Mary and the Soldier - Paul Brady 1976

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  • Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
  • Paul sings Mary and the Soldier accompanied by Donal and Andy at the Embankment, Blessington Rd, Tallaght, County Dublin (as it was THEN!)

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  • @seandwyer1823
    @seandwyer1823 3 года назад +77

    Compare these naturally and hugely gifted musicians and singers to today's modern pop scene....as a Musician I'm very proud of Ireland's musical heritage...

    • @fromireland8663
      @fromireland8663 Год назад +4

      Pop music is not the only form of music today. There are plenty of traditional musicians, probably more than ever.
      There was also pop music in the 70s, most now forgotten.

    • @johnguilfoyle3073
      @johnguilfoyle3073 Год назад

      ruclips.net/video/LtOEkKR0Vn4/видео.html From Bunratty Castle.

    • @nomadicrecovery1586
      @nomadicrecovery1586 Год назад

      @@fromireland8663it’s then only heard by the majority of humanity
      And it’s the one form promotes. Funded. Glorified
      This music is not found. Unless you really dig
      And young musicians generally do not know it or learn or
      Want to play it
      That was the point

  • @martas9283
    @martas9283 2 года назад +23

    This is exactly why I love RUclips.. nearly a 100 years of musical brilliance (in any genre) to rummage through

  • @goldsman
    @goldsman 5 лет назад +118

    Not only is he playing a difficult guitar part flawlessly while singing along with it - but he looks like he's barely trying.

    • @adamn2550
      @adamn2550 4 года назад +5

      Exactly, highly skillful!

    • @marcusosullivan7029
      @marcusosullivan7029 4 года назад +11

      And then to tune the guitar as it goes out of tune @3.21, the guy's great. Celebrate him and go and see him and Andy live. It'll do your heart good.

    • @bosmith2587
      @bosmith2587 4 года назад +10

      @@marcusosullivan7029 Paul is one of my guitar heroes! I've learnt this song, plus Arthur McBride,and the Lakes of Pontchartrain, and while I can play them in the same style (tuning and all that) there are things he does with his right hand that i simply CANNOT get down. Some of these guitar parts sound like he's picking three guitars at once, and god I just love his playing and respect him to bits!! I wish he was more widely known among guitar players

    • @olivierpataut7015
      @olivierpataut7015 3 года назад +3

      10 000 hours theory ?

    • @lukedoesbutter
      @lukedoesbutter 3 года назад +3

      Thats the Paul Brady experience

  • @robrussell5329
    @robrussell5329 4 года назад +34

    Best friggin Irish Music album ever.

    • @RoryGFan-39
      @RoryGFan-39 4 года назад +5

      I only found about it a year or so ago after seeing a photo of Rory Gallagher and Paul performing together. I bought Andy and Paul's album that day and I've listened to it nearly every day since

    • @tomfoster2697
      @tomfoster2697 3 месяца назад

      I agree 100%!

  • @hillelme
    @hillelme 7 лет назад +86

    his voice, my god, his voice!

    • @KKKK-jc5tw
      @KKKK-jc5tw 5 лет назад +6

      Xavi M 😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

    • @ianbarker8704
      @ianbarker8704 4 года назад +8

      Yep, one of the greatest folk voices EVER.

    • @stevenharpold2562
      @stevenharpold2562 4 года назад +5

      Agree...superb voice and guitar!

    • @NamingTheTwinsVideo
      @NamingTheTwinsVideo 3 года назад +5

      Sheer perfection!

  • @raymonddixon7603
    @raymonddixon7603 10 месяцев назад +9

    Still as fresh as it sounded when I first saw it on Irish television back in the 70's. Some of our best musicians.

  • @christabelmorgan7970
    @christabelmorgan7970 3 года назад +114

    At this point of his career I think Paul Brady was peerless - he just couldn' t put a foot wrong. His guitar playing is of course what hits you first, but then when you listen you realise how unobtrusively virtuosic his singing is.

