My dad used to sing this to me when I was a tiny boy.. He is on his death bed today with very little time left. For some reason this crossed my mind just now and I figured I'd check to see if RUclips had it. Thank you for posting this!! Pray my dad passes peacefully please
i finished my college course recentley and the wurzles not only gave out the awards but also did a concert aswell nothing compares to seeing your idols in person! LONG LIVE THE WEST COUNTRY, AND LONG LIVE THE WURZLES!!
And now ladies & gentlemen for your entertainment, a reading of Edgar Allen Poe's timeless classic, The Raven. Adapted and told by our esteemed guests tonight, The Wurzles, thank you.
Favourite childhood tune from Southern Newfoundland!! And here I thought we were the only ones who says "gurt big". LMAO. It came across from Somerset.
I heard this when I was a little kid remembering all the lyrics so quickly, singing it with my father. Such a fun time, such a fun song to hear again after many years!! What a treat!
lol. Why is everyone arguing over this song? I am a middle-aged, middle-class black man from Somerset. I grew up with The Wurzels and clearly remember their early days in Nailsea. Adge Cutler (A.J. Alan John) the original singer who sadly died in a car accident (an MG if you're interested) was godfather to my late great friend, Alex Batt. It's all a laugh and everything's ok in the world as long as The Wurzels are still about
I'm from Wisconsin, in the United States! My Dad brought back Wurzel's singles when he was on a business trip in Europe in 1976. I was 11 and I knew all the words I could make out. Just came across the records and found these here! Would sure appreciate the correct lyrics. I love these guys!
How's thee father - alright! Growing up in Newfoundland, we thought this was a Newfoundland band - it's our dialect exactly. Needless to say, many of our ancestors were from Somerset & other West English counties
At least the “westcountry “ accent and ‘culture’ has got a million hits. I live 2 miles from Dorset’s most eastern edge but the majority of folks believe that The New Forest is a park at the edge of Greater London rather than the eastern extremity of the westcountry. ( bransgore receives westcountry telly anyway..) best wishes from the pixies in the land of ‘sit -on ‘ mowers driven by ex pat Londoners.....
nah 14 and i love em too! though i didnt go and see em this year i remember a few years back they used to have a little tent and play their music there next to the showman's line they didn't have a stage back then! Most have gotten a bit more popular!
I could pick so many faults in the translation but I like it as it is but here's the first verse:...where be that blackbird to?, I know where he be, he be up yon wurzel tree, and I be after 'ee, now I sees ee' and ee sees I, buggered if I don't get 'un, with a gert big stick i'll knock 'un down, blackbird, i'll 'ave ee. Proper somerset translation from a somerset boy.
@xxDannyMillerFanxx this accent stretched right to reading right uptil 1960/70s......its the original southern saxon way of speaking....but the london sounds are taking over and west country is looked down on
the amount of people that think they are devonshire ! but we know the truth ! brilliant band seen them many times live love them every time !! im from devon
Thass cuz ther be to many outziders cum in, ee young townies dussum know we'r ee cum vrum, ee dussum av to go far to yur it mine ge' out yere in the sticks, iffie wan any lessuns leddus know 🤣🤣🤣 tiz a gert probber job anaul
I was at a Lord Finesse concert and Big L was just about to be introduced to the world. I think it was either DJ Premier or Kid Capri opened with this, to warm the crowd. Infact Teminator X did exactly the same thing at Brixton academy in 1987, while the S 1 W ' s were showcasing their routines. Another time they used this , was in the Olympic breakdancing , championship, between Japan and France.
I'm glad to hear this song here (it's been going through my head lately), even if the lyrics given are really wrong in places, e.g. "under callia sleep at night, get beasts of any kind" should be "no longer can I sleep at night, get peace of any kind".
