The low quality audio actually makes it better. Amazing song

@johnwhynot5508

3 жыл бұрын

It sounds like he has bubbles in his throat

@theblackbaron4119

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnwhynot5508 It's the "magnetic tape dying on" you sound :D

@not2hot99

2 жыл бұрын

@@theblackbaron4119 I wonder if there is a higher quality one?

@Rollin_L

4 ай бұрын

@@not2hot99 There is a clean live audio recording in existence. I have it on an compilation CD titled "Wrap the Green Flag- Favorites of The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem."

@westonlong

3 ай бұрын

Reminds me of the Rob Tyner Grande Days video, which is worth a watch for the same reasons.

His smirk is just amazing. “ I think your dancing days are done”

@thomash642

10 ай бұрын

I think it is "Indeed your dancing days are done."

@solomonsimpson5217

4 ай бұрын

Agreed. That verse is the best and the smirk is the cherry on top. Where are the legs with which you run? When first you learned to carry a gun. Those words put me right back on Fort Benning. Georgia soil when I was 19. Running is everything to a soldier

This is not a song about the Irish fighting the British, it is a song about an Irishman back at home after fighting abroad in the British Army.

@ediri94

3 жыл бұрын

Irishman who fight With Kandyan Kingdom in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) during British rule era.

@nozecone

2 жыл бұрын

@@ediri94 Were there Irishmen in Ceylon fighting against British rule, or are you speculating? (Yes, I'm skeptical, but I'm willing to learn.)

@crankyticket6061

2 жыл бұрын

Let Englishmen fight English wars, It's nearly time they started oh!

@kylebalmer3396

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly its an antiwar song

@Wotsitorlabart

Жыл бұрын

@@nozecone No.

Tommy Makem is brilliant. RIP to all these boys. Legendary.

An alternate ending verse. They're rolling out the guns again, hurroo, hurroo They're rolling out the guns again, hurroo, hurroo They're rolling out the guns again But they never will take our sons again, No they never will take our sons again Johnny I'm swearing to ye.

@AMcGrath82

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. Powerful verse.

@jasonfurler5747

6 жыл бұрын

Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn. wonderful.

@stephanginther9051

6 жыл бұрын

I do love that verse, but personally I think the song should always end with the verse that, in stead of 'darl'n dear ya look so queer', it says 'darl'n dear your welcome here'

@nctpti2073

2 жыл бұрын

But they almost certainly will. War should always be avoided when possible, but there have been wars in the world that needed to be fought. An example, one referred to here by the narrator, the American Civil War. The South were fighting to preserve the right to withhold rights. And even after the North won, it took another hundred years for something at least resembling proper acceptance of racial equality and even today, that legacy and the damage it has caused remain, still causing damage. Another clear example, the Second World War. Germany had to be opposed. Had to be stopped. In the words of Kenny Rogers, 'Sometimes you have to fight, to be a man.'

The smile on his face!😂 "You'll have to be put with a bowl to beg" that's some twisted sense of humor, but, somehow I appreciate that.

I will forever be In Love of this type of man

The awesome accent of Tommy Makem makes me wanna sing like my grandfather! Respect from Bretagne, France.

So, this is where the melody for "When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again" comes from!

This is the best thing on the internet. The intro, the beat, Makem's cheeky smile...

The most dramatic & theatrical I’ve ever seen Tommy Makim…….beautiful.☘️🎶🎭

It is an angry song. Angry at the horrible disfigurement Johnny suffered while fighting far away from home, in a needless war in Asia. I'm an American, and good god my country could learn something from this song...we have so many young men and women coming home from needless wars in Western Asia missing arms, legs, eyes..just like in the song.

@krustball6716

6 жыл бұрын

Cassuttus yeah it’s about Johnny coming back to his lover badly disfigured after the battle of Sri Lanka

@Elevenski4

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe this cover by the Clancy Brothers intended that message, but the original version of this song was meant as a comedic song, parodying the hagiography of soldiers in When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again. It portrays the soldier as a philanderer who has an illegitimate child and mocks the idea of him “Marching” home when he is left limbless. Tommy Makem and co omitted the verse beginning “where are the eyes that looked so mild”, most likely because of the line “why did you run from me and the child?” which gave away the real message of the original song, that it was not about sympathising with soldiers but mocking the way they are idolised.