    • @JoaoMoriera2
      @JoaoMoriera2 3 года назад +7

      Such a wonderful and unmistakably Irish voice

  • @inverterville
    @inverterville 5 лет назад +29

    honestly I have no words to describe how good this is...been to Ireland recently and walk into a bar in Galway and there was three musicians playing, they blew me away they were so good. the atmosphere ,the music was amazing will never forget it,

    • @paradise8876
      @paradise8876 4 года назад +8

      ..... sounds like u left a bit of ur heart in old Eire sir ..... come back to us someday.

  • @tommymorgan73
    @tommymorgan73 28 дней назад +1

    This is just so wonderful! Paul Brady is a genius in every sense of the word!!

  • @TodayFreedom
    @TodayFreedom 5 месяцев назад +3

    Paul Brady played a gigantic role in resurrecting songs like this, which would undoubtedly have been forgotten.

    • @josefinagarza241
      @josefinagarza241 3 месяца назад +1

      I love these older songs the older the better❤

  • @astroboy3002
    @astroboy3002 3 года назад +13

    Imagine how lucky you would have been to be in that room hearing that song

  • @johnwilkinson4418
    @johnwilkinson4418 6 лет назад +8

    Wonderful Song.My great,great grandfather, James Campbell was in the 5th Dragoon Guards when Mary Kane met him in Dublin in 1850. Must be their song! James went off to fight in the Crimea. Their son John was born in 1851 and he too joined the regiment. I can't believe I missed this song in the late 70's. It's now in my repertoire.

  • @GalwaygirlEarle
    @GalwaygirlEarle 10 лет назад +13

    Who in Clavicus Vile's name would dislike something so raw and beautiful?

  • @kfidei2763
    @kfidei2763 10 лет назад +38

    I'll guard you, darlin, with my right hand.
    Just splendid.

  • @9ner
    @9ner 13 лет назад +14

    one of my favorite folk songs of all time

    • @donfriend1035
      @donfriend1035 4 года назад +1

      Listen to the Banks of the Nile. Same story but much more poignant and sung by the incomparable Sandy Denny.

  • @Slapchop8
    @Slapchop8 12 лет назад +4

    My heart aches ive been born too late. only to appreciate such beauty from so far away generational and geographical. why did we ever leave the shore? i wish i could ask the old ones now............while my old heart aches in this young husk. sometimes i think i wont be happy till im dead.

    • @JohninRosc
      @JohninRosc 6 лет назад

      Don't think you have an old heart - focus on the young husk! I love your poetic language. Make new memories from the old shore based on your learning from these brilliant recordings of our wonderfully artistic heritage.

  • @TheRacherry
    @TheRacherry 9 лет назад +70

    I love Paul and Andy--their great album which I bought in the 1970s and, like others, I love them still. Theirs is universal music, enjoyed by anyone with eyes, ears and, most of all, a heart. This from a Jewish guy from Philadelphia. Sing on, boys, may you always. And thanks for the posting.

    • @jungleninja8415
      @jungleninja8415 4 года назад +1

      Real Jews are black Ethiopians love from Eire❤️

    • @rjwusher
      @rjwusher 3 года назад +5

      @@jungleninja8415 I know you probably did not mean so, but that is an antisemitic trope you used there. Denying people their heritage is not kind. DNA research on Ashkenazy and Sephardic Jewish people clearly shows a genetic connection with the land of Israel. Greetings and love from a Dutch man with partly Dutch, partly Jewish and partly Anglo-Saxon heritage.

    • @paddyhealy1065
      @paddyhealy1065 2 года назад +2

      @@rjwusher I wouldn't place too much store on what @Jungle Ninja writes. They can't even spell Éire correctly. I'm sure their opinions are equally badly informed.

    • @matthewcimino3564
      @matthewcimino3564 2 года назад

      @@jungleninja8415 you’re so ashamed of your heritage that you’ll lie to make yourself look better, but I’d be ashamed too if I was you

  • @McBean09
    @McBean09 6 лет назад +18

    I just love this version. Paul Brady is such an amazing talent.

  • @gwenorel3319
    @gwenorel3319 4 года назад +5

    One of the few Irish songs with a happy ending!

  • @michaelpowderly5514
    @michaelpowderly5514 3 года назад +2

    I've been a fan of this man for decades now. An amazing musician. On a different note....who remembers the embankment?

  • @gregorysullivan7175
    @gregorysullivan7175 3 года назад +2

    Born to do this. It's nice when the feather hits its mark and you loose yourself in a listen. Thanks.

