The Seekers - Morningtown Ride.(1968)
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- čas přidán 28. 06. 2007
- From The Seekers farewell concert july 7 1968 in London.
This lovely song for children was composed by an American singer/songwriter called Malvina Reynolds(1900-1978) in 1957. - Zábava
Reminds me of Junior Choice in the UK with the wonderful Ed Stewpot Stewart. RIP Ed
Me too Kathryn, A Fab time to be young and luvly memories of my parents too .This track is my favourite Seekers number. Kind regards Glynn n greetings from Stourbridge West Midlands UK 🕊🕊🤝
A light has gone from the world today.
Morning time ride ,year's since I heard this song ,what a beautiful song and her voice beautiful rest in peace Judith ,you may be gone but your not forgotten,God bless you,the carnival may be over but I'll always love you till the day I die,amen☀🌸💏😘🌹🌈💖🙏💜🌹🌈
I couldn't get to sleep without it! RIP Judith
I learned to play this on the guitar, aged 10, in 1968. Later in my twenties, I sang it to my children every night, now in my fifties, my grandchildren demand this be sung at bedtime..... a lovely legacy to be handed down with treasured memories
I envy and respect you. Sounds like a wonderful gift.
My grandad sung it to my mum, and later she sung it to me and my brother
@@katiejane1337 Hi , My late Mom sung this to me and my brother. Fab time to grow up and luvly memories of my parents too. Kind regards Glynn n greetings from Stourbridge West Midlands 🤝
My mother used to sing this to me as a baby. Some of my earliest memories are hearing her singing this to me. It will always be special to me purely for that reason.
I sang this as the lullaby for my children. Still love to sing it.
This song just popped into my head as I walked into the kitchen. Thought i would find it on CZcams. Looks like many people have the same fond memories. My mother would sing this to me too.
Humans Are Capable Of Such Great Beauty
Bless Up Y'all
RIP Judith , I listen to seekers songs over and over,you have the most beautiful voice and you were fantasy material for male fans all over the world. Fortunately your beautiful voice and face will live forever on CZcams, CDs, and in higher quality sound on records and cassettes, thank you for the music.
Arguably the finest female vocalist of our time, effortless, timeless, simply beautiful!!!
No song from my lovely childhood in the 60 bring memories flooding back like this one and Gary Pucketts Young Girl......I so wish i could turn the clock back and make my country like it was
My Grandma has just died, so at her funeral they played this song - it made me cry a lot.
My beautiful daughter loved this song when she was a small girl. She would ask me to play it and then would stand on my feet and we would dance. Fast forward to her wedding a few years ago. She danced the first dance with her new husband, of course, and then the DJ put on this song. She looked at me and i knew. I came up and we danced to Morningtown ride one more time. One of the sweetest memories of my life.
Mine too 💖
@@rebekahvatter3331 We are very blessed, aren't we! Love you to the moon, honey!
I sung this to my first born to get him to sleep. I also sung this to my daughter the night before we left hospital without her and it played at her funeral. It's only recently I've been able to sing this to my youngest and it soothes him instantly. Such a beautiful piece.
Bless u and your family Stef ..Kind regards Glynn n Greetings from Stourbridge West Midlands
God Bless You.
@@garethjones1240 Cheers Gareth r U from Wales. Kind regards Glynn n Greetings from Stourbridge West Midlands
Glynn Evans i think he is talking about stef. Regards from england on what i think is planet earth. Any way REGARDS.
My thoughts are with you. So many personal memories of this song myself. Take care.
Looks like there is 193 people (at time of writing) that have no appreciation of good wholesome music which, to a lot of people has a lot of emotional meaning...
i’m only 15 but my mum has always sung this too me since i was a little baby and now i sing it to my new born half brother. we replace the driver, fireman, and sandman with our names ♥️♥️♥️ truely a core memory this song
Sung to me, sang to my children and now singing to my grandchildren, 5 year old listening to this saying it's beautiful.
judith durham has the best voice ever
I agree, what a voice and personality, only one who comes close, that's Karen Carpenter.
And John Fogerty with creedence is great too
My lovely mum used to sing this to me when I was little. She's now 82. Wonderful song
My mum used to sing me this when I was a baby, this brings back many pleasant memories
Judith was awesome, loved her voice and singing, she also was very pretty then and now...just love her...
Me too. I luv this track too ' kind regards Glynn n Greetings from Stourbridge West Midlands UK 🤗🤗
When you watch this group together how could Judith ever think she belonged elsewhere .... this is just perfection.
I as born in 1994. I sing this regularly to my 3 year-old, and today, hearing him sing it to himself made me proud!
