Age 82; also at age 82 my wonderful wife now has Alzheimer's disease. I always thought it would be me, not her. Every day I wish it reversed but it is not to be; however, we've still been thrice blessed to make this to this age and give thanks everyday for out good fortunate for 81 years. Don't expect to get out alive, eh? But it has been a great run; we've been blessed beyond belief to this very day.
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.
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!!!
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
One of my favorite songs of all time it really has touched me at times. To tears. Sadder than death yet warming as we can see Margaret guiding her husband with love.
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 🇮🇪🇬🇧
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 👍
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.
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.
I just found this video on RUclips. 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. ❤️
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.....
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....
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.
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!
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.
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.
@@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..!!!"
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!!
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!
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.
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..
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.
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 RUclips 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. .
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.
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.
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.❤❤
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.
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!
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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 RUclips 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.
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....
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....
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.
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 .....
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.
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.
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.
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,,,,
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...
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.
That's very very beautiful Margaret, thank you for sharing that, it has touched my heart. ❤️
May God be with you both for many years and beyond.
❤️
Beautiful. May the Earth be kind to the rest of your time visiting it.
That's says it al..... groeten
Age 82; also at age 82 my wonderful wife now has Alzheimer's disease. I always thought it would be me, not her. Every day I wish it reversed but it is not to be; however, we've still been thrice blessed to make this to this age and give thanks everyday for out good fortunate for 81 years. Don't expect to get out alive, eh? But it has been a great run; we've been blessed beyond belief to this very day.
And you still have your sense of humor. Blessed indeed.
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.
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.
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!
Tis beautiful mind, makes me think of me mam and dad
My grandfather was born near the Zuiderzee.
Ik vind dit ontroerend mooi.
Did you love an Irish Margaret?
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!!!
So sorry for your loss.No one takes our memories. THANK GOD for our mothers.
Thinking of you brother 💚
Irish mother, count your blessings and remember the love
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
What part of Ireland was she from ?
One of my favorite songs of all time it really has touched me at times. To tears. Sadder than death yet warming as we can see Margaret guiding her husband with love.
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 🇮🇪🇬🇧
The Dutchman was written by Michael Peter Smith, who passed in 2020. Michael was American, but this song knows no national boundaries.
I so agree, moves my heart ❤️
I’m with you. British Isles peoples all the way. I’m Spartacus 😍
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 👍
🙏🏼❤️
And now the songwriter, Michael Smith, has left us as well. Raise a pint, please, in memory of these great men.
To all who are old and in love, and helping one another on the road home. ❤
A beautiful song sung by two of Ireland's finest musicians, may they rest in peace.
This song helped me a lot being in a hospital in Switzerland to learn to walk again and regain my memory. Beautifull.
Rene Lindsen, that’s very, véry good to imagine sir!!
May you contine in good health 🙏❤
Thank God and g9d health mate
Rene....do hope you're 100% better now...🇬🇧...
Hope you restored your health. Beautiful song to guide you through your struggle. Wishing you all the very best
The single most beautiful song I've ever heard. Someday I may listen to it without tears, but i hope not.
I prefer the Brendan Grace version
@@ivandodds6366 They’re all wonderful, the message of the song guarantees it!
So true I always get choked up, even at Steve Goodmans version.
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.
So sad...
Totally
My Dad has dementia. Cherish every moment while you can. They deserve our love.
Beautiful
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.
Beautiful memory.
Thank you - the song, really, is to thank. Such a stunning song.
Liam Clancy. Fiddlers green
Lovely Charlotte, beautiful memory so vividly explained
James Dolan Doolin is a great place
I just found this video on RUclips. 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. ❤️
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
Here in Ireland we are blessed wirh singers and story tellers and these two are amoung the best of our people.
Love this song
This is one of the most emotional songs I have ever heard.
Liam and Tommy are the best !!!
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.
You are so right. God Bless.
Vicki Sands gifted writing thank you
Here here Vicki :)
Thank Goodness for 'The High Kings' Liam & the boys live on through Finbarr
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.
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.
This is easily one of the most beautiful songs ever!
Written by Michael Peter smith of Chicago.
Had the honor of playing with him before he passed----amazing talent and sorely missed.
I wish I could of seen him! Their music hits me in the heart so deeply
I am so glad you did, cherish the memories Bryn
Now there is a memory to hold onto.
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.
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.
Living in Haarlem at present, I hum this song most mornings on my cycle to work .
