I rarely like covers - they do not seem to match the original. Billy is an exception - he just does this so well and with such feeling. Love this to pieces.
Just seems so much more heartfelt and sung from the gut than Van Morrison’s version....and then the pipes wow I’m not Scottish but they just hit you.... to quote Sir Walter Scott via Billy Breathes there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land!
My Dad loved this version of the song and we played it at his funeral earlier this year. He was a big fan of Billy, and a man who was very proud of his Celtic roots.
I love Billy, a good man, he nearly killed me once, I swear I couldn't breath laughing at one of his jokes, my missus came running down the stairs thinking I was choking on something. Have a great retirement big fella.
Oh - and when the bagpipes start!! I know this really is Van's song but Billy's version is sooooooooooooooooo good! (Really I did NOT cry at the end, no sireee Bob). Wishing Billy all the luck in the world with his health struggles. We all love you, Billy!!
Went to see him live in 1994, and I never stopped laughing. This song still gives me goosebumps. The World Tour of Scotland is and always will be his crowning achievement, thanks Billy
Donna Taggart, who's career seems to be on hold seems to be the best singer on every Irish tune she decides to record. Here's "Irish Heartbeat" ruclips.net/video/YYNEeads_zQ/видео.html
Similar to the last comment, I heard this what.... 15 years ago when I watch the World Tour video, and it just came into my mind for unrelated reasons, and I found it in 20 seconds because I remember his voice crystal clear and had no trouble at all recalling the lyrics. The definition of a memorable performance of a song.
This song reminds me of my son who married an American lass,and lives over there,,never forget where you have come from son,Ireland will always be home🇮🇪☘️
Oh Man!!! I Just Love This Billy's Version Of This Song It's The VeryBest Version Ever!!!Ah... And Billy !??WELL I Just Love This Guy He Absolutely Cracks. Me Up I Think That He's Probably The Greatest Comedian And Story Teller Ever AND ALSO A Great ACTOR/SINGER AND..A Fantasticly FUNNY GUY... And WHAT AN AMAZING AMBASSADR FOR SCOTLAND ‼️👏💯🤗👏👌👍💎🎖️🥇😀🦮🦮🦮🤠🙏
Something Ancient in this ...... Billy is Scottish with an Irish element by parentage - The pipes are of Scottish Flavour ... The song is an Irish modern Lilt but but can be used by any ethic origin or anyone at all .... and yet I've got goosebumps - certainly in Ireland and I guess in Scotland too - this song hits at the heart - family ... maybe its a celtic thing but a damn good ditty none the less - wasn't bad ....was he
I absolutely love this version. Brings back fab memories of myself & a good friend of mine. He is a legend both musically & as a comedian. No one else can beat him in my eyes. ❤
In history there can't be many people as multi talented as Billy, from a talented actor to one of the best and most unique comic geniuses of all time, his musical talent has had a tendency to be overlooked, this live version cover of a real iconic Van Morrison song has so much power and feeling from Billy's voice to the great backing singers to eventually the pipes to give it the anthem feel, never get tired of listening to this, bought the scottish world tour music cd on an import just so i could hear the full version, (before you tube). really glad to see Billy seems have found peace and solace in florida. Thanks for everything Big Yin, "your'e a one off"
i tell billy all the time how much i love this version , lets just say with him hearing it from me he was truly humbled by it., the bagpipes really give it that edgy sound i so love hearing. , billy love you so much sweetheart !
This song, this one right here and so many others like it are a shining example of why the internet is so important. This song and all those others which make the hairs on the back of the neck of someone somewhere are now immortalised digitally and its vital to preserve that emotion.
Billy is one of those people whose singing voice strengthened over the years - love this version - superb. Peace and strength in your current issues Billy.
Billy Connolly has made us laugh cry sigh and feel too on top of the world even on not so good days and howevr long the blessed lord grants extra days to and for mr Connolly we thank you from the bottom to the very top of our hearts and your dearest 1
The bagpipes are wonderful especially with this song. I used to be in a bagpipe band. I have been looking for this song for years but didnt know it was called Irish Heartbeat! Well done Billy, another no.1 perhaps!!! I have just published a book about olden times in post war Ireland called, 'As Good As I Got' and the words of this song epitamize it. You made me cry. I keep playing it over and over again. Bless you Billy. You have taken me back home!! WOW
I can see and hear why his wife loves him so. The pictures show his heart and soul. I love him too. Can't stop watching. Thanks to everyone who has ever uploaded Billy. He helps me survive.
GENIUS HUMAN BEING UTILISING ALL OF THE GIFTS THAT HE HAS BEEN GIVEN! AND WE ALL CONTINUE TO BENEFIT FROM THE INSIGHT AND TALENT OF THIS BILLY CONNOLLY MAN! DUDE!