@Aogustanyan_Rep.

Жыл бұрын

The story takes place at the last days of the Kingdom of Kandy. The 83rd County of Dublin Regiment came to Ceylon from Cape of Good Hope. This time, the Irish soldiers suffered with mainly diseases killing them instead of the Kandyan Revolters. About 500+ Irish Soldiers died. The Third Kandyan War (The Great Rebellion of Ceylon of 1818) was British Victory due to the diseases mainly killing most Kandyans.

RIP to all these guys! Tommy makes this epic.

Still brings tears after all these years....

Too bad the audio isn't clearer, but Tommy's facial expressions are priceless! I've read all the comments, and I'm glad some people got it right about it being an anti-war song (as Tommy even says on one of their recordings). Awesome song by an awesome singer and a lovely gentleman as well. May he rest in peace.

Heartbreaking song.

ive never heard this version before. i usually listen to dropkick murphys version...but this is AMAZING!!

@MultiBeerme

3 жыл бұрын

As much as I love the Dropkick Murphys, it bugs me every time I hear them skip that line, "A darling dear, you look so queer".

Good song I live in athy co Kildare Ireland

Cant help notice Tommy gradually clenches his fists

Look at Makem hands when he sings this song.

3:07 to 3:35 gives me major goosebumps ... so powerful ...

Tommy Makem was so boss.

That's the great Robert Preston introducing Tommy Makem & The Clancy Brothers!

Yes, that's what is started out as. But music, song and the arts are there for everyone to enjoy and to be passed on through the centuries, changed and loved, by all sides.

Irish music sintonice with my soul in a way that i truly became a part of it. Thats more thqn perfect. That is pure.

We need to remember that even wars of independence have those who give all.

This song is for every family out there that had a young man never come home either from war or to the war of drugs sorry but I think of my brother that hung himself and makes me think if I ever knew him

These guys can't be beat, sorry.

@lagiwerr

7 жыл бұрын

Eli Selling dropkick murphys made the song much better ^^

@bluepit2021

7 жыл бұрын

I agree, its actually pre civil war, the one from the civil war has some different words

@billycaspersghost7528

6 жыл бұрын

It is not pre civil war snd it ,like many "Irish" songs describes the British Army and the fact that was made of upto 30%Irish.Why else are the talking about Ceylon,Flanders and Spain(version depending)

@felix2672

3 жыл бұрын

Don’t be sorry it’s true

Wow they make you feel this song ! 4 handsome guys singing like that , wooow I wish one day I meet a guy like any of this guys they look so proud and manly , really attractive

"Na Bole Tum Na Maine Kuch Kaha" - A Song Inspired From This Master Piece and I Love Them Both!!

@billfairchild3191

Жыл бұрын

This song is tied with 3 others for 1st place in the world's greatest anti-war song competition. The others are (1) And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda, (2) Flanders Field, and (3) When Margaret Was Eleven. 2nd place winner - Peter, Paul & Mary's Siul a Run (or the title might be Johnny's Gone for a Soldier).

What a time ... like something out of the mist and only a generation or two ago

When Johnny comes marching home again is the Americanised version of Johnny I hardly knew ye.

1:10 the song starts and ends at 4:00

Good lord this gives me major goose-bumps!

They look so heroic, like knights.

