The great ones all seem to leave our Earthly party early. Jim Croce and Harry Chapin were both terrific storytellers who died in accidents: Croce in an airplane that crashed on takeoff, and Chapin in a car wreck. And don't forget about Buddy Holly, Richie Vakens, and "The Big Bopper" in a New Years Eve airplane crash. All very talented young men, and all taken away far too soon. I became a Jim Croce fan at around age 10, only a month or so before he died. I was devastated. Years later, around 1995, I met his widow, Ingrid, and we had a nice conversation about Jim and his music. She can be heard in many of his songs singing a beautiful harmony.
Robert Burns, we salute you. Jim and Maury thank you for this wonderful tune and images that I now how. Thank you for sharing this. Loved it - so proud to be Scottish (and I really am) x
The first time I heard/sung this song, I was in a pub in Inverness. It was a case of the locals teaching the "Yank" about the local culture. I don't remember leaving the pub...
That's the first time I've heard this song by Jim Croce. I love it. I'm still laughing LOL. The old folk songs from the old land. You can't beat them. Oh man I'm so glad I saved it.
Thanks for posting this. my fondest memories were my dad blasting this scrubbing the tub in the trailer when I was a little boy in the 90s, I remember asking him what a foreskin was and he died laughing 🤣
Are ye fae kirriemuir yersel? Am a buchaner in aiberdeenshire, hiv ue iver heard the sang bein sung as the ball o kirriemeer, am affa interested in folk fa spik doric, i can hear the change o how folk spik cos o my job
@fourTWENTY_Whata_Khunt there is no original song, at least to us. This song is so old, it's based from a party in the 1400s. The whole point is to add your own verses.
@@ibadatsidhu81 kk I've no problem being wrong, versus I leant at 12 yrs old,,,, The village vampire he was there, lying in the mud, picking up the tampons and sucking out the blood, The village vicar he was there, doing he's favourite trick, sliding down the banister and landing on he's prick, The vicar's wife , she was there, doing her famous stunt, throwing bananas in the air and catching them in her Khunt, The village police man/woman/them/shem was there proud of all their force, until they were caught noshing of the horse 🍀🍀🍀🍀🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
This makes it even worse than it was that he died so soon. I'd never really heard him perform before this, and I never thought he was such a great entertainer. I was applauding. A local medicine called liquid cork😂
This is a quite polite version. Try the kenneth mckellar version if you want to hear, I think, the lewdest version. ruclips.net/video/y64uWjtSKAo/видео.html
It's spelled Kerrymuir on the Jim Croce album, so I'd go with that for the song since it's the listed title. If it's a mistake than it's the mistake of whoever made the album
My grandpa showed me this over 23 years ago still love it and it just popped in my head today
First time I heard this song thought I was gonna fall off the couch laughing so hard ! Been singing it ever since.
This is pale compared to the version sung by Kenneth McKellar. Check it out!
35 yrs later and still laughing and singing it ✌
I think You and I may have been separated at birth ! ! !
😂😂😂 same!
Happy 78th Birthday, Jim....RIP
Sorry
Jimmy love yo
The great ones all seem to leave our Earthly party early. Jim Croce and Harry Chapin were both terrific storytellers who died in accidents: Croce in an airplane that crashed on takeoff, and Chapin in a car wreck. And don't forget about Buddy Holly, Richie Vakens, and "The Big Bopper" in a New Years Eve airplane crash. All very talented young men, and all taken away far too soon. I became a Jim Croce fan at around age 10, only a month or so before he died. I was devastated. Years later, around 1995, I met his widow, Ingrid, and we had a nice conversation about Jim and his music. She can be heard in many of his songs singing a beautiful harmony.
Robert Burns, we salute you. Jim and Maury thank you for this wonderful tune and images that I now how. Thank you for sharing this. Loved it - so proud to be Scottish (and I really am) x
The first time I heard/sung this song, I was in a pub in Inverness. It was a case of the locals teaching the "Yank" about the local culture.
I don't remember leaving the pub...
Some say you're still there.
My heart is...
the rest of me is back in Michigan.
That's the first time I've heard this song by Jim Croce. I love it. I'm still laughing LOL. The old folk songs from the old land. You can't beat them. Oh man I'm so glad I saved it.