  • @fretkillrlives
    @fretkillrlives 10 лет назад +49

    Simply one of the best folk music albums ever made. Thanks for posting this clip.

  • @uaruaidri5376
    @uaruaidri5376 2 года назад +4

    They don't make them like him anymore. Pure musician

  • @FnBruges
    @FnBruges 12 лет назад +6

    Donal Lunny on the Bouzouki is just magic.

  • @tenbear5
    @tenbear5 11 месяцев назад +2

    Back then, the tragedy of life, love & death were so….. much more poetic.

  • @paulsweeney2215
    @paulsweeney2215 12 лет назад +8

    Always loved this song. Excellent combination, Paul and Andy.

  • @maxford8175
    @maxford8175 8 лет назад +27

    Andy owns that harmonica

    • @seandwyer1823
      @seandwyer1823 3 года назад +2

      Another multi-talented brilliant musician and singer too...

    • @conordarcy4663
      @conordarcy4663 3 года назад

      I thought he borrowed it?

    • @almacisaac
      @almacisaac 5 месяцев назад

      He owns that harp upside down and backwards, hurdy gurdy man for realz. ❤

  • @helenlizzystewart4908
    @helenlizzystewart4908 6 лет назад +6

    Still gorgeous to listen to even today

  • @johnsinnott5157
    @johnsinnott5157 5 лет назад +6

    Everything worked out fine in the end :-) 😊

  • @TheAndroia
    @TheAndroia 10 лет назад +26

    'She's a vicious little thing.' Ha! Love it.

  • @martinhealy2902
    @martinhealy2902 7 лет назад +41

    Great song and performance.
    'Mary and the Soldier' Lyrics:
    Come all you lads of high renown that will hear of a fair young maiden
    And she roved out on a summer's day for to view the soldier's parading
    They march so bold and they look so gay
    The colours fine and the bands did play
    And it caused young Mary for to say
    "I'll wed you me gallant soldier"
    She viewed the soldiers on parade and as they stood at their leisure
    And Mary to herself did say: "At last I find my treasure
    But oh how cruel my parents must be
    To banish my true love away from me
    Well I'll leave them all and I'll go with thee
    Me bold and undaunted soldier"
    "Oh Mary dear, your parents' love I pray don't be unruly
    For when you're in a foreign land, believe you rue it surely
    Perhaps in battle I might fall
    From a shot from an angry cannonball
    And you're so far from your daddy's hall
    Be advised by a gallant soldier."
    "Oh I have fifty guineas in right gold, likewise a hearth that's burning
    And I'd leave them all and I'd go with you me bold undaunted soldier
    So don't say no but let me go
    And I will face the daring foe
    And we'll march together to and fro
    And I'll wed you, my gallant soldier"
    And when he saw her loyalty and Mary so true-hearted
    He said: "Me darling, married we'll be and nothing but death will part us
    And when we're in a foreign land
    I'll guard you, darling, with my right hand
    And hopes that God might stand a friend
    With Mary and her gallant soldier"

  • @davidmai7145
    @davidmai7145 8 лет назад +40

    3:19... Its difficult anyway to play guitar like that and sing this song at the same time, but that tuning kills me

    • @paulusvii97
      @paulusvii97 4 года назад +6

      HAHA thanks for pointing that out! Did you catch the little glance and chuckle he gives Andy a few seconds later?

  • @MargauxKim_13
    @MargauxKim_13 2 года назад +2

    That guitar tone is beautiful.

  • @joemorris2814
    @joemorris2814 Год назад +1

    I saw Paul about 7 years ago in Dublin; one of the all-time best gigs I'll ever see. He's still got it. And him and Andy - incomparable.

  • @NeilMcCann-tx8ef
    @NeilMcCann-tx8ef Год назад +2

    Love this, forever. Everything is perfect

  • @cavanpaulmulvihill9940
    @cavanpaulmulvihill9940 7 лет назад +3

    We thank You O Lord God for the music.

  • @Teddyb1939
    @Teddyb1939 12 лет назад +6

    Three greats on top form, Magic stuff, Love it!!

  • @geemailMossman
    @geemailMossman 7 лет назад +5

    Absolutely excellent - !