It's a rare voice indeed that evokes the purity of innocence as well as the wisdom of the ages. God gave Judith such an incredibly unique gift, and to this day, she still uses this gift to uplift others.
There is something magical about the voice and presence of Judith Durham. Tremendous harmony, very upbeat positive musical experience. No doubt a legendary band that has not gotten the proper recognition for their greatness.
My dad sang this to get me to sleep when I was young. He was 70 today 😁 big party 🎊 was organised but coronavirus put a stop to that but happy he’s still save ✌️we can all get through this ✌️✌️✌️
I've just spent a magical afternoon rediscovering The Seekers. My heart is now full of love.
yes,this takes me back to when i was a child,i can remember my mum liked it also!
Just remembered this as I was about to go to sleep. Nostalgia TM.
I've been hearing her sing since the '60s but I still marvel at the beauty of her voice.
This song makes me feel so nostalgic and I cry every time I hear it. I adored it when I was young.
I actually hated this as a 9 year old, but now it is a part of my younger years.....
A marvellous song sung by a stunning beauty and backed by a fabulous trio. Don't we all miss the best era for music? Please give me back to me my teenage years of the 60's.
I can't believe how much I love this song and sing it all the time FIFTY YEARS LATER. I first heard it live at the Seekers concert in London in 1966 while I was doing my Masters degree at Imperial College London Univ. This represented such a happy and uncomplicated time to me epitomized by their music - love all their songs
It's not commercial enough anymore thats why it's not played.But it gets played in peoples
houses and that's even better.Myself i feel lucky to have lived in times when music like this was made.
you'll be missed mum , i remember you singing this to me when i was younger to get me to sleep , i well up just thinking about it , you are missed all the time. i am thankful you are not in pain wasting away on a bed anymore.... love you mum
Feel better during this 😉
I remember this as a child, one of my teachers in infant school, Miss Cross, used to play guitar and sing this to us circa 1978
Her soaring voice just nails this sweet song.
My mum used to sing me this song to make me go to sleep when i was a baby and i did the same with my little girl when she was a baby.such a lovely song xx.
Judith could sing a phone book (remember them?) and make it sound great. She has an angelic voice if there ever was one.
BIRISHPM ... Ahahaha 😂... so true 😌😌
And, I will buy the phone book!
Brilliant tune , the voice of Judith Durham is sheer bliss, simply superb.
I watched them in concert in 2005, Auckland, New Zealand -- even after so long, they still have it, and her voice is as good as ever. Brought back so many memories...
This is one of the most beautiful songs, makes me so very happy AND sad as well. But its a nice sad. Love this group, so very very much.
Any time I hear this song , all I get is flash backs to climbing big ..big trees to the very top as a young fella and then just sitting there and swaying in the breeze.....can still visualize it as if it was only yesterday.......still have a hankering to do again even 50 odd years down the road .
45 years ago I fell in love for the very 1st. time and this song was playing on the juke box, never forgot the one I let go and always regretted my stupidity. This is the song I want to be playing when they lay me to rest.
this takes me back to happy times when I was little..
Young Lady, just think how many lives you have touched with your love and kindness, a true gift from God.
Best wishes always, Bill.
My dad used to sing this to me as a lullaby when I was a kid. It makes me so happy to listen to now!
Yes ! I am a metalhead and I like the Seekers,too.
No song ever recorded by anyone, let alone The Seekers, makes me feel more nostalgic than “Morningtown Ride”. It brings memories flooding back from youth, my mum, & god knows what else all sadly gone. Those three lads in The Seekers are superb musicians in their own right, of course, but just about everybody agrees that Judith Durham has the greatest, most stunningly beautiful voice in the history of recorded sound. If anyone doesn’t think so they must be a tone-deaf idiot!.
I’m crying now after reading your note as I feel just the same way. Beautiful memories made possible by a beautiful song, arrangement and singer. ❤❤❤
My mam used to sing this to me every night before bed, one of my earliest and fondest memories. A truly beautiful song.
Brings back memories of my childhood day's. Great to listen to these songs from this group, Judith Durham has an amazing voice.
My mom would sing this to me almost every night since I was born in 1996. This is one of the best songs which holds a special place in my childhood.
My Dad used to sing this to my brother and I when we were in bed and getting ready to go to sleep. Honestly? Tearing up at the memory.
I liked this song so much years and years ago, must have been 1968. Now I sing it for my grandson.
I'm American and I am so glad they made it on the top 40
1968 was the year I started school , our railway line closed down , we watched the traines go buy from our farm house , now the railway line a bike trail , my mother would play this song, thanks.
still sing this with a wee vino.luv it.x
I grew up with this song, reminds me of the years when i was a kid & had a good relationship with my Mum
Shed a tear remembering this from my childhood. At 4 years old I bought the record with my birthday money because I loved the song.