A classic
lucky man, I lived in the Hague and worked in Harlem for a yorkshireman, I miss the Netherlands dearly, this was 1995_ 1997
What a wonderful pairing of two magnificent performers, I miss going to their concerts
Many have done this song but none as tenderly as Makem & Clancy.
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.
i love this song so much ... how much healing and joy has it brought to so many all around the world...
A song about dementia written before dementia was a reconised condition!!!
Des Diamond )
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
"Hardening of the Arteries." is what it was called. Basically ; " Right on the Nose"
how very true
My wife has dementia. This song always makes me cry.
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.
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.
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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.....
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....
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.
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.
Great song, great performance. Sadly, these fellows are gone now, before I realized their greatness.
same here what a fool I was not to realised it way back then ...
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!
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.
That harmony ❤️
I was blessed to grow up in this old ireland. The main singer is from my part of the world in tipperary
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.
The greatest balladeer ever! Too bad the world has lost him.
Well said, Joseph. My Daddy is from Carrick, so Liam means a lot to me.
to true
Bob Dylan thinks so. High praise.
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.
@@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..!!!"
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!!
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!
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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.
Love this song rest in peace Liam ur music will never die
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..
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
R I P Liam music keeps people alive
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.
RIP: Return if Possible
This song puts my little boy to sleep every night. Beautiful music 😃 thank you Liam and Tommy xx
Rest in peace, Liam Clancy!
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 RUclips 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. .
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.
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.
Steve's version was the first one I heard, and to me, it's still the best!
Being Dutch and loving Mc Clancy’s voice/music and accent so I came here! Its lovely❣️👌 Thanks William🌺🌹👌❣️
Great memories of my dad i the car with this tape playing.
You must be young
It's one of my favourite songs. Beautiful.
One of my favorite songs and definitely my favorite version
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.
Always listened to this year's ago but forgot the name of it. Took me so long to find it again. What a song.
RIP Liam and Tommy. We'll not see your like again. This song will always remind me of my childhood.
Life is wonderful. Cherish it.
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.❤❤
I cry every time...
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.
You haven’t heard my mother play it when you were her child though
@@-solidsnake- I would love to hear her sing it.
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!
Thank you but I'm not gone yet.
mike smith
OMG SO sorry. Just love he whole clan and please stay with us 4 ever!
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.
beautiful song - and this muscian is new to me and right up my street.
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.
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
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.
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.
Joan. It's like all great artists. They are not recognised until they pass away. RIP Liam Clancy.
he was dearly loved by those of us who followed him... He will be sorely missed.
Thank you Joan, God Bless
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.
They are respected where it matters and that's at home in Ireland.
Liam had got the most beautiful speaking voice I've heard in a long time.
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.
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.
steve goodman told me about peter michael smith and he told me about liam clancy....music is about connecting the dots....what a journey !
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.
Saw them many times together at The Irish Pavillion in NYC...seems like a lifetime ago, but the memories are still strong...
Precious song... A song of enduring, timeless love...
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
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.
I’m from Carrie on suit Clancy’s the best
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.
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 RUclips 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.
Such a beautiful piece...so emotional. Rip
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....
This never gets old.
This is the definitive version of this song for me. I grew up listening to Makem & Clancy. The were brilliant.
Beautiful Music reminds me of my lovely dutch man. I hope to see as soon as covid restrictions are lifted Xxx
This is the saddest song I know, and sometimes you need a sad song. Thank you!
What a lovely song. Beautifully sung.
One of the ALL-TIME Classic love songs. It is a rare work of art.
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....
He sings this song like reading poetry, ,
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.
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
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 .....
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May you find comfort in your memories.
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.
great song/great singers.we will never see the like of them again
It's so sad that there will never be anyone else to take the Clancy's place in music.
True, but their nephews still carry on the singing in Carrick on Suir to date
What are their names?
Patrick Byrne The High Kings, some are relatives to the clancys
Jeffrey Ford I'll look them up,thanks.
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.
So full of meaning and love. Beautifully done.
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.
Beautiful words. its a poem with music.
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.
Brilliant! pity that they are both gone now to the great unknown
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,,,,
My favourite playlist ❤️ x
Reminds me of my youth staying in my Nannys house on Sunday morning my uncles would have on the ballads 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
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...
How beautiful is this ? wonderful singing and made me feel very emotional.
I have been listening to your music for more than 30 years. RIP.
Great song,great band,great beer.Went to the Red Rose Cafe in Hoorn,The Netherlands in 2010.
Wonderful place.
Vilma and Tony from Sydney.