My Grandmother loved the Clancy Brothers music. Kate McLoughlin (nee Murphy) was born in a small village in Ireland named Hospital, located in County Limerick. She came to America as a teenager in the early 1900's, married a fellow Irishman and had four children. Her first husband died from a tetanus infection. His brother used to stop by to see that she was getting along, he eventually married her and they had four children. I had many aunts, uncles and cousins and with a large Irish family, our gatherings were joyous occasions where the Clancy Brothers albums were always playing. Nana was 87 when she left us in the early 1970's and when I hear the Clancy's I still see her feet tapping along with the music!
Thank goodness for Pete Seeger and his tv show. I think some of the recordings from his show are quite unique, and if it wasn't for him, some of them might have never been recorded on video (or only like 20 years later, not like this with the artists in their prime). :)
Classic! Even with one Clancy missing. REAL nice intro Pete! Hope you have more shows on the "Tube". The beautiful "Butcher Boy" must be from the same show...with the 4 of them.Nice jig Tommy. I miss you all...Your music is for all time.
I don't know which came first for me, the Clancys & TM on the television c 1962 (Hootenanny? Merv Griffin? Ed Sullivan?) or the Clancys backed up by Pete Seeger on one of the first LPs I ever bought, but they made me feel more than the 50% Irish-American I am and taught me the first song I ever sang in public that wasn't in Latin or a Christmas song, Tommy's Whistling Gypsy Rover. But they also stuck this tune in my head, even if I couldn't sing it up to speed, and it was one of the first I learned when I started playing the mandolin and it showed up in tune books under the title Red-Haired Boy.
@che155 This song is on several of the available Tommy Makem CD's...on Amazon, quite a few on ebay, and on occasion in music shops if you live near a big city or at least a large town with a lot of shops!
@SnitchyGirl7 : could either be a type of dance or a type of stick. i'd always thought of it as the sort of stick/bag over the shoulder a homeless person in old days might use.
I remember them from the 60s. I couldn't play the guitar or sing but I did buy the sweater. God it was hot, especially indoors.
Also bought the sweater. It's been hard fending off all the women though.
Best version of 'The Little Beggarman' I've ever heard.
Tommy sings it as flowing as fast water through a clear spring creek.
My Grandmother loved the Clancy Brothers music. Kate McLoughlin (nee Murphy) was born in a small village in Ireland named Hospital, located in County Limerick. She came to America as a teenager in the early 1900's, married a fellow Irishman and had four children. Her first husband died from a tetanus infection. His brother used to stop by to see that she was getting along, he eventually married her and they had four children. I had many aunts, uncles and cousins and with a large Irish family, our gatherings were joyous occasions where the Clancy Brothers albums were always playing. Nana was 87 when she left us in the early 1970's and when I hear the Clancy's I still see her feet tapping along with the music!
what part was she from
@@jessiemurkin9594 Hospital is a village in east County Limerick, Ireland
@@jessiemurkin9594 a small village in Ireland named Hospital in County Limerick
Great story 🙂
I'm calling it: this is the best video on youtube. Priceless treasure.
Thank goodness for Pete Seeger and his tv show. I think some of the recordings from his show are quite unique, and if it wasn't for him, some of them might have never been recorded on video (or only like 20 years later, not like this with the artists in their prime). :)
This is one of my all time favorite Clancy Brothers songs. It reminds me of my father. Thanks for posting.
They were something else ❤
Skinny milinker, my beautiful grandad sang this to me and always called me his skinny milinker, happy days indeed :)
d'aw :3
Ah I remember that expression!
That they could sing those tongue-twisting lyrics, whistle and clap and do it while step-dancing is proof that they loved what they did.
This is the first Irish song i heard 40 years ago. It made me a lifelong fan of this genre. Thank you gentlemen.
Still listening and missing the lads in 2023
So glad that i bumped into this video. I'm 40 and still feel like it was a long long time ago ....
lovely
was my dad's favourite song
the little beggar man.
I love this song. Irish music is the best.
Love this song my dad sung to me when I was child and god bless
These lads were good my, 4yr old love this.
Classic! Even with one Clancy missing. REAL nice intro Pete! Hope you have more shows on the "Tube". The beautiful "Butcher Boy" must be from the same show...with the 4 of them.Nice jig Tommy. I miss you all...Your music is for all time.
who the first man
I don't know which came first for me, the Clancys & TM on the television c 1962 (Hootenanny? Merv Griffin? Ed Sullivan?) or the Clancys backed up by Pete Seeger on one of the first LPs I ever bought, but they made me feel more than the 50% Irish-American I am and taught me the first song I ever sang in public that wasn't in Latin or a Christmas song, Tommy's Whistling Gypsy Rover. But they also stuck this tune in my head, even if I couldn't sing it up to speed, and it was one of the first I learned when I started playing the mandolin and it showed up in tune books under the title Red-Haired Boy.
What a great performance!
They don't make em like these boys anymore......shame too.
Fantastic....what can I say.
love this song.
This reminds me of my granddad he used 2 always sing this song he died on 5th July 22
we sang this song in school chorus in 2009 and 2010
I heard this at my school i like it
And Liam can still mesmerize a crowd.
WHAT nowadays music group sing smiling?? The Clancy Brothers are the best!!
@che155
This song is on several of the available Tommy Makem CD's...on Amazon, quite a few on ebay, and on occasion in music shops if you live near a big city or at least a large town with a lot of shops!
@SnitchyGirl7 A rig-a-doo is like a backpack. More like a rag on the end of a stick where the tinkers in Ireland used to carry their few belongings.
Still love
Liam sadly the only one left what a great reminder of their "Live" work no backing tracks for them EH!!!!!!!!!
rest in peace Tommy Makem
🎉🎉🎉
Thanks for this video. It's real nice to see Pete Seeger in his younger days. What show was this from?
Peace.
That’s a great yarn! Lol
great
@SnitchyGirl7 : could either be a type of dance or a type of stick. i'd always thought of it as the sort of stick/bag over the shoulder a homeless person in old days might use.
#ugottalisten2b4udie Happy St. Patrick's Day 2016!
Comes from an old English/Scottish sea fairing tune.
@gracefulfish that sack tied to a stick.. you know like what runaway boys carry
@lonepalm58 he was in a play. they were all thesbeanes,before they were "A Band"
ian & sylvia had a version with an incredible guitar break--this one good tho!
What in the hell is that whistle arrrrrrrr about at 1:06?
@wwefreak952 Aaah... We call it a 'bindle bag,' here. Thanks.
What, exactly, is a 'rig-a-doo?'
this is the song is coming up i am loving it
Love this song but I prefer the version with Tommy and his ma Sarah w/o the extra refrain!!!
where tom
Ah yes the real 200 year old stuff the English wrote yes I know that.
lol what did he do to you?
i thought tommy was northern irish?
He was from Keady in Co Armagh, yes that is Northern Ireland but very near the border.
Does anyone here know what a "rigadoo" is? Also, what's the significance of blue-colored goggles?
Spectacles (goggles) colored blue. A rigadoo is a wheeled cart for carrying yer stuff around.
It’s a pack you wear on your back
Who is that communist?:)