Glastonbury 2022 Ralph McTell " Streets of London" Acoustic Stage 

Probably the most beautiful song ever written

This has been covered a trillion times but it's never better than when it's in the hands of the master.👏

The sound of my childhood. Thank you Ralph.

I was in tears hearing the crowd singing his song - wonderful well done everyone

This is what the BBC should have broadcasted - not loads of acts that no one has ever heard of

One of the greatest songs ever written. It stands up there with "Starry starry night" and "Annie's song".

This wonderful song still has relevance today. Legend .

The tragedy is that this song is probably as relevant now in 2022 as when it was written. Whilst i will never tire of hearing it, especially from the master himself, wouldn't it be wonderful if the legacy of this song was that loneliness was a thing of the past like smallpox.

I find amazing that a poignant song with sad overtones has made me smile. One man & a guitar carries a relevant message that nearly all humanity has witnessed in some form.

Ralph will live forever with this song. Any young guitarist wanting to learn to fingerpick MUST listen to this song.

50 odd years later and still a class song by a class musician the likes of which does not exist today....

Ralph McTell never gets in the way of his songs. The simplicity and power of it brought tears to my eyes,. BTW, this is the first song I ever performed on guitar in public, at the age of 16.

first heard this song whilst on holiday in perth western australia in december 1974,it brought tears to all the english expats eyes,great memories

This man is a legend.

Absolutely great performance. Why won't the BBC show proper music like this

What a class act Ralph you still got 👍❤️👍

Still as good now as it was nearly 50 years ago. Ralph McTell's voice is just as good now.

Saw him at the Bottom Line in September 1971 and have loved him ever since. This is such a beautiful song .

Probably the nicest person in the business. Great to see him still appreciated more than twenty years after I met him in Doncaster and he spent absolutely ages chatting to just four people, representing three generations of fans. In the end, WE left him, apologising for keeping him so long after his concert. He told us there was no need to go yet, he'd be happy to stay longer. It's amazing to hear he still sings this better than anyone, with such feeling, after so many decades.

Ralph must have sung this thousands of times, but each time sounds as if it’s the first. He shows respect for his song and for his audiences.

One of my Dads favorite artists and he would play that song to family and friends over the years. Unfortunately he passed away recently so I'm listening to allot of Ralph McTell at the moment.

What a wonderful anthem , so special. Every time I hear it it’s like the first time.

There are no words……..❤️

Still gives me goosebumps. Love him and this one in a million song. Tks Ralph. ❤️❤️🥳🤗🇦🇺

Such an amazing song. I used to sing it at school. It really helped me feel empathy for others. It's amazing what music can do...

One of folk music's nice guys And still a great performer Jesus, we were spoiled growing up in the 70s

Amazing song , sung by an amazing singer .👏👏

What a gent , what a song , what a voice . what a pleasure to see him again after all these years. "Ralph Albert and Sydney " an album I never tyre of listening to. Thanks Ralph .

Listening to this since he wrote it, remember it every time I’m taking my own troubles too seriously. Bless Sir

A beautiful breathtaking classic song. 💚💐

This song will outlive many generations but it will still be very fresh and relevant to generations yet unborn 👍👍

One of the best songs ever .

I was welling up listening to Ralph and his backing band i.e. the audience, and I'm an Aussie..!

Just home from one of Ralph's concerts....fantastic night...what a voice, what a gentleman 😊

The audience sing along as if it was rehearsed. It was always in the background when I was a kid and was it seems for many others. Nice one Ralph.

The song is the bridge to my musical journey since my childhood. Thank you very much Ralph. ❤😊

I've seen Ralph perform so many times in my life, I'd half expected him to be a little less able in his later years, but here he is as wonderful as ever with voice and guitar. The first album I owned was My Side of Your Window - I still have it, along with a lot of other of Ralph's albums. One of my lifetime musical heroes.

I first walked the streets of london when I was twelve, I had run away from a tiny village,went into care and heard this song, amazing and thank you so much xx

I remember this song when I was living on those same streets of London for a few months as a newly arrived Canadian with no money and with no job in the early 70's. I stayed for almost 5 years, and yes I finally found work. Those were heady times and wonderful memories, thanks to great musicians like Ralph McTell,who made me feel less homesick.

Eek...I was a young man dashing around the streets of London..heading to concert after concert ~ Now I'm the old man & needing to heed his words now! Music is my saving grace 🙏🎧😍

My dad's favourite song. R.i.p dad x

This is the one. Rather amazing. Sitting here bawling like a baby. I can't explain it, but this song reminds me of something we've lost maybe.

In 1972 in D.C., Ralph was one of those English guys we loved along with Fairport, Pentangle and Steeleye Span. Right up there with all the other "singer/sonwriters" then....so many.... We were SO lucky to have the best then. Nobody since has attained the skill and magic they had. Ralph was the handsome guy then with the soulful solid voice and great guitar playing. It was perfect and fit in with all our Burrito Brothers, Grateful Dead, Byrds, Airplane favorites. What a time! Thanks Ralph.

Beautiful song just as good today as it was back then 🌹

Beautiful. Takes me back nearly 50 years and picking up a guitar for the very first time at school. Life was much simpler and uncomplicated then.

Quelle belle chanson ! thank you Monsieur Ralph Mc Tell

A junior school teacher of mine (Mr Hill) used to bring his guitar in and sing this song. It sounds indulgent, but it resonated with me as education then, and still does. Everyone needs to hear this song

The Master and his craft at work

Got to be one of the best songs ever written, well played and sung Ralph, never get tired of hearing and playing it Thanks. 😉

Beautiful, The master Ralph McTell, "Such a beautiful amazing song., and performance. "The lyrics say it all... Your vocals are amazing sir. Bless you..♥♥🧡💜🎸🎸🎸🙏🙏🙏

This brilliant song has stood the test of time and more relevent now than when it was written all those years ago ..Ralph McTell....