Absolutely bloody brilliant Billy, love it...What a man and so many talents, his singing voice is like good wine better with age. Just for the record, it was great back in the day, fantastic now..
Oh won't you stay Stay a while with your own ones Don't ever stray Stray so far from your own ones 'Cause the world is so cold Dont care nothing for your soul That you share with your own ones Don't rush away Rush away from your own ones Just one more day One more day with your own ones 'Cause the world is so cold Don't care nothing 'bout your soul That you share with your own ones There's a stranger And he's standing at your door Might be your best friend, might be your brother You may never know I'm going back Going back to my own ones Come back to talk Talk a while with my own ones 'Cause the world is so cold Don't care nothing 'bout your soul You share with your own ones Oh won't you stay One more day with your own ones Don't rush away Rush away from your own ones This old world is so cold, Don't care nothing for your soul You share with your own ones
Mr. Connolly is brilliant AND He's touring Canada and Australia RIGHT NOW! Hope you manage to see him live. I'm going to do everything in my power to make it happen!
I just found this version and fell in love with it. I’d heard the original, as it was played in a video, and then this. With the help of a friend I managed to get an .mp3 version of it. YES!
I rarely like covers - they do not seem to match the original. Billy is an exception - he just does this so well and with such feeling. Love this to pieces.
indah007 I'm on my way
AMEN.. SO BEAUTIFUL.. 👍
Just seems so much more heartfelt and sung from the gut than Van Morrison’s version....and then the pipes wow I’m not Scottish but they just hit you.... to quote Sir Walter Scott via Billy
Breathes there the man, with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land!
He's not covering it... He wrote it, and he was the first to record it... Why do people think that he's covering it.??????
@@michaelhurley7001 van morrison wrote this song irish heartbeat
Thanks Edinburgh ❤
My Dad loved this version of the song and we played it at his funeral earlier this year. He was a big fan of Billy, and a man who was very proud of his Celtic roots.
I want to be sent off to this
Billy Connolly does the best cover of this song that I have ever heard.
It's not a cover.. Written and produced by Billy Connolly....
So True!! My late mother went on a vacation to Scotland and she brought me back the one song CD I cherish it!
@@michaelhurley7001 Van Morrison
@@michaelhurley7001 Van Morrison
FACT!
I want this at my funeral - as loud as they can
One day I’ll get through this song without welling up 🤦♂️
I love Billy, a good man, he nearly killed me once, I swear I couldn't breath laughing at one of his jokes, my missus came running down the stairs thinking I was choking on something. Have a great retirement big fella.
Want this played at my funeral I share the same birthday as Billy and he expresses what I feel about life.❤
Oh - and when the bagpipes start!! I know this really is Van's song but Billy's version is sooooooooooooooooo good! (Really I did NOT cry at the end, no sireee Bob). Wishing Billy all the luck in the world with his health struggles. We all love you, Billy!!
It does make you fill up.
Reminds me of my late father who loved this version, Billy and Bagpipes in general.
I always go to pieces when the bagpipes start.
I thought I was the only one. Always gets me choked up and I won't lie, I do get a year or two happening. Thanks guys for sharing.
a real celtic voice
2:48 This is one of the most beautiful songs ever. Van the man sang it well, but I doff my cap to Sir Billy, fantastic.
Went to see him live in 1994, and I never stopped laughing. This song still gives me goosebumps. The World Tour of Scotland is and always will be his crowning achievement, thanks Billy
Played this at my Dads funeral in Aberdeen,,,,,,,, best send off ever! Thanks Billy!
Billy has made this his own. From Ireland ☘️
Hon Mayo.
Love it, we are Irish, tribal and proud of it, this is in spite of our current rotten corrupt Government.
All the best in 2023 to the world from Scotland
Billy Connolly version is greatest and the man greatest comedy we will ever have greatest man in the world
Billy's cover is the best version of this song that I have heard. Great tune
Donna Taggart, who's career seems to be on hold seems to be the best singer on every Irish tune she decides to record. Here's "Irish Heartbeat" ruclips.net/video/YYNEeads_zQ/видео.html
Better than Anyone else. Simply the Best.
2:11 every Scot must shiver at this section. Goosebumps big time , proud of my heritage
Rightly so, best wishes from Ireland, home of the Uileann pipes, I also get goosebumps when I hear them.
Beautiful my hero Billy he had tea in my house in Ireland great memories
What did he have Irish stew
Bagpipes ❤🎉
What a legend. The only person on the planet who can make me laugh when I feel deeply sad. Thank you Mr Billy Connolly.
Thank you Billy stay well and look after your self
Billy sings this better than anyone,and when the bagpipes come in,gives me goosebumps.
They broke the mould when they made billy, sheer genius!