@anessenator The West Country is Somerset, Devon Cornwall and Dorset. I love The Wurzels. I am from The East Midlands and have been a Wurzel fan since I was 12 years old
could be worse! I was born and bread Wiltshire but my mum and her side are Scouse! SO Im like a Scouser-Wiltshire lass! lol SO a great mixture for me so my accent is 100% confusing!
originally gloucestershire, somerset and dorset were the west country relating to where Wessex saxon influence had pushed in.....devon and cornwall were still speaking the old british celtic languages at these times (devon to 1500s, cornwall to 1900s(and revived)
you know in each wurzel song i find a meaning to it in this one i can find 2 1. dont be a blackbird 2.if theres a blackbird around have a gurt big sho'gun
Gurt???? Gert???? were these at sumerset boy? Grrrt there aint no e or u init. these casnt make it up cass? Bristle and raised on the srump. lol. weem all luv the wurzels
My dad used to sing this to me when I was a tiny boy.. He is on his death bed today with very little time left. For some reason this crossed my mind just now and I figured I'd check to see if RUclips had it. Thank you for posting this!! Pray my dad passes peacefully please
prayed for his soul,,,I am a Yank married an English Lassie, getting my instructions
Well sorry ik I'm a little bit late hope everything is okay and hope he is safe now :))
@@mirelleryan455comments two years old and we both find it about a week apart, mad, yea I hope all is well as it could be too
Hello hope he passed peacefully. Not sure why I’m here! I do believe he’s gone to somewhere wonderful.
Saw The Wurzels live in 2019 in Frome, UK 🇬🇧🎸🎼😎❤️ Legends
9 people disliked because a blackbird has continuously and mercilessly thwarted their efforts.
Lol 😂
This made my day
i finished my college course recentley and the wurzles not only gave out the awards but also did a concert aswell nothing compares to seeing your idols in person! LONG LIVE THE WEST COUNTRY, AND LONG LIVE THE WURZLES!!
And now ladies & gentlemen for your entertainment, a reading of Edgar Allen Poe's timeless classic, The Raven. Adapted and told by our esteemed guests tonight, The Wurzles, thank you.
I'm from Lancashire, but I have maxium respect for anyone from the West Country because of this band!
Bristolian and proud!!!
I know I live there it was a compliment
+TFTLGaming Same here. Born and bred
This was played at my friends funeral, and I know he is smiling at me watching this for him :') RIP Harry x
Favourite childhood tune from Southern Newfoundland!! And here I thought we were the only ones who says "gurt big". LMAO. It came across from Somerset.
Brings back lovely memories..Good times by all especially rugby functions..We were all happy in those days
I heard this when I was a little kid remembering all the lyrics so quickly, singing it with my father. Such a fun time, such a fun song to hear again after many years!! What a treat!
Somerset and Bristolian and proud 🙌🙌
🙌🙌
Cornwalls where’s it’s at✊🏽✊🏽
Bristol rugby and Bristol city all the way
@@owenashman9267 play for the rugby myself actually but hell yes 🙌
Bristol Rovers til the end
Every Newfie alive knows this one!!! God Bless.
For sure haha
I thought it was a Newfie song.
lol. Why is everyone arguing over this song? I am a middle-aged, middle-class black man from Somerset. I grew up with The Wurzels and clearly remember their early days in Nailsea. Adge Cutler (A.J. Alan John) the original singer who sadly died in a car accident (an MG if you're interested) was godfather to my late great friend, Alex Batt.
It's all a laugh and everything's ok in the world as long as The Wurzels are still about
This iz why I love being from Somerset!!! Also the lead singer lives just like down the road from me and it iz most fun ever havin gigs with him
My father played this when I was a kid kind of corny now but sure brings back good memories❤
I'm from Wisconsin, in the United States! My Dad brought back Wurzel's singles when he was on a business trip in Europe in 1976. I was 11 and I knew all the words I could make out. Just came across the records and found these here! Would sure appreciate the correct lyrics. I love these guys!
Very late but If you need a proper translation I don’t mind haha
This is what makes me proud to be from Somerset good old Wurzels
Proper job
You mean
id be from somerset good 'ol wurzels
FRom down Zummerzzet way.
If we were a country this would be our national anthem
They're from Bristol, I thought.
Im from gloucestershire and I talk like this as well, heck of an accent really good 'ol wurzels
So hard and catchy I love it I can’t get enough of it❤❤
used to love this song when I was younger.. :')
I love this song. I'm listening to it bc I miss my family. Back in Bristol, and my family is always listening to it :)
I had this record when I was a kid they were the best band in the West country where I went to school.
West country, n proud!
I remember some of my school mates singing this song all the time in the spring of 1976!
My cat would love this. She loves to unsuccessfully catch our blackbirds in garden, at least this year so far June 2023.