Timeless! As true today as it was when originally recorded.

One of the GREAT songs

The most beautiful song but also the saddest ❤️

Magic Mctell……….well sung girls……….what a treat from a legend……thankyou🇦🇺

My wife and I spent the festival running perimeter gates as part of the Oxfam team. I was walking to meet her at the Acoustic Crew Bar, and stopped to watch the last three songs of Ralph's set, leaning back against one of the big top supports, drinking it in, harmonising a bit... By the end of this, I was in floods. Just one of "those moments". Thanks for the video.

Beautiful song...' In a world that doesn't care..' how relevant this line in the song today. Homelesness indeed abound the world over that often times we don't seem to care. Thanks Ralph for your song's message

50 years old, something has to be right with this song. Timeless

Got goosebumps listening to this. Well done to all Ralph's backing singers AKA the Glasto crowd👍

Gosh, that's lovely, and when gets the girls to sing on their own, gasp... what a gorgeous song. I've sung it hundreds a times, including on the streets of london when I started out as a busker. Thank you Ralph, for a beautiful, ageless song.

This song makes me cry and get goose bumps. I love it so much..

One of the few songs you can play anywhere in the world and the audience will ‘always’ sing along.

Just class , makes my heart flutter.. Always has !

Beautiful! Ralph Mctell still has a great voice and the live version doesn't get any better than this.

a masterclass of a lovely song sung by a lovely musician with lovely people.

I would imagine that the audience singing along would be very moving for Mr. Ralph McTell. Beautiful performance.

timeless,everlasting tune.a song of lovely London.

Love the sound of the audience singing along. Never seen him live but it's a big regret although this song is one of the first I ever learned. Never grows old..

My wife and I saw Ralph in Stratford upon Avon quite a few years ago and he performed this - lovely bloke and a timeless classic

Wonderful song, wonderful unique singer. Thank you for all the music over the years Ralph x💗🎶📀

Love that they all sang along, beautiful moment.

Timeless, beautiful and moving

Just imagine being there in the middle of this. ❤

This song is so good! Sunday Apr 23, 2023

Such a great writer, singer and guitar picker.

Ralph McTell came along at the right time for me.....during my Folk period and spending years trying to learn guitar! "Streets" is a classic which sounds as fresh today as it did 53 years ago.

Had the greatest pleasure in meeting this wonderful man many years ago in Australia, absolute legend and a gentleman.

Wish I had written this. Nothing to do with royalties, all about the legacy. Masterful.

and what a beautiful guitar player he has always been...

When a songwriter sings their own songs it resonates!

This song has never been more relevant!!..more lonely, forgotten ,homeless people than there was back then!😪

pure class.....

Love his voice. Sings like a man.

This song, along with The Boxer, is what prompted me to pick up my mum’s guitar and start trying to play it. Nearly 50 years on, I’m still learning. Better than I was, not as good as I’d like to be. And the crowd sang along, knowing all the words - that is music. ❤

The centre of folk music is that "other folks will sing it too" - that's the way it's passed along and the message spreads. I would not dream to speak for Mr McTell but for me, at least, the audience singing along with a song that means something, or joining in the chorus of the drinking song (while endangering those near them by waving their glasses over their heads, sometimes) has always filled me with joy, even in the saddest song. I'll never take the stage at Glastonbury or fill a big venue, but stick me in some waterfront dive where all the patrons smell of fish and they not only know all the choruses but have experienced what we're singing about and we'll blow the roof off. And probably go home in tears too, but they'll be GOOD tears.

Loved to play this with my friends as an amateur folk singer back in the 70s, always brings a tear when I look back on those rose tinted days!

This is the first song that I remember being played on the guitar. My primary school teacher used to sing it while playing his guitar to us in class. I never grow old of hearing it and it takes me back to being 6 or 7

Simply wonderful Ralph thank you.

How fantastic,so simple, but just so bloody fantastic 👍

oh, this is fab, loving this live version

Still up there with best of Britfolk,well done.

I wanted to say a big thank you Ralph. You are the best 👍

In the late 60’s early ‘70’s Ralph was one of those artists who was at the vanguard of the acoustic folk scene. There were others like Bert Jansch, John Renbourne, Richard Thompson , Davey Graham to name but a few. They made you want to pick up an acoustic guitar and of course the song you HAD to learn was Streets of London. Roll forward a few years and whilst at university in York , Ralph came to do a concert. (1975)I had to take drinks to his dressing room but was met at the door by his brother who opened the door only slightly to take the tray off me and very politely thanked me. I was disappointed not to meet Ralph but learned afterwards that he was actually being sick from nerves. Of course his performance was great but then I saw this and it took me straight back. It’s a wonderful song and a legacy to a true artist

As others have said, just as relevant today as the day I first heard it. 50 years on this brought tears to my eyes especially when the women sang the chorus.

Beautiful moment

Absolute legend 👏

Sadly still applicable today, what a wonderful song by a wonderful troubadour.

Taught this to my Year 4 class in my first year as a teacher in 1981 ... kids love it.

I have always wondered what the world would be if each of us created one great piece of art. Well, Ralph did his part with this one.

He played the Whitla Hall at Queen’s University Belfast in , I think, 1972. Nothing changes. That mellifluous voice…and the guitar!!