жыл бұрын
Nice, so nice! Thanks
@Section5_CdnIntelService
Жыл бұрын
Aye. They're all gone now, but never forgotten.
@fredradatz9575
7 ай бұрын
Great music
@trilobyte51
2 ай бұрын
I've asked that this recording of this song be played at my funeral. Followed by Sharon Shannon's The Blackbird. No hurry. For now, I'm going to visit Tommy's grave this week and lay some Tendercrop flowers. 🍀🍀🍀🍀 Update: Done. Irish and American flags wave over Tommy's grave (just look for them toward the back of the cemetery of you go). Plenty of stones, shells and coins left by visitors.
@michaelrickard9890
Ай бұрын
Great. He lies and sleeps peacefully.
@chifleming6132
Ай бұрын
You tricked me with the still shot of the video, but I'll listen to him
@karensaville4952
10 жыл бұрын
SO BEAUTIFUL,,,
@brianhassett5252
10 жыл бұрын
This is a lovely version of a lovely tune. The discussion of whether the song is Scottish or Irish is a huge distraction. Songs like this are universal.
@richardmavin8255
7 жыл бұрын
Brian Hassett I always get a huge shiver when I hear it, it brings back so many memories memories of moments cherished
@robinconkel-hannan6629
6 жыл бұрын
Scottish and Irish are often interchangeable..The Scottish Highlands were colonized by Irishmen who intermixed with the Picts..
@cecircinn2908
6 жыл бұрын
absolute rubbish ! Robert Tannahill (1774-1810) wrote the original . He was from Paisley (just west of Glasgow ) try finding Paisley in a map of the Highlands or Ireland ...colonized ? .. I give up
@robinconkel-hannan6629
6 жыл бұрын
David Kidd, you misinterpret what I said.. Research history before you make erroneous comments.. You did good telling us the origin of the song, thank you for that.. Your attitude is what's rubbish.. When most people think of Scotland they think of the Highlands.. That is where the richest Scottish culture comes from..
@cecircinn2908
6 жыл бұрын
The Picts,Strathclyde Britons and Angles were here prior to the Gaels , add the Vikings , Flemish,Normans etc etc all the way to the present day. The vast majority of Scots have always lived in the Lowlands . The border ballads and bothy ballads are a rich part of Scotland’s musical heritage.In more modern times the vast majority of music is still from the Lowlands.There are others of course some of whom sing in Gaelic. Capercaiilie (Argyll) Skerryvore (Tiree) RunRig (Skye) but what about Aly Bain ( from that hotbed of Gaelic culture (Lerwick in Shetland !!!!!!) his fiddling is more akin to the spirit of Norwegian culture. So the the richest Scottish culture comes from the Highlands eh ? No ,this aspect of my country’s culture is hugely valued and respected but is no richer than culture from our Lowlands and Islands .In literature (Burns , Tannahill,Scott , Grassic Gibbons etc) the lowlands again produces a huge amount of our cultural heritage . To say my attitude is rubbish when your opening gambit was “Scottish and Irish are often interchangeable” is laughable. Your statement of “colonized” is so far off the mark it is not even worth pursuing. None of what I have said in any way demeans the rich culture of all parts of my country (Scotland) and of our neighbours in Ireland. Perhaps you should research history yourself beyond watching Braveheart, the Quiet man or Whisky galore ….
@wisers001
14 жыл бұрын
Tommy Lives in all hearts. We will all be judged and sorted out , i hope i am on Tommy's side!
@elliewong162
8 жыл бұрын
I first heard this in London in a communal apartment...sung by my new friends Ruby and Tim..she was a girl from Belfast..Tim played guitar...I thought it was the most beautiful song I ever heard...excepting...maybe Danny Boy....
@grahamdore3001
2 жыл бұрын
What a great song every word nice and clear
@CasperLD
16 жыл бұрын
Nothing like it! Beautiful.
@kieranflynn1895
3 жыл бұрын
The Bard of Armagh ,a favourite song and performer of my late father
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