This song is a favorite of my brother's. He has dementia now. It is one song he sings, and still knows all of the words. Every time I hear it, my heart breaks a little more." Please don't go, please don't go..." But he is going, and no way to stop it, even though he's still here physically. It is one song he has chosen for his memorial. Love this song, this rendition of it, love my brother. So sad and beautiful at the same time.

@markdirenna159

2 жыл бұрын

There is a healing in music like no other. The best to you and yours.

@hermanbotha1444

Жыл бұрын

I can understand your emotion about this very well. Dementia is cruel condition. Still with you but also not with you. I think of you. And hope that your fond memories will carry you through.

@carolmorton7213

Жыл бұрын

I am so sorry that your brother is weakening - but if you gonna remember just ONE song, this is a good choice. God bless you and yours.

@TheSolarsen

Жыл бұрын

so good

@Paulrodgers1975

5 ай бұрын

God bless you it is truly a cruel illness x

Liam’s Irish accent with Tom’s American accent adds so much to the song. A universal song.

I came looking for Tom's original take, early 60's. I stumbled upon this instead . Aye, it's bringing me tears. Thank ye.

Happy St.Patrick's day with good whiskey and music, both at the same time.

Two of the finest folk singers in the whole of this world joined forces on stage and this is the result , absolutely divine. Thanks for posting

@bertal.rahmey457

7 ай бұрын

😂100 percent Agreed!

@charliekucharski2079

7 ай бұрын

Absolutely two of the best ever. Glad they could get together.

This is one of the best versions I've heard... The chorus needs harmonies! And to hear the audience singing along in the background is lovely ..

@TheCowboyangelshorse

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I love it also so much.

I sang this Song at my late Wife's funeral without crying, in my mind, I was looking at her healthy, leaving this World and the Cancer behind.

1968 - Paris. Tom Paxton blew us away.

I was in an audience singing along with him in 1981.

I was 14 in Hawaii when I learned this song. Begged my parents for a guitar. Love this and Tom’s emotional tonal quality.

Beautiful, reminds me of the Bitter End in New York City. A great place to see and hear the greats in Folk History.

When Liam sings “Please don’t go...” that’s when I lost it. We’ll never see his like again.

Gets better every time I watch

Beautiful song and beautiful rendition by two legends. I hope nobody minds me saying, as Tom is an American songwriter, but there is such an Irish feel about this song.

This is my favorite version. Liam and band are wonderful and Tom is so great. It moves me.

I love how everyone knows it and is singing along. Just gold. Thank you.

Only when old age comes a calling is it accompanied by such a tune. Come on in old friend, I've been expecting you.

Always loved this song. Haven't listened it for some time. Beautiful rendition. Two of my favorite old folk singers.

@bertal.rahmey457

7 ай бұрын

❤😢

Every time I hear this song, I'm back in college in 1966, wistful, with my whole life ahead.

@drjawn

4 жыл бұрын

and look at you now (another old new englander)

@hannah4peace

3 жыл бұрын

Me too. So innocent i was. And surprisingly not wrong about how to live. Wish i had had more confidence.

This is real music. Love it. What a wonderful evening that must have been.

My down's daughter was peeling onions for me and we were listening to this song and in no time at all she was in tears, not from the onions but crying for her best friend whom we had to leave behind when we changed countries. I'm not at all sure that she understood the words so I think that this must be a very powerful song.

Tom Paxton is so much underrated.

Still magic after all these years......thanks🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇦🇺

Last thing on my mind is one of the saddest songs I have ever heard. I can't listen to it or sing it without tears coming to my eyes.

There was a period in the early to mid 60s when heartfelt songs like this were produced by so many artists almost all the time. I only came to appreciate them years later, as i was too young at the time. I wonder if the 60s will ever be repeated? Hope so.

This song always gives me chills - wonderful to say the least. Love the fiddle break - a thing of beauty for the ears and soul.....(:-)

@roomens8356

Жыл бұрын

Yes indeed, the fiddler is magical...coz he keeps the melody line "low". It's what I tend to do on my diatonical harmonica.

One of the first songs Ah ever sang in front of an audience, still love it.!!

A great timeless song, beautifully performed by Tom Paxton & Liam Clancy

What a beautiful duet they make. I grew up listening and going to see both men and wish I had known of this version for my father. Today is his Yahrzeit. Three years. I am so thankful he and my mother introduced me to such incredible music.

@alangoldman4906

Ай бұрын

Chaim aruchim

Wow, what a beautiful song, what emotion, kudoos Liam n Tom, God bless you both

Fantastic rendition that. My Dad used to play this on his guitar when we were kids.