Brilliant! I've been looking for this one for a while.
im welsh but i feckin LOVE this song!
Half the lyrics are written incorrectly but you’ve got to love this song!
Badly translated from Somersetese into English by a Geordie!
Gert some scrumpy in thee, an this words'll come right.
How's thee father - alright! Growing up in Newfoundland, we thought this was a Newfoundland band - it's our dialect exactly. Needless to say, many of our ancestors were from Somerset & other West English counties
no actually they are not
Oh yes they are !
West Country > any other place in England
Imperfect understanding of us dialect, me 'ansome! Where be to? Oi bet youm from Lunnun!
Them there folk don't be unnerastanning our talk me babber
Is it bad or good I understood what you ment, I a Dorset guy
woo the wurzles are awsome i saw them several times at the bierkeller i have met the wurzles they are brilliant
At least the “westcountry “ accent and ‘culture’ has got a million hits. I live 2 miles from Dorset’s most eastern edge but the majority of folks believe that The New Forest is a park at the edge of Greater London rather than the eastern extremity of the westcountry. ( bransgore receives westcountry telly anyway..) best wishes from the pixies in the land of ‘sit -on ‘ mowers driven by ex pat Londoners.....
the Wurzels and the yeo valley advert is what sums up Bristol!
The Wurzels have been my fav band since I was 7! Where be that here blackbird?!
Love the countryside wouldn't live anywhere else!
Saw these at the great dorset steam fair and loved them ever since which is a bit weird for a 15 year old boy
nah 14 and i love em too! though i didnt go and see em this year i remember a few years back they used to have a little tent and play their music there next to the showman's line they didn't have a stage back then! Most have gotten a bit more popular!
Classic. Love the Wurzels!
these guys are west country legends
The best translation I have seen. Innit.
I could pick so many faults in the translation but I like it as it is but here's the first verse:...where be that blackbird to?, I know where he be, he be up yon wurzel tree, and I be after 'ee, now I sees ee' and ee sees I, buggered if I don't get 'un, with a gert big stick i'll knock 'un down, blackbird, i'll 'ave ee. Proper somerset translation from a somerset boy.
Stu Horsey Innum
Stu Horsey tiz said the same down ear in Devun' to.
Get this its are accent
+Lonewolf Clan
turns around should be turfs a row
@xxDannyMillerFanxx this accent stretched right to reading right uptil 1960/70s......its the original southern saxon way of speaking....but the london sounds are taking over and west country is looked down on
Respect from Edinburgh!
liked , from,, northern Ireland,,! , 1st hear early 80s,!!
the amount of people that think they are devonshire ! but we know the truth ! brilliant band seen them many times live love them every time !! im from devon
Ahaha, i live in Somerset :P this cracks me up everytime,
but hardly any of us are like .. farmers, only my grandad etc talks like this anymore xD
i do ............ oooooo arrrrrrrr .....is he a farmer or is he a pirate ??? lol
Thass cuz ther be to many outziders cum in, ee young townies dussum know we'r ee cum vrum, ee dussum av to go far to yur it mine ge' out yere in the sticks, iffie wan any lessuns leddus know 🤣🤣🤣 tiz a gert probber job anaul
This reminds me of Bristol city games!!COYR
I was at a Lord Finesse concert and Big L was just about to be introduced to the world. I think it was either DJ Premier or Kid Capri opened with this, to warm the crowd. Infact Teminator X did exactly the same thing at Brixton academy in 1987, while the S 1 W ' s were showcasing their routines. Another time they used this , was in the Olympic breakdancing , championship, between Japan and France.
love this song! describes my dad to a tee
OMG just love it!
Good Ol Wurlzels :) I live like 20 miles away from em :')
I'm glad to hear this song here (it's been going through my head lately), even if the lyrics given are really wrong in places, e.g. "under callia sleep at night, get beasts of any kind" should be "no longer can I sleep at night, get peace of any kind".
RUclips's CC option has a lot to answer for.
@anessenator The West Country is Somerset, Devon Cornwall and Dorset. I love The Wurzels. I am from The East Midlands and have been a Wurzel fan since I was 12 years old
aha im from the same place as these guys we always sing this at new years ahah reminds me of my grandad he used to sing it to me when i was little X)
Thanks for this. The lyrics aren’t quite right but they made my (Hampshire mum) laugh even more
Yer. Any of you lot knows where I can get me blasted lawn mower fixed? Gert lush song by the Wuzels though. Proper Job!