  • @kilkee100
    @kilkee100 12 лет назад +6

    Such perfect, tuneful and precise and lyrical singing from Paul Brady. And Andy's magic mandolin weaving throughout. Music to make the heart soar.

    • @edeledeledel5490
      @edeledeledel5490 2 года назад

      And Paul's not bad on the mandolin either... ruclips.net/video/86otPxMwiBg/видео.html&ab_channel=TradTG4

    • @smiffy8364
      @smiffy8364 Год назад +1

      Donal Lunny is there too!

  • @linneasaoirse
    @linneasaoirse 6 лет назад +4

    Forever in love with this.

  • @Woodyjims-shack
    @Woodyjims-shack 6 лет назад +9

    As sweet and beautiful as it gets from these three legends of Irish music 👍

  • @june4783
    @june4783 11 лет назад +2

    These guys look older now, not just as much hair but still the fine musicians they always were. Fair play to them

    • @md61211
      @md61211 4 года назад

      I suspect you looked younger back then too.

  • @Duibhlinneach
    @Duibhlinneach 13 лет назад +1

    Beautiful.....there was a documentary on TG4 last week about Paul Brady & Andy Irvine, and their 1976 album. I've had this song in my head ever since ! I think Paul's Donegal accent really makes it.

    • @mkirksmith
      @mkirksmith 4 года назад +1

      Strabane accent

    • @md61211
      @md61211 4 года назад +1

      Across the bridge from Donegal

  • @johnmilmo823
    @johnmilmo823 2 года назад +1

    Beautiful song beautiful lads brilliant music 🎶 🎵 👏 ❤

  • @celt1299
    @celt1299 13 лет назад +4

    Paul has a great voice.

  • @Apartment-No-9
    @Apartment-No-9 5 лет назад +2

    great song and the playing its so good

  • @jmmacb03
    @jmmacb03 11 лет назад +3

    Last heard this on an album in '76 and have never seen even a video of them before. It took me about a week to figure out this song and an afternoon to transcribe the lyrics! Thanks for the upload. Just learned I can get a tab booklet with the CD! (RUclips rocks!)

  • @Sheena0901
    @Sheena0901 6 лет назад +16

    Come all you lads of high renown
    That would hear of a fair young maiden
    And she roved out on a summer’s day
    For to view the soldiers parading
    They marched so bold and they looked so gay
    Their colours flying and the bands did play
    And it caused young Mary for to say
    “I’ll wed you me my gallant soldier”
    She viewed the soldiers on parade
    And as they stood at their leisure
    And Mary to herself did say:
    “At last I’ve found my treasure
    But oh how cruel my parents must be
    To banish my true love away from me
    Well I’ll leave them all and I’ll go with thee
    My bold undaunted soldier”
    “Oh Mary dear, your parents’ love
    I pray don’t be unruly
    For when you’re in a foreign land,
    Believe me you’ll rue it surely
    Perhaps in battle I might fall
    From a shot from an angry cannonball
    And you so far from your daddy’s hall
    Be advised by a gallant soldier.”
    “Oh I have fifty guineas in bright gold,
    Likewise a heart that’s bolder
    And I’d leave them all and I’ll go with you
    My bold undaunted soldier
    So don’t say no but let me go
    And I will face the daring foe
    And we’ll march together to and fro
    And I’ll wed you, my gallant soldier”
    And when he saw her loyalty
    And Mary so true-hearted
    He said: “My darling, married we’ll be
    And nothing but death will part us
    And when we’re in a foreign land
    I’ll guard you, darling, with my right hand
    In hopes that God might stand a friend
    To Mary and her gallant soldier”

  • @fastidioussloth6013
    @fastidioussloth6013 7 лет назад +7

    What a great gig! These tree fellers are really deft pluckers and two of them can sing really well at the same time: multitasking and musicality.

    • @md61211
      @md61211 4 года назад

      Sign : Tree fellers wanted
      Paddy to Mick : "If Seamus was here, we could apply for the job"

    • @tomgreene2282
      @tomgreene2282 4 года назад

      They are indeed and there were a few more back then...