Brilliant. This was the final song played at my son's wedding, everybody up giving it laldy
We tend to forget that Billy was , and remains, one hell of a damn fine musical talent. Irish Scots .. love ' em to bits.
I do love and appreciate his musician talent even more before his art as a comedian. I wish he had done more music. (sorry for bad englisch)
Beautiful simply beautiful ❤❤❤❤
Billy Connolly is will be greatest comedian that can perform stand up and sing and act
I've loved this song since his "World Tour of Scotland" series in 1994 and it is unequalled in it's ability to move me.
I still watch it to this day!
I first heard this version in that programme too and the bagpipes finish me off every time - absolute perfection
I've been hunting for this for 24 years! Heard it when I was 4/5 from the video
Similar to the last comment, I heard this what.... 15 years ago when I watch the World Tour video, and it just came into my mind for unrelated reasons, and I found it in 20 seconds because I remember his voice crystal clear and had no trouble at all recalling the lyrics. The definition of a memorable performance of a song.
Gives me goosebumps every single time. Love you Big Yin!!!
It still makes me want to weep. It’s so moving when the pipes start.
As an Irishman this song is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever
Carry on 😁🇮🇪
🍀
Absolutely. Up Limerick 🇮🇪☘️
Hon Mayo.
This song reminds me of my son who married an American lass,and lives over there,,never forget where you have come from son,Ireland will always be home🇮🇪☘️
Is that you ma ;)
Yes it's Ma,welcome home son 😉☘️🇮🇪
The Genius Billy Connolly At Work! : Thanks Dude!
Once again, Billy captures the essence of this song,and sings it from the heart...a shared heritage Ike most of us...The Big Yin...
Exactly
Oh Man!!! I Just Love This Billy's Version Of This Song It's The VeryBest Version Ever!!!Ah... And Billy !??WELL I Just Love This Guy He Absolutely Cracks. Me Up I Think That He's Probably The Greatest Comedian And Story Teller Ever AND ALSO A Great ACTOR/SINGER AND..A Fantasticly FUNNY GUY... And WHAT AN AMAZING AMBASSADR FOR SCOTLAND ‼️👏💯🤗👏👌👍💎🎖️🥇😀🦮🦮🦮🤠🙏
Thanks Billy. As a scouser, this song somehow feels like it also has a home here. 😊
Love it.
Takes my heart back to my mother and my uncle Bernard in Fife ❤
Billy Connolly is my hero growing up and this song is one of a million reasons why I respect the big yin
Beautiful Billy ❤️ thank you from an Irish lass.
Up Limerick ☘️😉
Billy has kept me laughing for years, even till it HURT !
Something Ancient in this ...... Billy is Scottish with an Irish element by parentage - The pipes are of Scottish Flavour ... The song is an Irish modern Lilt but but can be used by any ethic origin or anyone at all .... and yet I've got goosebumps - certainly in Ireland and I guess in Scotland too - this song hits at the heart - family ... maybe its a celtic thing but a damn good ditty none the less - wasn't bad ....was he
Absolutely bloody brilliant
Well said
I absolutely love this version. Brings back fab memories of myself & a good friend of mine. He is a legend both musically & as a comedian. No one else can beat him in my eyes. ❤
This is the best ever. Billy sings this with his heart and soul. Love it.
beautiful reply and 100 percent true
I'm German by birth, but scottish by 💙..and you, Mr.Billy Connolly bring me to tears, every single time, i hear that song...Luv ya!!💙
This song is brilliant , love billys singing and the feeling coming from this , Awesome
I am an avid Van Morrison fan. Van,love you. But Billy absolutely killed. HeaRtfwlt and emotional. I wept
I approve of this video
In history there can't be many people as multi talented as Billy, from a talented actor to one of the best and most unique comic geniuses of all time, his musical talent has had a tendency to be overlooked, this live version cover of a real iconic Van Morrison song has so much power and feeling from Billy's voice to the great backing singers to eventually the pipes to give it the anthem feel, never get tired of listening to this, bought the scottish world tour music cd on an import just so i could hear the full version, (before you tube). really glad to see Billy seems have found peace and solace in florida. Thanks for everything Big Yin, "your'e a one off"
Brilliant version 🎉❤
Oh how I do love Billy Connolly.
I was in the audience, hairs stood up on the back of my neck amazing
Was it at the castle? I'd give a kidney just to see decent footage of it!
+Paul Clarke it was at the playhouse
Cool- cheers man
I wish I had been there.....WOW!
This must have been one of life’s very best moments 🙂
Played this at my mum's funeral and the amount of people who asked what it was amazed me 100 times better than the original in my humble opinion
Absolutely fantastic love this man. xx
Love this version so much.
