My dad sung this song to me to get me to sleep and it breaks my heart every time I hear it. He passed away in 2011 I was only 8. Update 12/17/23 I now have a 2 year old daughter who I sing this to. ❤️ Thank all of you for your condolences, good wishes, and your own stories. ❤️❤️

@suehuxley4382

8 жыл бұрын

I feel so sorry for you

@mathteacher2651

8 жыл бұрын

+Soren B. what a great memory of your Dad.....one of the great things when people love one another.....the memory of their actions lives forever and warms our hearts.pass the tradition on to your children some day.

@sabernedjma66

8 жыл бұрын

i love this song ..sad

@tengericsillag7865

8 жыл бұрын

My dad died when I was 7... he was killed. I missed him so much.. ❤

@joeyderkach938

7 жыл бұрын

That is so sad.... yet so special. Hugs!!!!

One of the most unexpected moments in a film. Wonderful surprise.

@Christbepraised

5 жыл бұрын

Amen. Beautiful scene

@fredbassett6981

3 жыл бұрын

Agree totally , actually brought a year to my eye

@Stallion67

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly! Well said. It was a pleasant surprise.

@AHeroInHell

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly. As far as I can remember, I believe that that was the only time in the film that he spoke. A completely unexpected and genius move by the director.

One of the greatest scenes in movie history. Simply beautiful.

my father sang this song to me all the time he passed away with prostate cancer at the age of 57 I love you daddy always be lucky see you on the other side

@aimiehulme5364

5 жыл бұрын

Xxx ♥️❤️

@boonebright7833

5 жыл бұрын

helen scott W

@mrblack4660

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Helena

@marcusmajors6196

4 жыл бұрын

Anyone u love I think u can sing this to them. It's like a love letter. My father passed on 2016 and I learned of this as a kid watching Stir Crazy

@kevinj.k9466

4 жыл бұрын

Sorry to here about your father but we fit into there shoes as we grown older as the pass on .

That was my dad's favorite part of the movie. When I was little it use to bring tears to his eyes when it was on. Now that he's gone it brings tears to mine. Thanks for the post. I just went down memory lane.

@AlexandraSolovyev

9 жыл бұрын

Awww..... :,3

@jasonjay9632

6 жыл бұрын

Sorry for tour dad ,i Hope yourw dad stay in Heaven....

@boxinglegends6454

6 жыл бұрын

love5022 same here my dad used to sing it n now he's gone I find myself singing it

@supervillainJ

5 жыл бұрын

Lost my dad last week. Same boat buddym

@Mantis_Toboggan_MD.

5 жыл бұрын

RIP to your dad. He had a great taste in comedy films & a great taste in songs!

RIP, Erland van Lidth. Your song lives in my heart.

@AR-iy7oy

9 жыл бұрын

The gentle giant,truely missed.

@evelynoneal6834

9 жыл бұрын

Simon David Ecke

@jasonjay9632

6 жыл бұрын

In my heart todo rip ...erland

@kevingarry11

4 жыл бұрын

He was a great opera singer too i think

@caseyohara3201

4 жыл бұрын

he didn't sing the song. a man named Dorian Holley is the guy who sang it.

I learnt this song as a child, long before "Stir Crazy". This has to be the best take of it I have ever heard.

@davidminks4300

8 жыл бұрын

I totally agree gotta love it I'm just old school

@angelofdeath450

3 жыл бұрын

Johnny Cash does a great rendition as well.

@nickperez915

2 жыл бұрын

there’s also a decent version by Jerry Garcia and David Grisman

@leetlbt

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely I've heard all the other versions this is best one

I like the way he sang this song. Poor big fellow, may he rest in peace. Such a beautifully sung song.

one of those moments in a film that takes you somewhere else. can never forget this song by truly gifted voice. he is truly missed.

My Grandma use to sing this around the house all the time, and she still sings it now and she is 84...

Music transcends life. This amazing rendition is a clear example. Life is fleeting. Beauty in music knows no boundaries nor does it recognise death.

@orvillelowrie3997

Жыл бұрын

BEAUTIFULLY SAID I AGREE TO .GOD BLESS YOU..

the a Capella version is almost biblical in its beauty. so simple. yet filled with majesty

@ericcasas3347

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely.