  • @norbutsering3116
    @norbutsering3116 2 года назад

    This is best cover of the song so far I have seen and searched

  • @tenbear5
    @tenbear5 11 месяцев назад +1

    Brilliant. Relevant. Music.

  • @benmacdui9328
    @benmacdui9328 2 года назад +1

    Doesnt get any better than this!

  • @albertross4102
    @albertross4102 9 лет назад +10

    Saw this live. Thanx for postin'

  • @tommcginley4909
    @tommcginley4909 3 года назад

    Have listened to Irish folk for a long time yet just discovered Arthur McBride. Love it.

  • @HueyMaxSucks
    @HueyMaxSucks 2 года назад +2

    I've seen this masterpiece a million times and just noticed Andy plays the harmonica upsidedown....

    • @christaylor2070
      @christaylor2070 Год назад

      he's in good company - so did Sonny Terry!🙂

    • @christinequinn5355
      @christinequinn5355 Год назад

      That is great to know. I've been playing the harmonica upside down all my life. Started when I was 9, and never realised it was wrong until decades later.

    • @raymonddixon7603
      @raymonddixon7603 10 месяцев назад +1

      No the harmonica is ok but Andy is upside down!!!

    • @HueyMaxSucks
      @HueyMaxSucks 8 месяцев назад

      Hahaha

    • @HueyMaxSucks
      @HueyMaxSucks 8 месяцев назад

      There's no such thing as "wrong":)

  • @petermatthew123
    @petermatthew123 7 лет назад +2

    Great performance of a lovely traditional song!
    !

  • @lizzy-folksongsscottis4518
    @lizzy-folksongsscottis4518 2 года назад

    One of my Brady Lunny & Irvine Favourites Thanks again guys!

  • @Faltaz
    @Faltaz 12 лет назад +1

    I love these performances, and I love you, Bilko!

  • @colossalshadow5256
    @colossalshadow5256 2 месяца назад +1

    One of the songs that has really become part of my dna. I can play it and sing it but itll never begin to enter the ball park of what they captured on the record tho. To begin to explain how it has affected me would take all day but in short the universe gave me these songs and arthur mcbride at a time in my life where i would connect with the music on such a deep level that i would be getting looks from onlookers as i skipped down the street to them

  • @sakkorig
    @sakkorig 12 лет назад +1

    Bilko my father and I have spent days browsing your amazing channel which is full of treasures such as this! I spread my love to someone who would share this magic to a young soul like me!

  • @adamn2550
    @adamn2550 3 года назад +1

    This is musical genius nothing else 🙏🙏

  • @1992mikemc
    @1992mikemc 3 года назад +1

    Sublime. Love a song with a story too, really carries it

  • @Lixsna
    @Lixsna 7 лет назад +1

    High quality. Never gets old.

  • @glocca254
    @glocca254 Год назад

    The word unique was invented for Paul I saw h recently in Shanagarry , Cork , was incredible, is incredible

  • @colinruane6561
    @colinruane6561 4 года назад

    This is absolutely brilliant, fell in a RUclips rabbit hole came across this gem 💎

  • @Radaep1
    @Radaep1 4 года назад +1

    Fabulous musicians.

  • @cheyneheaton
    @cheyneheaton 12 лет назад +8

    I'll guard ya' darlin with my right hand.

  • @freeko
    @freeko 12 лет назад +3

    the album is called simply Paul Brady and Andy Irvine

  • @johnmorrissey397
    @johnmorrissey397 6 лет назад +2

    Paul Brady at his best

  • @chriscravens8318
    @chriscravens8318 3 года назад +1

    As per the previous poster: this is indeed the pinnacle.

  • @zakaryjaynicholls9867
    @zakaryjaynicholls9867 3 года назад

    Absolutely beautiful music.

  • @marisadwyer9084
    @marisadwyer9084 11 лет назад

    Nobody is better than these guys, and what genius posted it, by the way? 5 trillion options on utube and the best of everything comes back to Mick
    connell, bless his lovely heart.

  • @michaelbrindamour4348
    @michaelbrindamour4348 5 лет назад +2

    Here thanks to Chris Thile/Live From Here.... Fantastic!

    • @sillystrings
      @sillystrings 5 лет назад +1

      Thanks for this comment...I am a big fan of Live From Here and had no idea they had covered one of my favorite tunes!