Truely a great cover of a great song, by a great comedian, singer, person and Scotsman. ON YER SEL BIG YIN!
Very rare a cover outshines the original.
And this is one of those cases. Xxx
Simply the best Van Morrison song of all time
but sang with the emotion of a true Scot
We love the big yin!!
i tell billy all the time how much i love this version , lets just say with him hearing it from me he was truly humbled by it., the bagpipes really give it that edgy sound i so love hearing. , billy love you so much sweetheart !
Amazing Billy! Love you!
This song, this one right here and so many others like it are a shining example of why the internet is so important. This song and all those others which make the hairs on the back of the neck of someone somewhere are now immortalised digitally and its vital to preserve that emotion.
Billy is one of those people whose singing voice strengthened over the years - love this version - superb.
Peace and strength in your current issues Billy.
BIG YIN!!! One of the funniest men to ever grace this world.
Goosebumps every single time!
Billy Connolly has made us laugh cry sigh and feel too on top of the world even on not so good days and howevr long the blessed lord grants extra days to and for mr Connolly we thank you from the bottom to the very top of our hearts and your dearest 1
The bagpipes are wonderful especially with this song. I used to be in a bagpipe band. I have been looking for this song for years but didnt know it was called Irish Heartbeat! Well done Billy, another no.1 perhaps!!! I have just published a book about olden times in post war Ireland called, 'As Good As I Got' and the words of this song epitamize it. You made me cry. I keep playing it over and over again. Bless you Billy. You have taken me back home!! WOW
And I'm PRAYING that Billy makes a swift recovery and finds peace...just like he has given me w/ this SONG!!! :)
Steven, Thank-you so much for posting this!!
Coolest man on the street.
I can see and hear why his wife loves him so. The pictures show his heart and soul. I love him too. Can't stop watching. Thanks to everyone who has ever uploaded Billy. He helps me survive.
This version is brilliant, but when the pipes come in, it kicks it up to another level: tears and a honey heart!
Yeah it was brilliant before the pipes start, but when they do it goes stratospheric!
GENIUS HUMAN BEING UTILISING ALL OF THE GIFTS THAT HE HAS BEEN GIVEN! AND WE ALL CONTINUE TO BENEFIT FROM THE INSIGHT AND TALENT OF THIS BILLY CONNOLLY MAN! DUDE!
Superb! And those pipes. Perfect song for the brilliant Billy to sing. Love it!
Billy Hoping & Wishing You All The Best..💕LEGEND
Absolutely bloody brilliant Billy, love it...What a man and so many talents, his singing voice is like good wine better with age. Just for the record, it was great back in the day, fantastic now..
This is off the scale fantastic.
Love the passion in your throat Billy xxx
CELTIC SOUL .
my brother plays the pipes EXTREMELY WELL. I love him so much, this song makes me think of him.
I put a comment on 3 years ago,still gives me the goosebumps when I hear it.
Me too
Oh won't you stay
Stay a while with your own ones
Don't ever stray
Stray so far from your own ones
'Cause the world is so cold
Dont care nothing for your soul
That you share with your own ones
Don't rush away
Rush away from your own ones
Just one more day
One more day with your own ones
'Cause the world is so cold
Don't care nothing 'bout your soul
That you share with your own ones
There's a stranger
And he's standing at your door
Might be your best friend, might be your brother
You may never know
I'm going back
Going back to my own ones
Come back to talk
Talk a while with my own ones
'Cause the world is so cold
Don't care nothing 'bout your soul
You share with your own ones
Oh won't you stay
One more day with your own ones
Don't rush away
Rush away from your own ones
This old world is so cold,
Don't care nothing for your soul
You share with your own ones
This song really my soul🏴
I usually hate bagpipes but they sound perfect here. I always hate leaving Scotland...
Still makes my hair stand end. My funeral song
Just come across this 💙💙💙! Thanks Billy, you are one of the best 🤗💝
Still going strong big yin
This song & the way Billy sings it is amazing!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!
Mr. Connolly is brilliant AND He's touring Canada and Australia RIGHT NOW! Hope you manage to see him live. I'm going to do everything in my power to make it happen!
OMG this cover is briliant
pipes get me every time
Such a beautiful song from the world's best comedian! What a talent. Thanks very much for this up-load.
I just found this version and fell in love with it. I’d heard the original, as it was played in a video, and then this. With the help of a friend I managed to get an .mp3 version of it. YES!
Have to say, goosebumps
you sing well big yin,,,,,, all the best and love to you and your family your a true Scots legend.
Loved this song from the moment i heard it...i love IRELAND AND THE IRISH..
He's such a goony bird, when I'm sad I listen to him and I laugh till I cry. AND THE BAGPIPES!
loves ya big yin.x
Love that man loved by all
And the bagpipes. Fantastic!
Definitely!