@AZTEC-VAMPIRE-GOD1997

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

I'm only 12 so as you can imagine I'm not into this type of music but this was played at my Grans funeral last week because she always sang it. I cry every time I hear it now! I really love this song now and appreciate it so much and now every word makes sense to me, just like it did to my gran.❤

@trotterhorsewatsonjr.6668

4 жыл бұрын

Please accept my sincerest heartfelt sympathy on the loss of your gran...i never thought of that song for ones bereavement for a loss of a loved! And yet listening to it i now can see it!

@ryanmcl9578

3 жыл бұрын

Keep the head up kid, you are a we trooper and I'm sure you are doing your grandma proud.

@gallente4TW

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Amy, been 8yrs since your lovely post about your dear Nan. You're 20 now and I was wondering, does the song still get to you like it did at your Nan's funeral..?

@jward3444

2 жыл бұрын

@@gallente4TW it's been 9 now man

@jward3444

2 жыл бұрын

Funny how time flies

My father sang this song to all his grandchildren as they came along, my son included. My son, aged 30 sang it to his son, aged 10 months. This coming Monday I will be playing this song at my son's funeral.

@Dan4x2282

5 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry about your son ! R.I.P !

@anthonytadena4235

Жыл бұрын

Godbless you and your family, he's in the arms of Jesus and well taken care of. Do your best to keep the Faith always, Lord knows the depth of your agony, just like his son nailed and body broken by this fallen fallen world. Godbless you all😑✝️🏡❤️🙏👍

@mayhill6210

9 ай бұрын

I'm so sorry for your loss

@Lucifer-hr3od

7 ай бұрын

God speed to your son

my tears running if i listen this song, cant hold it

@PunchDrunkLizzy

4 жыл бұрын

Same.

The image of the hard, incarcerate tough guy, just seems to disappear once Grossberger starts to belt this ballad in Stir Crazy, Love it.

Played this at my fathers funeral back in July!! R.I.P. Danny Plug Haynie!! 1938-2019❤⚘

That man had a great voice and the way he sang it just made my heart melt I cried so much when I heard it the first time my dear departed wife died nine years ago right after she died I saw that movie and I cried my eyes out I cried so long I didn't have any tears left to cry but everytime I hear that song reminds me of her she was just a wonderful woman God sent her to me that's why it worked we were married 13 years never had a fight that's what was so perfect about it God is a perfect matchmaker he got us together and now she's gone I think God that I have 13 great years with her the best 13 years of my whole life no I live alone I listen to that song and it brings tears to my eyes now because my mom just passed away two years ago I don't think I can ever be happy again but I know the Lord will make me happy when I go to heaven then I get to see my mom and my wife again

This song touches a lot of people

@votehuss4833

8 жыл бұрын

If it touched me I'd report it!

@sineadmcelhinney5727

8 жыл бұрын

+Vote Huss ha

@gregoryhoward6571

7 жыл бұрын

just magic

@felix64able

6 жыл бұрын

It does, I hear it in my heart, in my soul...aching for a love lost!!!

@InkoIning

6 жыл бұрын

This shoots me back to 1997 when I watched this on VHS. That was the era of VHS tapes and video rental stores. I haven't watched Stir Crazy when I was a kid in the 70's. Sweet memories of bygone days.

This song has more than once eased my stresses and pains over the years. When I was younger my dad would whistle and sing this to me when I was upset or sick and every bad thing in the world seemed to go away. Today is his 52nd birthday! He’s my idol and my hero. One day I hope to sing this song to my son.

This feels so warm. It has this feeling that’s so hard for me to pin point because it’s so rare. It has soul. It’s warm. It’s saturated. It’s calm. It’s love.

I remember this song when watching the movie Stir Crazy. It was such a soothing song back then and still remains so to this day.

I sing this to my baby girl layla, I amend the lyrics to fit her name in. She is 4 and loves it, but quite often I can't hold back the tears. I love u baby x

Rewatching this after seeing Stir Crazy on the TV (always loved that film). I’ve fallen out with my mum and we were always so close. Can’t stop thinking about her after listening to this, especially when he says “put your arms round me, give my heart ease”. Wow. Crying x

I used to sing this song all the time when I was down for about 2 years, Everyone in prison is not bad people, Just made a few mistakes in life along the way. This is a great song, I love it

He has such a beautiful voice that matches this song so well.

