Mrs. McGrath-Tommy Makem and Pete Seeger

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  • Опубликовано: 23 дек 2024

Комментарии • 43

  • @petternilsson4393
    @petternilsson4393 3 года назад +28

    Its a pleasure to see legends sing together..

  • @talkingbowl
    @talkingbowl 3 года назад +42

    Fun fact: the young gentleman on the left playing the bodhran is Pete Seeger's grandson, Tao Rodriguez-Seeger.

    • @liamg353
      @liamg353 3 года назад +6

      yep he playing the Bodhrán was a pleasant surprise.

  • @dogman8436
    @dogman8436 3 года назад +17

    Fabulous version. Clear words which make the history and point of the song clear. This and the burl version are the best.

    • @KittyStarlight
      @KittyStarlight 2 года назад +4

      This is certainly one of the best. They make it sound really pretty. I had previously not exactly thought of this as a pretty song.
      Obviously related storywise to "Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye."
      Pretty tune, slightly creepy story. Like a lot of war songs are of course.
      Or anti-war really.
      ("For I'd rather have my Teddy as he used to be
      Than the King of France and his whole navy.")

    • @KittyStarlight
      @KittyStarlight 2 года назад +3

      The accompaniment is very nice too. Words and music together are beautiful but the point of the song comes through loud and clear too at the same time.
      Wow. Very, very good. ^___^

  • @tonycarton8054
    @tonycarton8054 3 года назад +15

    the song writtten from a mothers viewpoint in a peripheral matter of fact way ,which makes the writing so potent

  • @dixiesland2786
    @dixiesland2786 2 года назад +8

    Up the Irish great song and great words

  • @alextomahawk139
    @alextomahawk139 Год назад +3

    Thanks now I can’t get this tune out of my head.

  • @anthonylarocco573
    @anthonylarocco573 3 года назад +15

    RIP Tommy Makem and Pete Seeger

    • @lisafish1449
      @lisafish1449 4 месяца назад +1

      Such fine music there must be in the afterlife.

  • @BarryHawk
    @BarryHawk 2 года назад +8

    Masters at work

  • @tonycarton8054
    @tonycarton8054 3 года назад +8

    great work from tommy a true county armagh man RIP

  • @dannielsen4431
    @dannielsen4431 2 года назад +8

    Rest in peace pete seeger
    Daniel Nielsen

  • @andrewmunro1551
    @andrewmunro1551 11 месяцев назад +2

    Two legends

  • @RUTIGKILLE
    @RUTIGKILLE 4 года назад +14

    What a wonderful piece. Have never seen Pete and Tommy together before.

    • @donhuber9131
      @donhuber9131 3 месяца назад

      There is a recording on Vanguard of them playing with Eric Weisberg at the 1959 Newport Folk Festival. Tommy sings Whistling Gypsy.

  • @PhilipSalen
    @PhilipSalen 4 года назад +8

    Great song beautifully sung

  • @liammcgovern5243
    @liammcgovern5243 3 года назад +7

    Love this version

  • @jamesryan1025
    @jamesryan1025 2 года назад +4

    Brilliant

  • @mikedeman5351
    @mikedeman5351 2 года назад +10

    They don't "Makem" like they used to . . . . :)

  • @banjojoeanddanielle
    @banjojoeanddanielle 4 года назад +6

    I love to sing this song! Lots of fun.

  • @dizzygee87
    @dizzygee87 Год назад +2

    My dad played a version of this called Biddy McGrath here in Newfoundland, all of her body parts were detachable. Not sure where it came from n that from. Great song *Edit, of course its Carlton Showband, Duh*

  • @dogman8436
    @dogman8436 2 года назад +7

    One of the best anti-war songs sung perfectly. Burl Ives also sang it well.

  • @johnsowerby7182
    @johnsowerby7182 8 месяцев назад +1

    If you want a different version of this, then go find My Son John. The Imagined Village do a great, and updated version of that...

  • @nightheron5892
    @nightheron5892 2 года назад +4

    As a McGrath man myself, I can safely relate to you that I have kept both my legs

  • @someuser4166
    @someuser4166 2 года назад +3

    Tommy looks just like my grandpa in this video

  • @dannielsen4431
    @dannielsen4431 2 года назад +5

    Wouldn't it be fun if pete seeger
    Ended up being your grandpa

  • @dominicjackson3769
    @dominicjackson3769 Год назад +5

    Who gives a damn grandson or not, what a lovely rendition of a great song ........ Dominic

  • @paddymeboy007
    @paddymeboy007 3 года назад +10

    I'm a McGrath & it's nice to hear the name pronounced properly....whereas Bruce Springsteen's version doesn't....ok!..bit pedantic...but!

  • @sandidavis820
    @sandidavis820 4 года назад +6

    Great!!! I loved it

  • @bartkearns1195
    @bartkearns1195 3 года назад +4

    this is a great version but it is very sad that two of these singers have past on pete seeger and brad of armagh tommy makem

  • @JimMcCrudden-w6g
    @JimMcCrudden-w6g Год назад +2

    Johnny I hardly knew ya is very similar in matter of factness - so low in flesh, so high in bone.. indeed yer dancing days are done

  • @triffh5956
    @triffh5956 2 года назад +2

    What's the name of the song.

    • @exoplanet11
      @exoplanet11 2 года назад +2

      "Mrs. McGrath" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs._McGrath Relates to the Napoleonic Wars.

  • @danielg.9291
    @danielg.9291 Год назад

    Can anyone help me to find the tin whistle notes for this song?

  • @BodhranBrian
    @BodhranBrian 3 года назад +3

    The opposite equation of war from the people that make money off it!

  • @mateochavez8455
    @mateochavez8455 Год назад +3

    Imperialism, taking children's legs for hundreds of years

    • @BLUELANDSBALL
      @BLUELANDSBALL Месяц назад +1

      Makes sense who commented this, because haves it username "Chavez" lol 😂

  • @johnvanlandingham249
    @johnvanlandingham249 3 года назад +1

    ⁸.

  • @liammcgovern5243
    @liammcgovern5243 3 года назад +3

    6b66

  • @TM-vq1bf
    @TM-vq1bf 2 года назад +3

    This Tommy boys got some moxie

  • @dixiesland2786
    @dixiesland2786 2 года назад +4

    Up the Irish great song and great words