You cut it's balls off. That's how I got mine fixed.
wicked, love it.
From Nailsea and proud!
I'm from North Oxfordshire, but now live in Wiltshire and my Grandfather was from Gloucestershire, so my accent gets a bit confused sometimes! ;)
could be worse! I was born and bread Wiltshire but my mum and her side are Scouse! SO Im like a Scouser-Wiltshire lass! lol SO a great mixture for me so my accent is 100% confusing!
Love this song everytime hits the spot for me up the cityyy come on boys
This is a surprisingly good song to sing on route marches haha
I from Devon but I still love this song
i am herefordshire and love it has well but we make better cider
mitch69ish bollocks
@@mitch69ish
That's Midlands but sure.
@@mitch69ish Somerset make the best cider
amazing song!!!
love being able to correct this cus I'm Cornish lmao
Lĺ
So am I I’m cornish
You can't correct the wurzels
nice pfp and name, still chill
don't ask why I'm replying to a year old comment
The Wurzels are from Somerset
My whole childhood was based on the wurzels!!!!! Best somerset band
I learned this in early 1970s as a 20yo new trooper in the Wiltshire Yeomanry
Oh I love the fact that I was born in the West, Bristol through and through! ;')
My dad used to love this his bday tomorrow he ain't with is but hope he would love me playing all tracks
Do you not speak westcountry????
Callum Robbins no I'm Cornish
Scott Pearce - On behalf of Devon, I'm so sorry
@@Bugman541 & +scott Pearce remind me, is it jam on cream or cream on jam?
*South-West Country
oooooooooooo aaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Where be that Eejit be?, I know where he be❗️He be flying over the Irish Sea coming to see me ☘️☘️☘️
I LOVE THIS SONG
Should have gotten a Newfie to translate this one!
Buddy me son, how she gettin on me old trout?
This is perfect uni fare!
Blackbirds have been real quiet since this dropped
i sing this song with my friends wenever it comes on no matter were we are cause they are amazing
Had this on vinyl, shit hot!
Love this song xx
learnt this from my mum n dad brooo
Love this song wicked
Lewis and Simon of the yogscast sent me and I'm not disappointed 😳
What video?
fellow Bristolians I believe
i love this song
DEVONSHIRE AND PROUD! PROPER JOB!
the wurzels! yes! very nice
We still have it.
so catchy! :)
Proud to be a cider punk from Wilts! Arrrrr
originally gloucestershire, somerset and dorset were the west country relating to where Wessex saxon influence had pushed in.....devon and cornwall were still speaking the old british celtic languages at these times (devon to 1500s, cornwall to 1900s(and revived)
you know in each wurzel song i find a meaning to it in this one i can find 2
1. dont be a blackbird
2.if theres a blackbird around have a gurt big sho'gun
cool great music
Makes me miss home :( Sucks to be 90 miles away in Southampton for Uni. Though its fun to confuse people by saying "gurt lush" :)
Lalalalalala how be he father? ALRIGHT!
Lots of wrong lyrics....bet a northern did the 'translation'
They bastard northerns...E' dont speak proper loik wot we does inem
im a newfie. those are the lyrics i was brought up with
Dreadfull tranzlation but a gertt lush tune in er!
Love this song my grandads dad died and he loved this song
My brother sister love love this song actually That singing it right now
You just can't beat culture .......
Gurt???? Gert???? were these at sumerset boy? Grrrt there aint no e or u init. these casnt make it up cass? Bristle and raised on the srump. lol. weem all luv the wurzels
Grt proper moi babber.
And that sounds like Barton Hill!
Wor , coming for you.😊
West country cider and the wurzels perfect match
how can they have13 dislike god !!!!!!!! best song in the world
Them sub-titles weren't written by a Bristolian. Such nonsense - and such a shame!
I'm an American and they don't even look right to me.
Im from Plymouth and I KNOW they t'aint right.
t'aint right innem
No one north of Brizzle should ever attempt to quote the wurzels, but thanks for the upload anyway xx
Casn't get it right snuh.
proud to be a west country girl ....