Beautiful..... Jus beautiful Grossburger

I cried as a kid when I heard this song my mother loved it... It was her favourite version of the song she passed away a few years back and now everytime I listen to this it breaks my heart and reminds me of her I know I'll see you again mom love you

worked at birmingham jail in the uk and this song makes me think of the good and the bad times and reminds were all human just with different experiences of life

@brummieovuk6139

3 жыл бұрын

Ive been in Birmingham, jail uk as inmate late 80s early 90s n remember writing this to my woman n sang it often,, ha nowhere near as good as it sounds in the film tho,,

That guy actually sang the song. He was an opera singer that was taken from us at a relatively young age. Such a beautiful voice! Rest in peace and comfort knowing you have a song for the ages!

My dad, when I was little, would sing this to me as a lullaby. I plan to do the same for my children one day. Update: My little boy is 6 months old. I sing this to him often to get him to sleep. He smiles as I do. I’m playing this right now to get him to sleep on a long car ride. It’s working 😂

My Mom use to sing this to me when I was a little kid. So many memories.

@bobc1844

6 жыл бұрын

I know... My Mom did too.

Only song in the world that puts my 20 month old to sleep. It's currently 2.15am and it's sending him back to sleep, great song.

Such a soulful voice brings tears every time I hear it RIP big man

This old ex-con remembers this song from my youth ... well over a half century ago ... Sounds like this oerson has walked the walk ... Sometimes, sung plainly is the most beautiful way .. well done my friend ..

My dad had this at his funeral love it although it brings me to tears everytime I hear it

My dad always used to this to me at bedtime when I was very young and it always makes me feel really emotional when I hear it.

my dad used to sing me this song when I was 4 or 5. he taught it to me before he died 8 years ago and I've never forgotten it. my dad was the one who encouraged me to sing. he honestly had one of the most beautiful voice I've ever heard and I can still hear him singing along to this song as I'm listening to it

My father and I watched this movie whenever it played on TV. We'd both have tears in our eyes during this scene. Its sung so beautifully. Movies today rarely move me like the classic. Gene and Richard had an undeniable chemistry onscreen.

My husband use to sing me this song when I was troubled and it would soothe my nerves. He passed away 4 years ago and hearing this breaks my heart but soothes me as well.

I literally play this all night every night for my son. Its the only way he will fall asleep. Its like a trigger now. If I even start to him it, he gets sleepy!

@Wildmanjdog69

9 жыл бұрын

I usually sing this to my children while getting them to sleep. I usually change some of the words tho

thats for you Gene.

@johnnyreality

8 жыл бұрын

RIP

@rlindt7775

7 жыл бұрын

johnnyreality u

it's a beautiful song. real Americana there are still places in this beloved land where this song is sung

@burnstv280

5 жыл бұрын

michael vasquez except it’s an Irish song haha

@Jcolbert123

10 ай бұрын

​@burnstv280 It sounds Irish alright... but no. It was written about Birmingham, Alabama and is infact an American folk song.

Who's here in 2024 still listening to this masterpiece

@Danny123a

13 күн бұрын

I am, and it still makes me cry every time 😢

Best singers of the 20th century: Sinatra, Pavarotti, Grossberger, Wonder, & Vinton. Men who touched us through song.

When my daughter was three days old I was trying to come up with a song that would be “ours.” Out of nowhere I started singing this. I don’t know how but I remembered all the words. Now, all these years later, if I start singing it, she is asleep by the third verse.

I looked this up on IMDB. Erland van Lidth actually sung this. They used a pre-recorded track that he sung for the film. Talent.

@ACERAMGAD

8 жыл бұрын

+iha asc Yes very cool!

@lazur1

8 жыл бұрын

+iha asc From imdb / Erland Van Lidth / trivia: "His actual voice wasn't used for the song, "Down in the Valley" in the film. Due to the SAG-AFTRA strike in 1980, he wasn't able to record the song himself, so they used the pre-recorded track to which he had sung the song during the filming in the final print of the movie." Some of this is confused, even contradictory. Translation: EVL was singing at the filming, not on-mic, but along with a track that included the track's original vocal, to get a precise lip-sych. "His actual voice wasn't used...he wasn't able to record the song himself." The singer on the track, uncredited on the film: Dorian Holley, best known as a backup singer for Michael Jackson in 1987, but an unknown 24year-old when the film was made. (EVL was a bass-baritone, this performance is in the tenor, (Holley's), range.)

@johnbauman4005

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for clearing up all the BS. I have the vinyl soundtrack and Dorian Holley IS the one whose voice you hear singing. I wish idiots who have no clue wouldn't spread misinformation like it was the gospel. DH also served as a voice coach on American Idol for awhile.

