McAlpine's Fusiliers - The Ronnie Drew Group,{The Dubliners} 

Fucking legends, all of them.

I don't think we will ever again, have anyone like Ronnie Drew. He was a one off. His songs are badly needed these days. This is the earliest film that I have seen of him. His voice had such a hard texture, in the 60's, and early 70's.

R.I.P. Ronnie, my dad was a grafter for the fusiliers. And I am so proud to be London Irish. Peace n love for everyone

Ronnie Drew is a legend that will never be forgotten. The true king of Ireland.

Ronnie and I had a bit in common, due to our background in flamenco guitar. When Ronnie graduated from college he went to Spain to teach English, and while there he studied flamenco guitar. For many years he used his flamenco blanca guitar to perform and record. He was a good friend and I miss him and the other boys.

what a voice can't beat it luke kelly and ronnie are dead on a par fantastic singers, will always be missed

The anthem of theNavvies who built Britain and a good part of the U.S.A. It reminds me of my still loved and missed "Gramps" who after 20 years of graft for Wimpey,was rewarded by a fall from a cheapest tender,piss poor job of a Scaffold which gave way and crippled him,He died 18 mths later and it took a further 3 years before my Nan saw a penny from good old George.My gramps never expected anything but his wage,and a glass or two after work,and never bitched about his fate once! R.I.P. Gramps!

The coolest man who ever lived

You will never hear a voice like that again. up the Dubs Dubs and Ronnie.

RIP Ronnie,you were a true ledgend..he managed to make every song he sung his own eg-McAlpines Fusiliers and Finnegans wake etc..I will really miss him a true irish hero!!

I looked up a picture of him with no hair or beard and i'm not a shamed to say i cried. When i think of Ireland it's his voice that comes into my head.Him singing Donegal Danny brings back memories of men we also have lost at sea here in Norway.

I watch this video almost everyday....God bless Ronnie and the lads, I love them. Regards from Spain

proud to be Irish.

Unforgetttable Ronnie 's times singing!!!!

Usually I'm watching "newer" videos of the Dubs, so it's amazing to see such an old one here. Thanks for the great upload!

DAMMIT !! I can't get enough of this incredible piece of solid gold! The youth of them and the utter foundation of rock solid talent seen just in this one 2:21 work. Where is my time machine? Set a course for 1963 and this very day and place, to re-live it all again....!

RIP Ronnie and lukeandbobby what a outfit real musicians real songs ,amazing talent amazing voice,the good old days in our beautiful little country before it was spoiled forever by greed and foreigh influances

My grand dad and dad used to play all the irish songs now seen as a history lesson but then in the 60s it was then Irish men did work hard and drank hard and perhaps never got old as a result of this great men

I always thought Thin Lizzy got the idea for their dual guitar sound from steely Dan’s Reelin in the years, but now I know they got it from much closer to home - John Sheahan and Ciaran Bourke’s mesmerising dual tin whistle sound!

he had such a rich voice, hard to describe but just as hard to stop listening to

In memory of my dad. x

Without doubt the most unique and brilliant voice that ever existed.

Ronnie could also sing in Spanish and did so in a unique and wonderful way, and recorded at least one song in Spanish from Chile that I know of, and that was "Yo Vendo Unos Ojos Negros". My joke for many years has been if you are in an Irish Pub, and there is a Spaniard next to you who speaks English with a Dublin accent, then you know that he was a student of Ronnies! :)

This is glorious. Thank you.

Great song, sad because every word of it is true. RIP Ronnie, you were great

the audience was not prepared

great song! every word of it is true,my dad was of that generation of irish men working in england , i know through assocation!!!!!!!

Wonderful clip. Ronnie was my mum's absolute favourite singer. Such a distinctive voice...and a twinkle in his eye!

outstanding

29-year-old Ronnie Drew, amazing

Blessed gold. Pure and fine.

@machree01 And nearly half a century later Barney and John are still going strong with the Dubliners. Incredible. RIP Ronnie, Bobby & Ciaran though.

what a great man.. RIP Ronnie...

The Dubliners are so timeless but it is so interesting to see how young they are all in this clip. In their early and mid 20s.

Ronnie Drew, simple the BEST forever. R.I.P. Greatest Ronnie.

Fantasic.. best video on you tube. this is what it is all about.

Feckin brilliant

fook I love that guy and Scots/Irish music,,,, Vancouver BC Canada!! Thank you Ronnie. Celtic bros alive!

Nobody sings this song better than Ronnie Drew- suits his gravelly voice.. Personally this is the song I associate with him more than anyone else- like Luke Kelly Raglan road and Paddy Reilly - Fields of Athenry, Finbar Furey- Green Fields of France.