    • @jimcfaeglasgow4541
      @jimcfaeglasgow4541 3 года назад +1

      I got here via the same route. This is wonderful. Got to learn it.

  • @drmagnus1970
    @drmagnus1970 10 лет назад +1

    FANTASTIC

  • @martinlintzgy1361
    @martinlintzgy1361 6 лет назад +2

    Sublime.

  • @malibu64
    @malibu64 13 лет назад +1

    this is real music

  • @keithsfault
    @keithsfault 11 лет назад +3

    They are perfect men. I am in love.

  • @Tom-zy6ke
    @Tom-zy6ke Год назад

    Simply mesmeric.

  • @jamesbull5482
    @jamesbull5482 7 лет назад +24

    voice of an angel face of deidre barlow

    • @50KPL
      @50KPL 3 года назад

      Hahaha, this made me laugh 🤭 😂

  • @lsdmadman
    @lsdmadman 8 лет назад +2

    thanks...saw him live in Canton MA at the Irish Fest...yay

  • @cheerydavie
    @cheerydavie 12 лет назад +1

    All three on top form

  • @bozo397
    @bozo397 12 лет назад +1

    love paul brady

  • @andrewneil7408
    @andrewneil7408 4 года назад

    Beautiful

  • @marymcwilliams6601
    @marymcwilliams6601 9 лет назад +5

    Andy playing an old A1 pre 1920....

  • @Skolfreaks
    @Skolfreaks 12 лет назад

    a long time ago thanks---- grosses danke fürs hochladen

  • @kittymeekins1682
    @kittymeekins1682 6 лет назад

    So excellent!!!

  • @macmel4452
    @macmel4452 6 лет назад +1

    Class

  • @peterminogue5605
    @peterminogue5605 7 лет назад

    great song well sung

  • @willypeter1
    @willypeter1 12 лет назад

    love this tune

  • @gollumaccio9833
    @gollumaccio9833 5 лет назад +1

    Fantastico.

  • @bilko1234
    @bilko1234  14 лет назад +1

    @TomAJoad
    Thanks for watchin' Tom

  • @ny10980
    @ny10980 10 месяцев назад

    Awesome...!

  • @123ubuntu666
    @123ubuntu666 10 лет назад +7

    Massive set of lungs.

  • @bilko1234
    @bilko1234  12 лет назад

    @sakkorig Thanks for your coments Sakkorig, good to have you on board!

  • @asyael
    @asyael 13 лет назад

    amazing

  • @tonycarton8054
    @tonycarton8054 Год назад

    brilliant from the man from Strabane

  • @johnwhelan4004
    @johnwhelan4004 10 лет назад +30

    What's happened Ireland since these days. This is unbeatable fantastic but all we can produce now is hopping leprechauns under the title of River Dance the new traditional Ireland in seek of the Yankee diaspora dollar. Sure isn't great Inda

    • @aine7173
      @aine7173 7 лет назад +3

      John Whelan nothing its still there. The riverdance stuff is just what we send out into the world to hide the true stuff. Thats just for us.

    • @pappyfiddle
      @pappyfiddle 7 лет назад +3

      Yeah! It took me quite a while to find this. We too have a lot of crap we send your way and some we keep in the little corners all to oursels

    • @gerrywm20
      @gerrywm20 7 лет назад +4

      John, look up Daoiri Farrell, he's one of many coming out with great stuff

    • @paulfrancis7979
      @paulfrancis7979 7 лет назад

      the udder side of the coin?

    • @Lisnageeragh
      @Lisnageeragh 4 года назад

      Was around in those days and back to the 60s ....the sweetness has gone out as the money came in this has happened in instrumental areas also ...but still a few good ones left and a few good new ones ...but rare...there is part of the tradition almost lost.

  • @irpacynot
    @irpacynot 2 года назад

    Young masters

  • @Elderwilliam
    @Elderwilliam 14 лет назад

    Nice one Bilko , some good videos there

  • @lowellblackman3590
    @lowellblackman3590 11 лет назад +3

    There is wonderful Swedish version by the masterful Esbjorn Hazelius, guitar and nyckelharpa - Swedish keyed fiddle.