@howardstark

4 жыл бұрын

@@johnbauman4005 Wow! I saw "Stir Crazy" when I was quite young (around 9 or 10?; now almost 47) and never knew the film had a soundtrack! Holy Cannoli, if I had known this sooner, I would have learned the complete version a loooong time ago. Damn it, why'd that scene have to be so melancholy; but so beautiful at the same time? KHAAAAAAAANNNNN! *shakes fist at the sky*

God bless him, this song makes me cry :)

I can still remember when I heard this the first time it was really nice to hear it and it also reminds me of my mum but she passed when I was 7 and that was 12 years ago

Remember watching this great movie as a kid. Can always see the laughter on my parents faces of the leg scene in the jail cell and the movie overall was iconic.. Those days we're beautiful when people we're real honest good human - being's, now 40 yrs later whenever I see this movie on TV it brings me right back. Rip mam and dad love you always until we're reunited again 🙏 🕊 🕊

Beautiful song , it made me cry , Im feeling really blue .

I'm only 26 but i heard this song in stir crazy when i was a kid and it was on tv one day.. i've been singing this song to my 5 year old since he was born. Beautiful song.

RIP Uncle Orv. Thank you for everything you did for us. Patience of a Saint. Love ya man!

NOW THAT IS TALENT!!!!!!!!! You can tell this man FELT those words and I am not ashamed to say it brought me to tears! :-) I wish more "artists" now days sang with this much "heart and emotion"!

I remember my father singing this to me 70 years ago.

There is no instrument that can outdue the beauty of this acapella... 🙏🏻

Thank you for this video. This is the version my mother sang to me when I was very, very young a very long time ago. I can still hear her voice singing it to me.

Most people don't know this, but this song is referenced in the hunger games book, it was cut out of the movie. When peeta tells the story of his favorite memory of katniss, he talks about her singing the "valley song". Many fans think that this is it.

@erinkaufman6363

2 жыл бұрын

It is. "Songbirds and Snakes".9

My mother used to sing this to me as a child. I've moved across the world and barely get to talk with her anymore and she suffered vocal chord paralysis a couple years ago and it's difficult for her to talk for long periods of time or sing at all. Sometimes when I'm feeling sentimental and missing her, I think back to when she sang this to me. I would have asked her to record herself singing it for me but obviously she can't. No other version I've found comes close to the way she sang it - this version is pretty much spot on and has washed such a wave of nostalgia over me. Thank you for sharing!

@orvillelowrie3997

7 ай бұрын

SUCH A WONDERFUL MOMENT IN MEMORIES TO HAVE I LOVE THIS OLD SONG TO IT'S GREAT...

RIP GENE WILDER 😭😭

When this song was sung in the film, it was sad, peaceful etc. Then that was all crushed when the next scene was at the strip joint.

@ciara98208

7 жыл бұрын

Umut Senik sorry to burst your bubble but it was just a bar.. beautiful song, beautiful voice.

man, I was 13 when I saw Stir Crazy and THIS is the moment I most remember from it. Even as a 13 year old I remember being stunned to hear this beautiful voice coming from Grossberger and by this suddenly unexpected, poignant and hauntingly beautiful moment in that movie.

Such a beautiful song it has always made me cry .I first watched this when I was 10 and watched it with my father regularly growing up. Such a funny movie with a very beautiful sad heartfelt song.

I grew up with this song, my variation is not far off from this. To me the best rendition and close to how I know it. :)

@charmedangel01

8 жыл бұрын

my dad sung this to his 5 kids such a beautiful song, Miss him he died just over a month ago

@SlaymanSFX

8 жыл бұрын

Sorry for your loss Helen. Im glad you have these memories.

@charmedangel01

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you

I was playing this tonight on my new Fender Accoustic Guitar My beautiful lady got me for xmas. When I finished, the phone rang. It was my father telling me that Gram just passed away in the hospital at 97 yrs old. Although I weep, and it is our loss, comfort comes in the thought that she suffers no more and is with the good lord! Rest in peace Gram, we all miss you already!

Great song and sung well I am 77yrs ole now but I lot me father when I was 7 and my mother when I was just 9 this song is sad but for some reason makes me think of those very short yrs I had with mum and dad. I sing along with it and even wrote a version using that tune about a lady I once loved. always I end it in tears but still I love it.