Really noble men! Awesome timeless song

Tommy's voice. Jesus.🌹

Lyrics: When on the road to sweet Athy Hurroo Hurroo When on the road to sweet Athy Hurroo Hurroo When on the road to sweet Athy A stick in my hand And a drop in me eye A doleful damsel I heard cry "Johnny, I hardly knew ya" We had guns and drums And drums and guns, Hurroo Hurroo We had guns and drums And drums and guns, Hurroo Hurroo We had guns and drums And drums and guns The enemy nearly slew ya And a darling dear You looked so queer Johnny, I hardly knew ya Ya haven’t a leg Ya haven’t an arm Hurroo Hurroo Ya haven’t an arm Ya haven’t a leg Hurroo Hurroo Ya haven’t an arm Ya haven’t a leg You’re an eyeless, boneless, chickenless egg You'll have to be put with the bowl to beg Johnny, I hardly knew ya We had guns and drums And drums and guns, Hurroo Hurroo We had guns and drums And drums and guns, Hurroo Hurroo We had guns and drums And drums and guns The enemy nearly slew ya And a darling dear You looked so queer Johnny, I hardly knew ya Where are the legs With which you run Hurroo Hurroo Where are the legs With which you run Hurroo Hurroo Where are the legs With which you run When first you went to carry a gun Indeed your dancing days are done Ah Johnny, I hardly knew ya We had guns and drums And drums and guns, Hurroo Hurroo We had guns and drums And drums and guns, Hurroo Hurroo We had guns and drums And drums and guns The enemy nearly slew ya And a darling dear You looked so queer Johnny, I hardly knew ya I'm happy for to see ya home, Hurroo Hurroo I'm happy for to see ya home, Hurroo Hurroo I'm happy for to see ya home Oh from the island of Ceylon So low in the flesh So high in the bone Johnny, I hardly knew ya We had guns and drums And drums and guns, Hurroo Hurroo We had guns and drums And drums and guns, Hurroo Hurroo We had guns and drums And drums and guns The enemy never slew ya And a darling dear You looked so queer Johnny, I hardly knew ya

So powerful

Война никогда не меняется. 21 век, а мы все переживаем это вновь и вновь... Всем мирного неба, друзья!

It may have been Irish to begin with but it belongs to all who will fight for freedom.

Many people sang this tune, inclunding myself. Never heard better than THEM !

Superb, I missed this video. Thank you so much for the re-up.

Loved it!

shivers down the spine!!

my brother jim used to sing this - miss him

i like dropkick very .. butt This is so real i velt it inside and im from Amsterdam

@blueskull3531

5 жыл бұрын

the amsterdamians dont feel. they veel. xD also butt. i usualy dont correct stuff but you realy made my day sir. xD

Thank you!

Woooow... ORiginal music videos... Powerful stuff

irish to the core....brutally honest !! Thanks....'61born living presently in a Lower Himalayan Valley in North India.

Beautiful

I like that song.

I heard this story at the Marine Corps base of Camp Lejune in the early '60s: In the Korean War, a marine machine gunner was separated from the rest of his unit and was about to be captured. The he played 3 bars of "When Johnny comes marching home again", and his fellow marines came to his rescue.

Indeed your dancing days are done...

Genious! :)

the hardest out to this day. absolute riffs

amazing

I love this song who wouldn't

@italiancat3786

7 жыл бұрын

Cody Wallace Satan wouldn't

Powerful😀

Bravo!!

It's a great song.

He had a wonderful smile.

This is the very best version i have ever heard,great!!!i believe in the irisch struggle for freedom

@hilariousname6826

2 жыл бұрын

This song has nothing to do with any "struggle for freedom": it's about going off with the British army on imperialist conquest and coming back maimed.

no se como es que amo esta rola

Only the BEST!

excellent a écouter !

Wow! This is by far the best version of this song! Although I wish I could a high quality version of this song Edit: I take that back I heard the higher quality version and this is better

"1963, Dinner with the President JFK" Damn ! oO

🙏my man who just passed was from County Letrum

epic !

Yeah !!!

what a great version w/out the Kinescope this would have been lost 4ever

Classic

great song in the military !!!!!

Fun fact! Ceylon = modern Sri Lanka

The one true thing about the Irish is this: They don't like to fight, much like anyone else, but if push comes to shove, they'll raise up and fight for what they must, whether it be in Ireland, in Ceylon, in Mexico, or in the US.

I wish I could give a comment multiple upvotes.

This song inspired Stan Jones to composse "Riders in the Sky" in July 1948

Holy crap... 50 years next year? :O

My God Just Found This

Agreed & I just realized that Tommy Makem is the thin guy that plays the flute. I am embarrassed, thought he was the big guy at the front...

Yes, it is.

This is good it’s the audio that’s creepy

The British weren't sending troops to Sri Lanka to fight for freedom.