All of us from that era can’t help but to join in. The voice of our generation and I had the good luck to see Tom in New Haven a few years ago. If only to see both of them!

For my late husband. Dan 1972 to 2008. Life was unkind but you could not have me better if you had not loved your country more. I finally understand. We will meet again

A beautiful song, one of our favourites - still have the lp - hard to listen to now my lady left me 12 years ago. She died.

@hannah4peace

3 жыл бұрын

So sorry

l'arrière garde de l'authenticité merci pour toute ces créations émouvantes

Man, I played in a band with my cousin and he used to always play this. He was killed in a motorcycle accident 9 months ago and I miss him so much. Love you Ry Guy! This brings back the memories

@TheCowboyangelshorse

6 жыл бұрын

Dear Conor, it is a sad moment for you to listen this song again.

I don't know how many times I have listened to this two great artist n still listening n the Fiddler is just super great.

A great blend of American Folk music and Irish Traditional

Beautiful version of this classic and music as its purest...TIMELESS

Tom Paxton writes the most meaningful lyrics of all

@bradleyandcompany44

6 жыл бұрын

donegal donny

@Deerclan100

6 жыл бұрын

That would be the reason so many other artists sang his songs.

Just saw Bruce Woodley 'The Seekers' sing this great song. He was 74 this week. Great artist as well

Unexpectedly stumbling over this great song sung by Tom and Liam, after many years of it being such a familiar and favourite one, has stopped me in my tracks. Listening to those words and that melody anew suddenly made me sob with abandon. My dIfferent personal circumstances now give those evocative words a depth of meaning they never approached before. Every line hits home and hurts. Thank you Tom. The crying has been a good thing.

@ratnashakya3178

6 жыл бұрын

A moving tribute...

@tuforu4

6 жыл бұрын

watch layla mccalla... or watch battabox .all on youtube..

@michaelcurtis9461

6 жыл бұрын

Ann Norman The Seekers do a fantastic rendition as well.

@johnboyle3297

6 жыл бұрын

Ann Norman funny how songs like this change our perspective as we age. At 16 this was a nice folk song to sing yet at 60 it makes us think how we’ve been opened up to the vicissitudes of life. Tears my love can be rather cathartic.

... Ha là : je suis scotchée! d'avoir retrouvé cette merveille! j'ai connu Tom Paxton (casquette sombre sur la vidéo) au campus de Jussieu: "La vieile herbe", les soirs de folk Américain ... Emotion, emotion, quand ca vous tombe comme ca sans prévenir ... G.Alwrigth l'a souvent traduit ensuite! Merveilleux Tom, copain de Woody Guthrie (entre autres) ... mes 20 ans!

@mbjsrl

7 жыл бұрын

ah les mercredi soirs dans les années '70 Boulevard Raspail, les soirées hootnanny, Bill Keith, les Bluegrass Connection, Dick Annegarn, Marcel Dadi e Maxime LeForestier, j'en ai les larmes aux yeux...

The best song from a brilliant writer/singer.

ooohh..this goes so straight and deep. what a poetry and musicality..high culture..irish !

Just found this site and suddenly was back in the forties! Good feeling!

Brings tears to my eye. So full of memories !!! Wonderful .

@janosjuliana6912

6 жыл бұрын

alan mckenzie @ gmail perhaps

@janosjuliana6912

6 жыл бұрын

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One of the best songs in the last hundred years (give or take).

WOW! I forgot all about this song; just so beautiful. And it means so much.

this music is timeless

Liam throwing in a harmony or two for good measure ...a true Legend

So beautiful, 2 great singers...

Adore this song, and this version is just sublime. What a song writer and what performers - pure joy for such a bittersweet lyric

This just makes me feel good. I love these guys.

This is the first time I heard this song since the 60s when Charlie Pride recorded it. Very moving.

I love the whole audience singing along, so easily and naturally. Beautiful video.

"Last Thing On My Mind".. An iconic song which, sung by 'any' artist, brings to mind a time when life was simple, and songs were calming. Great rendition. Sept. 2016

@johnbaughen4869

6 жыл бұрын

Angee Corea q

@drjawn

4 жыл бұрын

not any artist, Tom Paxton is the composer/writer

Such great artists all you guys!! What a wonderful performance!!!

The heros of my youth ....

Thanks

Das ist die beste Medizin für mich nach dem Stress des Alltags. Wunderschön, eine Seele ist schwerelos!

Thank you Tom, not seen you in years, but hear you all the time. Thank you so much.

two all time greats. Liam is missed

What’s a wonderful song. I love it so much.