Saw Grossburger sing this in Stir Crazy when I was 5, I sing it to my baby daughter over 30 years later and it never fails to knock her out. Beautiful. Thank fuck.

@caseyohara3201

4 жыл бұрын

he didn't sing the song

Such a simple song but so great.

To the 182 that gave this a thumbs down you're either deaf or need to be monkey stomped till you're deaf. Hands down The best version of this song period! Rip

There are no disputes: Erland Van Lidth sang it using his impressive musical operatic background. 'Nuff Said

@ZainThisIs

5 жыл бұрын

sounds like Gene to be frank. Think Willy Wonka boat ride, thats his vibrato, not Van Lidth's powerful operatic voice. It even looks as though he is lip syncing here, though that might just be for cinematic purposes of clarity and what not.

@burnstv280

5 жыл бұрын

This is Zain yeah. You wrong doe

@caseyohara3201

4 жыл бұрын

he didn't sing the song and nor did gene.

this song has been in my head since the 80's and this first time in years since i heard it, from the heart i dedicte to dear Ingrid

My dad used to sing this to me when I was little

Hauntingly awesome!! Great film made more memorable by this heartfelt rendition of a traditional folk song. Perfect.

Wow, you know this is such a stark contrast between most of the music nowadays. Beautiful song with real emotion. I love it.

What a beautiful song

My father sang this song to all of his children I haven’t heard it in so long. My father left us all when I was 4 and I’m sobbing hearing this song again ❤️‍🩹

What you just heard was the voice of an angel. R.I.P Erland. May you continue singing with other angels in God's kingdom.

My dad used to sing this to get me to sleep after my uncle passed away from cancer. 10 years later, this year cancer took him too. Now he's gone and I have no one to sing me to sleep.

fell in love with this song, its just Amazing

In 2015 my uncal died and this was sung at the chapel I miss him very very much sweet dreams uncal jerry love ya xxxxxxxx

First came across this song in Stir Crazy as a kid and even then it caught you off guard. This song is moving in a way that is hard to describe. It brings back sad but welcome memories of my father and times long past but remembered fondly, thank you for uploading.

You know word's can't describe how this song make's my heart feel after two tour's in Viet Nam 68/71.

@scottpeck4432

6 ай бұрын

God bless you my brother Veteran.

i first heard this song back in the 80s.i was so moved by the song ive heard it sung country and western style the absolutely strangled the song leave the song alone? no one can sing this song no matter what top artist tries emulate the voice of erland van lidth it just wont work this is a one of a kind

@caseyohara3201

4 жыл бұрын

erland didn't sing the song

Gets me everytime. I have heard this song hundreds of times, and it still gets me..

Hauntingly Awesome! I LOVE IT!!

My grandma hummed this song all of my life and I've finally found the full thing I sing it daily now

I told my wife if i kick the bucket to play this at my funeral. To all those that this song resonates to ❤️

I used to sing this song to my daughter she loved the song Now she is married children And I have 7 grandkids how time flies 💯

Great Voice, perfect for the tone and range. Some songs such as this, explains the one hit wonder curse! Like acting and the curse of stereotyping! The public can't see or hear the singer or actor, writers other works! The voice was perfect for the song!✌😎✌

@meebrbey

3 жыл бұрын

The man singing this song is Erland Van Lidth, the actor who played Grossberger in the movie Stir Crazy ..he was also an opera singer ..he died in 1987 from heart failure at the age of 34

This has to be the best version I've heard of this song his voice is so haunting

Thanks for having this here @makethem squeal! Such a special, memorable song! The first time I heard it was when the movie came out and it stuck with me! So haunting and beautiful! I know he's singing in heaven now!

this song always brings back sad memories of when i was a lot younger and locked up in winson green jail, (birmingham england) spent a good part of my life there. im now married with children , i just pray to god they dont make the same mistakes i made when i was younger!. xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

#RIPGeneWilder Song from the film Stir Crazy.

What a song...just meditate on this for the duration of it and you will see the lyrics ever so clearly. Classic!

anyone watching in 2020 show some love

@tinyplanet_360

4 жыл бұрын

watching today

I don't know about anyone else but I still like this song. "20"

Very pretty song, and very good job singing it. Wish there were more singers and songs like that.

Thanks to a tiktok vid less than 5 mins ago. I have found a a new addiction of a song to learn, wow

what a beautiful singer such a soft voice from a big man a cuddly man

Great song,great voice,great thanx to person who share it,wonderful!!!