... anyway, you get the general idea.
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Sunday, 25 June 2017 13:28 (six years ago) link
... very much part of that subgenre identified by Billy Connolly of songs about being far away from Scotland being sung by people who are still in Scotland.
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Sunday, 25 June 2017 13:36 (six years ago) link
I.bumped the hiberno thread only this week. Must be the weather
― quet inn tarnation (darraghmac), Monday, 26 June 2017 14:47 (six years ago) link
This is the song I was looking for, but it's not remotely the performance I am looking for:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjAB1bUMV4I
― _Rudipherous_, Sunday, 24 December 2017 20:49 (six years ago) link
was it the shirley collins version? it's on anthems in eden, which is perfection from start to finish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGabYHdNvnM
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Sunday, 24 December 2017 20:52 (six years ago) link
https://g.co/kgs/Y77dkBMellow Candle to thread
― calstars, Sunday, 24 December 2017 20:53 (six years ago) link
The performance I've been trying to locate all these years has a distinct bitter-sweet tone to it, which I find lacking here.
x-post No, not that one. That's a different song I think.
― _Rudipherous_, Sunday, 24 December 2017 20:56 (six years ago) link
The one I'm looking for is beautiful, absurd, mysterious, and sad. Maybe some day I will rip it from cassette and post it online somewhere. I'm pretty inept at that sort of thing.
― _Rudipherous_, Sunday, 24 December 2017 21:00 (six years ago) link
"The Broom A' The Cowdenknowes" is great. I've heard it (possibly in other versions) but did not know its title.
― _Rudipherous_, Sunday, 24 December 2017 21:05 (six years ago) link
Oh, this is good too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Paq4pLs9L4M
― _Rudipherous_, Sunday, 24 December 2017 21:09 (six years ago) link
This song reminds me of my childhood *sniff*
(Not trad. arr. but written by Roy Williamson, what a talent)
So many of these posts have disappeared, YouTube has no heart! I assume I originally posted this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AaizmzAE4E
― Whiney Houston (Tom D.), Friday, 12 January 2018 16:16 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ7oYCx6tBw
― khat person (jim in vancouver), Friday, 12 January 2018 17:25 (six years ago) link
https://youtu.be/i-u7yPTDOQ4
― laurel or hardyhearin (darraghmac), Sunday, 10 June 2018 06:21 (five years ago) link
stupendous to me
― laurel or hardyhearin (darraghmac), Sunday, 10 June 2018 06:22 (five years ago) link
Christ, that damn near broke me.
― The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Sunday, 10 June 2018 09:01 (five years ago) link
That setting is exactly what I imagine for the song. It's just a little too intricate, I prefer more straightforward versions, my favorite is still The Clancy Brothers, slightly ahead Dubliners and Pogues. I just realized Ed Sheeran has sung a version... I'll let others listen to it.
A favorite of mine has been the recent version of O Love is Teasing by Rhiannon Giddens. It speaks deeply to me (as a man).https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgrkEIldnV4Jean Ritchie had a splendid near a-cappella version too.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrM5iXZQb5A
― Nabozo, Sunday, 10 June 2018 11:51 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDlMpIkApc4
― Alma Kirby (Tom D.), Wednesday, 31 October 2018 00:38 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN9Y3ChP1go
― mick signals, Wednesday, 31 October 2018 04:32 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOMC4lqh1aI
― britain's secret sauce (seandalai), Sunday, 15 December 2019 21:03 (four years ago) link
"Now fare-ye-weel, my ain John,This warld's cares are vain, John,We'll meet, and we'll be fain,In the land o' the leal."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F0QoeGvSTQ
― Eggbreak Hotel (Tom D.), Thursday, 31 December 2020 15:24 (three years ago) link
You can't beat the old favourites.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=482C-WQsk4o
― The First Time Ever I Saw Gervais (Tom D.), Sunday, 15 October 2023 18:17 (six months ago) link