Greetings From Super Extremes- Sri Lanka 💚 💛 ❤ 💙 💜

omg made my day ,Toms book was the this one i bought ,still sing his songs

Real legends! Have always loved their music. RIP Liam your music lives on mate.

This is a performance by the writer of the song and by Tommy , so well interpreted overall and we will forgive the fiddler!! as its still a classic rendition in every way. Thanks so much for posting this.

THANKS JUDY FOR REMINDING ME JUST HOW GREAT THOSE TWO WERE! IT SURE BRINGS BACK MEMORIES!

Moving with this tune

This sounds so Irish. Beautiful, naturally.

Sweet pathos that helped us grown through those years of chaotic liberties, the winds of freedom, and the heartache of loss.

WOW WOW WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! From a mad keen 74yo Aussie fan.

Two greats.... making great music

Feel so blessed to have seen Tom singing live at The Old Picture House in Beverley a few years back. 🇬🇧

...after listening to his original performance in 1964 and then this one...he is the only one that sings from the heart.....it is not a happy bouncy song...like others have made it to be...the best accolade anyone can give a songwriter iks to want to sing that song...so many have done so...

You never know....back when I worked for the Univ. of Oklahoma,I became acquainted with a student. Pleasant guy. Did some acting for our Film Production Unit. Then, not many years later, I began to hear of him as a singer/songwriter.Remember "Wonderful Toy"/"Ramblin' Boy" ? Too late I wished I had known him better.

True Legend

Never saw Tom in person but saw Liam many times at the Harp’n’Bard in Massachusetts. Great memories revisited 😀

Two of the very best.

years since i last heard this beautiful song,timeless

Lovely Song Lovely Sung❤️🌺🌹👌💥💫🌞

God bless Liam Clancy.

Perhaps the best rendition of this song I’ve experienced.

Tom Paxton still with us, and will turn 80 on Oct. 31 this year, (2017). Dia de los Muertos! On the day of the dead, we can celebrate his still being alive.

@maryannc1910

5 жыл бұрын

Flora Bunda He is still touring!!

@mikegoldberg5261

3 жыл бұрын

@@maryannc1910 awesome

@lynneburridge9082

8 ай бұрын

Omg God Bless you Tom n thanks for this memorable song never forgotten never stopped playing it. You n Liam are absolutely the greatest with this song.

wonderful song!

It's a lesson too late for the learning Made of sand made of sand In the wink of an eye my soul is turning In your hand in your hand Are you going away with no word of farewell Will there be not a trace left behind I could have loved you better didn't mean to be unkind Don't you know that was the last thing on my mind You have reasons a-plenty for the going This I know this I know For the weeds have been steadily agrowing Please don't go, please don't go Are you going away with no word of farewell Will there be not a trace left behind I could have loved you better didn't mean to be unkind Don't you know that was the last thing on my mind As I walked along the street alone this morning Without you, without you Every hope in my heart I've been mourning Without you, without you Are you going away with no word of farewell Will there be not a trace left behind I could have loved you better didn't mean to be unkind Don't you know that was the last thing on my mind Don't you know that was the last thing on my mind

so so good

I have had the privilege of seeing Tom Paxton three times, I hope to see him again. A lovely man, happy to chat after the concert.

The Clancy's changed my life. I miss them too much.

@barbarahallinan1151

7 жыл бұрын

check out the high kings theres a clancy there

@joeocallaghan1955

7 жыл бұрын

the high kings wud not lace the clancys boots

@murryjcohen

4 жыл бұрын

@@barbarahallinan1151 Finbar Clancy, Bobby's son.

Beautiful, priceless harmony. Love it.

It seems to me you have to go back to Greenwich Village of the 60's to get to the roots of what was then the beginning of a national recognition of folk music. There are always multiple currents of music running around us but most oof us limit ourselves in what we listen to ....... perhaps each time a musical form comes around again, "reawakening"/remembering what we had forgotten. Universal experiences/emotions can be found in folk music delivered in a delightfully melodic way.

@patriciakirby4674

6 жыл бұрын

Richard Crocker G.h

This is smashing .... Greetings from IRELAND 😉 salamat for the memories. .....what a song I could have loved you better. ..

@hastings4404

7 жыл бұрын

Agree mate even brings tears to my eyes

I always loved that song by Tom Paxton Thanks a lot for sharing trhis video

Ergreifend❤

aww man just to be there saw tom twice in my life but this is special...so meaning ful..

Just love it.xxxxx

Love this song and Liam

Bless that audience.

Pure class