This would bring tears to an onion. Just love where Luke turns his voice down and gives Barney his due. Even at the end Barney McKenna the first words spoken. Legends each and every one them. God rest them all.
That line about where the girls are all pretty and the beer is all free and there's bottles of rum hanging from every tree is definitely one of the greatest lines I've ever heard in a song!😀😁😂😄🤗
This is a great performance. There is sincerity and consideration on the part of Luke to not overwhelm Barney. Ronnie always had a deep voice. Barney could cut through him. Luke was very kind in this instance when he could have buried Barney.
There is another version of this on RU-vid, and a much older Barney is still singing. But the song has a fuller meaning to a man who is drawing nearer to his final sailing. Barney catches it perfectly.
Saw that version right before. The one you speak of is totally breathe taking. Barney catches that moment in such a baeutiful and meaningful way, I just can't find words for it. Gone with the breeze... RIP Barney...
Hear this almost every dag, with our five year old singing along and playing it on the keyboard. He’s a big fan of Barney and was really disappointed to hear he’s no longer alive. Instead he exchanged a few emails with John.
I love the dubliners more than my life -they are my life.For more than twenty years I visited their concerts. They are my life inspiration.Barney, you was my favourite------
This is the first time I have ever seen this clip, I knew Barney could hold a note but this is brilliant. Great to hear the old "rusty file" singing in the background!
First Heard This Wonderful Song Back In 1987 On A Cassette Tape Called "A Collection Of Sea Songs And Shantys From Around The World"! Bought It From Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum In Warrnambool Victoria Australia! Have Loved It Ever Since!🤗🧔🎙️🎸🎻🎼🎼🎵🎶🐠🐟🎣🚢⚓🇮🇪
My dad just passed and he fished every waking moment he could, an Irishman to the bone, loved the drink the sea and his wife of over 50 years, God bless and much love dad, hope some day to fish the rail next to you some day in fiddlers green.
There is something poignant in the way Luke acknowledges Barney as the singer, may those two friends rest in peace along with all the Original Dubliners.
there will never ever be a band as good as the dubliners they had it all, good bless them all... oops they never had it all the good looks were never there forthcoming lol but i still love them all R.I.P.
As I walked by the dockside one evening so fair To view the salt waters and take the salt air I heard an old fisherman singing a song Oh, take me away boys me time is not long Wrap me up in me oilskin and Jumber No more on the docks I'll be seen Just tell me old shipmates, I'm taking a trip mates And I'll see you someday on Fiddlers Green Now Fiddler's Green is a place I've heard tell Where the fishermen go if they don't go to hell Where the sky is all clear and the dolphins do play And the cold coast of Greenland is far, far away Where the skies are all clear and there's never a gail And the fish jump on board with one swish on their tail Where you lie at your leisure, there's no work to do And the skipper's below making tea for the crew Now when you're in dock and the long trip is through There's pubs and there's clubs and there's lassies there too Where the girls are all pretty and the beer is all free And there's bottles of rum growing from every tree Now I don't want a harp nor a halo, not me Just give me a breeze and a good rolling sea I'll play me old squeeze-box as we sail along With the wind in the riggin to sing me a song
@@АдамБреннан I am so sorry I never got to see them. I remember when I heard of Barney's death. It was the first and only time I cried over the death of a celebrity.
It would nice to see John Conolly (an Englishman born in Lincolnshire, and still alive and singing!) noted as the author of this this song. I suspect that he'd be honoured that people think of it as "traditional", but, still, it's good also to honour those who write great songs. Oh, and the Dubliners, spot on as usual :-)
Connolly is an Irish surname. England has plenty of Irish-Anglos.The same as Ireland has had a string of Anglo-Irish such as the Duke of Wellington, who made the point when being referred to as Irish that he was not because if he was born in a barn wouldn't make him a horse.
@@rapier1954 Here we go again. As I noted elsewhere, there are plenty of Irish people with surnames that originated in England. Does that mean they are not Irish? John Conolly (note the spelling) describes himself as coming from a long line of Grimsby fishermen (and women of course, who worked on-shore). Why are you determined to deny this and pretend he's something that he is not? btw. by your same methodology would you claim that Ronnie Drew might have been English? The idea is stupid.
@@andrewwigglesworth3030 Well there are plenty of people in England who have Irish roots and vice versa. After generations in any place say America for example people become part of the local culture that is a given. They would consider themselves to be American even though they have roots that originate elsewhere. The two concepts are not mutually exclusive just like some people can chew gum and walk at the same time although I doubt you are one of them.
The VIkings and the Normans were in England and Ireland hence you see surnames related to their presence like Drew. Whether his folks came via England or not is irrelevant.