As a American with Irish roots this music just makes me wish I could leave it all behind and return home. If you want to experience the influence of the amazing Irish melodies just listen to some southern bluegrass. It hurts me so the strife the Irish have had to overcome. God bless em! I know I do.

this is an important document,

barney on the banjo, you've been there since day one. cheers to barney mckenna a true dubliner

Love that song!

Great singer the best I ever heard rip Ronnie gone but not for gotting 🍀🍀🍀

What a voice!

What a voice! And what a presence!

Such a nice old version of this great Song. Thank you so much! But appart of Ronnie I especially love John Sheahan playing in the backround there xD

I've worked with the Irish all over the world, great crack, great stamina, some of them are really clever, steel fixing, shuttering, concreting, no problem, seen many of them turn up on Saturday morning shift, straight from the night club in a suit and shirt, sound familiar? Also had my breakfast cooked on a shovel, no joke.

Lovely song!!!!

a long a long time ago let's goo

Another piece of my soul is gone. RIP Ronnie.

Absolutly briliant.

God blessed this man. He blessed us.

very great song

The ol fella loved this

Denis Ruane an the family in st.helens celebrated these lads the family parties we had, god bless ronnie an the dubs an the family

Gone ya boy ya Ronnie.See ye up there. I am a McAlpine's fusilier.I remember the day a piper played this as we got off the boat at Ardyne point,Dunoon(oil-rig site) with about 1000 Irish men marching behind the piper who was a Donegal man like myself.

Fucking incredible.

Excelente!!!

thanks for the memories

Man Ronnie's the most handsome and good looking man of the Group which is probably why alot of women and young girls fell in love with him

*cries* i wish i could have seen you in person, ronnie...just once

great song. Thanks for sharing this old golden piece ! :D

What a voice! Thank you so much for this footage!

Yes please, thank you so much for this

great man thanks for the music! rip

Thank ya!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Amazing document.

this is a great song. reminds me of my days in the regiment.

That's the best footage I've ever seen of Ronnie. Thanks for this!

nobody had a voice like ronnie

great vid... great vid!!

words dont cover it. what an amazing collection of videos. thank you so much for preserving this

Only found out Ronnie is no more ... and am well sad ... God bless you fella ... from Yorkshire ... Keep them entertained up there mate

Grazie mille bellissimo davvero

RIP Ronnie, a true legend

very good song

Great stuff - anymore as old as this ?? Thanks very much.

Joe Dolan, Christy Hennessy and now Ronnie Drew. I can't take this any more. Ní beidh a leithéad ann arís. Rest in peace Ronnie..

Nice one !! Thank you for sharing and thanks to sessnaxc for sending.

Sounds even better without stereo sound,

One of the Biggest Tributes to the Dubliners All thank Machree01 Injoy listening the song atm :D

Ronnie, you are a true Irish Hero, : Suresh

I was looking at Yahoo Answers Tonight and the topic came up about Ronnie Drew being Dead.I was looking at Reeling in the Years on RTE the Other Day set in 1965 and the Dubliners was Singing Seven Drunken Nights and on another Day it was Mc Alpines Fusiliers. I was thinking of buying their CD in Tesco.s Tonight as their Songs are Handy for Practicing on my Accordian. I am very Sorry to Hear the News of Ronnies Death. My Extreme Condolences to His Family.

More than likely they were already the Dubliners and not the "Ronnie Drew Group" by this point. This is a rare lineup of the group where Luke Kelly briefly left to study folk songs with Ewan MacColl and John Sheehan and Bobby Lynch joined. Lynch stayed a year and Sheehan never left.

I Grafted for MacAlpines a few times recently in Dundee.

Thank you machree01

I'm sorry to hear that :-( He came across as a decent guy and certainly a great singer.

I love Luke, first time i heard Irish Music

Yea yea yes. Just started

r.i.p.

Yeaaah, ronnie drew and shane macgowan did a lot of music together.

Oh my, this is an old wan

On both videos you'll see Bobby Lynch a forgotten member of the Dubliners in the early days, in "The Leaving of Liverpool he's singing together with Ronnie.

Seamus Ennis there in audience!

@paulgallagher13 I have an old Dubliner LP....IT SAYS Ronnie has a voice like gravel being crushed under a door....soooo true, and by God sooo good!!

@dannylavery Lord, dint now so many weregone,,,inc Ronnie & Luke....sooooo sad, but i remember some critic writing that Ronnie had a voice like coke being crushed unde a door.....kinda liked that , i bet he would too, God bless him...TG for U Tube, keepin it alive..

God ronnies young in dis

1963

that fucking voice

holy shit he sounds so different