Imagine the titanic, now imagine one hundred such titanics. now, imagine those hundred titanics collide and mix into one, big ship, made of whiskey and there you have the Irish Rover.
I like how many Irish folk songs refer back to the family McCann(from the banks of the Bann). Here it is Mick McCann and in for example Star of the County Down, they sing about Rosie McCann. And there are a couple more songs referring to this familyname :)
+Joseph Chervoni I had the same feeling. I imagine a "Gritty Reboot" trailer of this, where they're just absolutely incompetent and drunk, and the ship sinks in the harbor. As in... they never even left, they were that terrible. XD
found a calculation online working out the tonnage of cargo in the song, given that the biggest ship on the sea at the moment weighs 350,000 tons the irish rover with its cargo would have weighed 1,500,000 tonnes
It'd take a really Killjoy to post some extended dimensions of the Thomas W Lawson, the only Seven Masted ship ever to sail! A real life Schooner btw. But I'll stick to the Rover!!
Mijn lieve Walther van mij! Wow! Ik wordt zo ontzettend gelukkig hiervan! Dankjewel lieve schat van mij! Ik houd zo ontzettend ontzettend veel van jou en ik wil zoo supergraag met jou trouwen!
If they cut all of the slower instrumental breaks but left everything else as is, this would honestly be my favorite version of this song without question.
Can someone help to decipher the words being sung in the instrumental break from minute 2:30 to 2:45? it sounds like "gearrtha na mona mona " (which would be the Irish for cutting turf but I am not sure .. it sounds like a tune I've heard many times over the years and would like to know what it is - thanks to anyone who can help
I believe it was "the Cobh quay of Cork", Cobh being a town in County Cork. Cobh was the last port of call of the Titanic before it set out across the Atlantic Ocean.
@@claytonhollowell4488 So, you're having fun while joking about a culture, despite the fact that Ireland is over 1000 years old(also counting the seperated counties), and US is just 253 years old.
Hey you rats and frats--On September 8th, 2014, Sister Mary Imelda, novice, the former Mary-Kate Duffy of Shirley, Massachusetts, made her vows to Our Lord, Jesus Christ, as His bride. The touching ceremony began when she walked down the aisle in her bridal gown on the arm of her father, and followed by her flower girls, her two younger twin sisters.
She was a fine ship fashioned from a mix of whiskey and hardened bullshit, sealed at all points with pure blarney. :)
Imagine the titanic, now imagine one hundred such titanics.
now, imagine those hundred titanics collide and mix into one, big ship, made of whiskey
and there you have the Irish Rover.
Your comment just made this video XD
IdoTheChoombi Imagine that turning nine times around. XD XD XD
I'll Correct what I said on that account that would f*ck up the whole ocean!
Yep
@@orangexlightning IKR all that Porter lost...can ya say Alcohol Abuse? 😃
The last 20 seconds may be some of the most beautiful Irish instrumentals I’ve ever heard. 🖤🖤🖤🖤
I'm with you my friend, one of the best i've ever heard.
This is AWESOME!!!! So full of life and energy.
I like how many Irish folk songs refer back to the family McCann(from the banks of the Bann). Here it is Mick McCann and in for example Star of the County Down, they sing about Rosie McCann. And there are a couple more songs referring to this familyname :)
ConnorMysticGuitar what significance have they?
It was a very common last name at the time, and the origins of the family name came from a town on the backs of the Bann River
I think the only thing they needed to do to take the cargo to New York was walk across the ship, haha.
+Joseph Chervoni I had the same feeling. I imagine a "Gritty Reboot" trailer of this, where they're just absolutely incompetent and drunk, and the ship sinks in the harbor. As in... they never even left, they were that terrible. XD
They are drunk…
found a calculation online working out the tonnage of cargo in the song, given that the biggest ship on the sea at the moment weighs 350,000 tons the irish rover with its cargo would have weighed 1,500,000 tonnes
i also found a concise volume tally of the irish rover, here
www.reddit.com/r/theydidthemath/comments/6q7gaj/requesthow_big_was_the_irish_rover/
how many stonnes is that?
This funny cause the avg Clipper ship carried about 4,000 tons, and today's cargo container ships only carry 25,000 tons lol
I always interpreted it like this was all the cargo they transported in these seven years
It'd take a really Killjoy to post some extended dimensions of the Thomas W Lawson, the only Seven Masted ship ever to sail! A real life Schooner btw.