@daylenconn282

5 жыл бұрын

Mike A it were the Irish fighting for the wrong country but they wanted freedom from the brits

2019 anyone?

@user-hk4ez2he2c

4 жыл бұрын

I am.

@keithhood5230

3 жыл бұрын

2020

tommy makem a true Co Armagh soul

What's so sad is that they used to teach the chorus only in grade schools, as if it were a pro war, "patriotic" song. This was done during the Vietnam War era. Shame.

@MeriDichter

10 жыл бұрын

Really? Wow... Then it's a shining example of taking something out of context in the most cynical way possible.

@kurth7477

10 жыл бұрын

since tommy makem originally recorded it the year vietnam started, id say he was playing it before the war. the song itself predates the war by at least 100 years. it was originally written in london in 1867, but is expected to be much older and from ireland. you may wanna read before you write

@MeriDichter

10 жыл бұрын

kurt h Dude, I know when it was written :) I meant that it was cynical to "teach only the chorus in grade schools as if it were a pro-war song".

@michaelbonyak1

10 жыл бұрын

i know that it definitely predates 1867. my family has passed down my 3rd great grandfather's journal dating to the civil war and it spoke about this song, just a version called when jonny comes marching home. but pretty much the same song just a few changes

@MeriDichter

10 жыл бұрын

Yes, you are right! Plus, it actually states on Wikipedia that the song was "first published in London in 1867 and written by Joseph B. Geoghegan" but actually is a traditional song. Probably "written" in a sense that he recorded a folk song that was well known in oral tradition. One of my favourite songs.

Hahaha thanks, man.

Jesus, this clip is as old as my dad lol

That smile he makes at about 2:10 is so classic. The Clancy Brothers were the original panty melters.

Comments are a bit unfair and uninformed. Tommy Makem (lead) was a fine singer and apolitical. The song is a commentary not a sermon.

You're right that the lyrics tells about this Johhny who has sacrifised everything in war. However, it should be said that this Johnny could be a symbol of Ireland. That thought for England at Sri Lanka; in a war they had nothing to do with. It is actually not certain that Johnny I hardly knew ya came before When Johnny comes marching home...I'm no expert, I just enjoy the music.

Irelands first folk metal band.

They knew well

The story I always heard was that an Irishman in the States seeing how distraught his sister was about her husband going off to the Civil War took this older original sad song and then re made it with uplifting happy verses to it. The song as it was originally sung like these lads do it, was more about the horrors of war. Didn't the Leprechauns disappear because they went off to war?

They would be old men in modern times

muito bom a musica e otima fantastico (em q ano foi isso)

@KauanZ06

3 жыл бұрын

1970 ou 1980 por aí!

This was a truly powerful anti- war song, or at least not glorifying war. In one version, Johnny's mother swears that she will never lrt them take her son to war again...He was so badly injured already. Me? I am glad that they took out Bin-Laden. Hats off to those special forces. And to the Marines who took Iwo Jima. I am not totally anti- war or Pacifist. I won't glorify war. Sometimes necessary. I miss the Clancy's & Tommy Makem.

Looking back I wonder if this was a warning or message about Vietnam

8 dislikes from 8 Brits

@brb224

8 жыл бұрын

+Cyrus Barber id say half brits half americans

@acybean

8 жыл бұрын

Hahaha I'm a Brit and I love this. Sorry to reply to a old post

@dancolukdc

7 жыл бұрын

Cyrus Barber problem with the Irish is they can't get over the past and treat all British people as if we condoned the British governments occupation of Ireland we didn't I didn't. I personally like the Irish don't have a problem with them shame can't be said about some Irish people.

@dancolukdc

7 жыл бұрын

Frank Warren Gambla no worries mate. I was being a girl

@stacyblue1980

7 жыл бұрын

hahah the host here is stereotyping like a mofo but-as much as he talks about freedom- lets remember this song is important to many- forget what the host says about freedom. Maken=m and the Clancys were very dear to me growing up and so many other people. Real stuff. From real fellas. Forget why they were there to do this wee show on tv. Johnny I hardly Knew Ye! ♥ So many died...still die...why? that was the question .