This is a testimony to Jim's storytelling and humor. Just great!
Bloody Brilliant! I`ll never stop chuckling over this song.
I heard this song over 50 yrs ago and new verses keep getting added
I think it was in the early 70's when I saw him do this and took me forever to find it .... for some odd reason I never heard it on the radio ???
where did you see him?
😂😂😂
Sooooooo miss Jim. God bless and good night.
Thanks for posting this. my fondest memories were my dad blasting this scrubbing the tub in the trailer when I was a little boy in the 90s, I remember asking him what a foreskin was and he died laughing 🤣
Yup, Jim's right. I'm never going to be the same after hearing that last line!
This makes me so happy I can't explain
I first came across this 'song' in a book on Rugby Songs (1967)
Saw Jim sing this in Providence, RT in the 70's. He made you feel like I was in his living room.
It's the ball of Kirriemuir it's a town in Scotland where bon Scott from ac dc was born
Are ye fae kirriemuir yersel? Am a buchaner in aiberdeenshire, hiv ue iver heard the sang bein sung as the ball o kirriemeer, am affa interested in folk fa spik doric, i can hear the change o how folk spik cos o my job
Thank you so much for sharing this. I appreciate it so much. 👍❤😁✌
Here from the Annotated Pratchett File
That story was something else LOL
This song makes me proud to be Scottish - and I'm not even Scottish
His final concert.
i learnt different verse lyrics in 1983=84 . the village Vampire was there lying in the mud ,,,chewing on the Tampon's , sucking out the Blood
There aren't different verses. Only more of them
@@Daves_Not_Here_Man_76 if the verses are not the same and not included in the original song then they are DIFFERENT
@fourTWENTY_Whata_Khunt there is no original song, at least to us. This song is so old, it's based from a party in the 1400s. The whole point is to add your own verses.
@@ibadatsidhu81 kk I've no problem being wrong, versus I leant at 12 yrs old,,,,
The village vampire he was there, lying in the mud,
picking up the tampons and sucking out the blood,
The village vicar he was there, doing he's favourite trick,
sliding down the banister and landing on he's prick,
The vicar's wife , she was there, doing her famous stunt,
throwing bananas in the air and catching them in her Khunt,
The village police man/woman/them/shem was there proud of all their force,
until they were caught noshing of the horse
🍀🍀🍀🍀🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Geoff I love u
6.9k views, nice
Look how many subscribers he has
From the Last Tour on SAJA.
Def passed on by oral tradition
It's the snook which is cocked towards orthography which rankles. "After the ball there were four and twenty fewer" if you don't mind. Even if you do!
Haven't heard this song for about 30 yrs. Anyone have the guitar chords for this?
Key of C...Basically C F & G with a D7th & A minor thrown in
@@joeybuckethead lol you beat me to it lol but i was honestly going to leave out the A minor
Why the cleaned up version - "ever been HAD on a Saturday night . . . ?
I'm Scottish and Robbie Burns did not write this. There are several versions.
Please change the title to - Kirriemuir👍🏻
belive it or not this is a squeaky clean version lol
This makes it even worse than it was that he died so soon. I'd never really heard him perform before this, and I never thought he was such a great entertainer. I was applauding. A local medicine called liquid cork😂
😅 It's a pretty basic 3 or 4 chord tune, depending on whether you choose to use the relative minor in the key you're singing it in.
It's not Kerrymuir. It's Kirriemuir.
This is a quite polite version. Try the kenneth mckellar version if you want to hear, I think, the lewdest version. ruclips.net/video/y64uWjtSKAo/видео.html
Him& Maury died on the day
Heavily redacted and sanitised for a US audience 🙂
More x rated lyrics was used.
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John pallshytrr
Jeezo - its Kirriemuir not Kerrymuir you couldn't even get the title right never mind the rest of it. #MuricansWhoDinnaeGraspScottish
I agree, but this is how it i was spelled in the catalog originally.
I'm still going out, Karen!
It's spelled Kerrymuir on the Jim Croce album, so I'd go with that for the song since it's the listed title. If it's a mistake than it's the mistake of whoever made the album
@@miketocci you did the right thing
mtailgator-WILL YOU STOP? I’M STILL GONNA GO OUT!!!! 😂