But I'll stick to the Rover!!
this was my first irish song.
You picked a good one! Slainte!
Gotta hand it to the irish, they can make any song sound happy :)
Damn, the Irish Rover must have been one HUGE ship.
Mijn lieve Walther van mij! Wow! Ik wordt zo ontzettend gelukkig hiervan! Dankjewel lieve schat van mij! Ik houd zo ontzettend ontzettend veel van jou en ik wil zoo supergraag met jou trouwen!
Sounds like an Irish insurance claim.
panzerabwerkanone This comment made my entire day 😆
Yea that cracked me up man!
Little did you know this might be true
Now that's not nice😂
But.... that is the whole point of the song!!!!
If they cut all of the slower instrumental breaks but left everything else as is, this would honestly be my favorite version of this song without question.
Sounds like a sizable ship...
Those 27 masts would need a good 200 yards to accommodate for them.
Can someone help to decipher the words being sung in the instrumental break from minute 2:30 to 2:45? it sounds like "gearrtha na mona mona " (which would be the Irish for cutting turf but I am not sure .. it sounds like a tune I've heard many times over the years and would like to know what it is - thanks to anyone who can help
I know I'm a quite late, but if you haven't found it out already, this is the traditional Scottish tune Fionnguala.
Today the day to listen to this in full 🎉😎
love the song but the dog part hit me like a bullet
Same!
=) i liked the part ''who was drunk as a rule''
By the way, it's "The cold quay (pronounced 'kay.') of Cork. Not "bay of Cork."
It's actually coal quay of Cork. As in a pier where coal is loaded on vessels.
I believe it was "the Cobh quay of Cork", Cobh being a town in County Cork. Cobh was the last port of call of the Titanic before it set out across the Atlantic Ocean.
that is one big ship
This is a very strange comment section
I’m Indian. The Irish and Indians have a lot in common. We both HATE the British. Love the Irish culture, esp the music!!!
The irish dont hate anybody. Its not the way
@@tarahayes9361 any real Irish hate the British. But anything else for sure.
ah The Fair Irish Rose-God Bless her
Brilliant!
like this song
Can you let us all know when you realise this full song please i wish i can download it right now 😀😎
singing this for graduation
Pretty sure it is REALLY "the Cobh quay of Cork"
There are no 'definitive' versions in folk music.
Newburyport Troubador
True, but it's pretty obvious they're saying "quay".
coal quay
@@claytonhollowell4488 So, you're having fun while joking about a culture, despite the fact that Ireland is over 1000 years old(also counting the seperated counties), and US is just 253 years old.
@@grominB What?
The uploader knew this already; it's in the notes above.
Is this song supposed to be symbolic for something or it it just nonsensical fun? Either way I love it.
It's the "cold quay of Cork", not the cold bay of Cork.
Their mistake is addressed and corrected in the description.
cooles lied :-)
Geil, gell?
Good
VERY
Cobh Quay, not cold quay.
i love this song so much can not wait tell paddys day on saturday
Why would you need 8 millions barrels of bones to build a city hall?
OH MY GOD YOU MONSTERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's what they used the dogs for that always worried me.
arcanics1971 every orphan gets one
It was used as a cheap filler in mortar some few hundred years ago.
REALLY fucking creepy when you think about it :P
What did they do with the 12 million sides of blind horses hides
@@2Scribble Ever hear of bone china? Fine porcelain gets much of its strength and translucency from the phosphates in the ash of animal bones.
bit mellow of a version fer this one
Leave it to a video shared on Facebook that lead me here!! hehe
wow go ireland i am from galway
I'm from Cork. This song reminds me of Dad. The Irish loved to sing. My Dad had a great voice
I'm singing this for a multi-cultural school event
Sounds like a Trumpian tariffs list...
Hey you rats and frats--On September 8th, 2014, Sister Mary Imelda, novice, the former Mary-Kate Duffy of Shirley, Massachusetts, made her vows to Our Lord, Jesus Christ, as His bride. The touching ceremony began when she walked down the aisle in her bridal gown on the arm of her father, and followed by her flower girls, her two younger twin sisters.
Dubliners and Pogues do it far better
worst version ever... this song is to rowdy for instrumental breaks
This is the worst version of the Irish Rover that’s ever been recorded. Shameful
Yuh Irish