Me too Karen .Fab memories n Fab time to grow up' did u like Herman Hermits too.Kind regards Glynn n Greetings from Stourbridge West Midlands 🤗🤗
I remember this song very well as a youngster too. Good times that the younger generation today I will never have. This a great song from a great band from a great and now lost generation. It's just a great :)
I had completely forgotten about this song. A wave of nostalgia hit like a ton of bricks. Tears in my eyes. Loved The Seekers. They are the best. Thanks for the great post.
Have loved this song since childhood and have sung it to put my children to sleep .. Just discovered the Seekers all over again.. Nostalgic...
now 2015 and she still sings beautiful over the years i can,t see todays girl singers being loved so much
Man, they were are still just fantastic... pure talent, no hype
I chuffing love this song, I wish I'd been born in the 60s, so many good songs back then.
If this woman would have married me when I first heard this, we would still be happy... I think ... I was 12 at the time and it may not have been legal... but I still have the same kid crush for her... I got older and then the Farah Fawcett poster and then regular life... She is one gorgeous specimen of humanity and I am better for having listened to her and loved her from afar (no matter my age) it is Proof that even as a Kid, I had Good Taste in Women.
Judith,
Looking forward to hearing your legendary, beautiful, incredible, amazing voice next year in manchester. You're the most underrated singer. EVER. You'll always be number one.
one of my earliest memories as a child, my mum ,nan and auntie used to sing this to me. they are all gone, but the memory will never leave me,thanks to them.
I was tripping on LSD (twenty years ago) when I last heard this. Judith is today still gorgeous in this song,
Great memories of us sat in the back of dad's Humber Super Snipe, all singing along to this wonderful song. Must admit it brought a tear to my eye.
sally anne Good lord you must be my sister! Humber Super Snipe! I nearly burst out crying reading your post. We had the same car in the mid sixties when my dad exited this world.
Hi my super snipe brother. Thanks for your lovely comment. And every car should have fold down picnic tables in the back. Shinny wooden ones. We thought we were the bees knees.
sally anne Wow... for me it was my dads Morris Oxford. Lost him last week. RIP dad
Gordon Urquhart it's really difficult to loose the ones you love, but the great memories always stay with you. Sally
sally anne not to mention the leather seats, plush carpets and OVERDRIVE.
I sung this song in my pyjamas with all my classmates from school up on a stage in the annual school concert - which was at a local hall not the school as I recall. It was UFTG Primary School in Victoria, Australia in the early 1970s sometime. I remember thinking it was very exciting to be performing in pyjamas (because it was unusual obviously - I was about six I think)!!! I loved this song.
Sweet comment!
A few years ago in my musical theatre group we did music from music hall through to the 80s.
I had the pleasure with 3 of the men, Ed, Roger and Mike of being The Seekers, I had long hair then, and was a lot thinner.
We sang snippets of the songs, but this one in full.
I've just been told the lovely Mike has passed and this bought back great memories
It was a real joy to hear the Seekers. They made so many wonderful records! Their lead singer, Judith Durham had the voice of an angel. She could sing anything to pop, jazz, blues and country & western. I love their music because it’s timeless!
Abberationify : So well spoken. I always thought Judith Durham was beautiful. It was her talent, charm, grace, smile, personality, femininity, that made her beautiful to me !! I am glad she found happiness for 26 years with Ron Edgeworth, and that she reunited with Athol, Bruce, and Keith in 1992, to give us fans worldwide the pleasure to continue hearing her beautiful voice. The best female voice, ever, in my opinion! Tim in Midland, Texas
Judith was my first crush and we were lucky enough to see them several years ago in Liverpool. We had a great, nostalgic night 👏🏻
Beautiful song, I can never listen to it without tears of both joy and sadness; the Seekers were my dad's favourite group and my sisters and I always cry when we hear this, at it reminds us of him and that he's gone. We were blessed to have the mum and dad that we had, we will love them always. Thanks for posting. x
Jeez. So refreshing to hear such a pure sweet voice. Autotune free zone!.
Is there anyone these days who can come close to a voice like Judith's ?
+Binze1507 no
wow this is so beautiful. i was thinking of my father and how he used to sing this to me to sleep, and it's so sweet reading all the comments and thinking about how many others found this song such a comfort. i hope to sing it to my own children one day :)
Loved this happy song. Played it tonight because I feel sad.....and this makes me happy. The harmonies are just so great and Judith Durham's voice is so clear.
Such a great song and still holds up all these years later. I'm sure Judith is up there singing this with the heavenly band. RIP Judith.
A big THANK YOU!!! to all of you who take us back to the wonderful world of our youth, the world of The Seekers. I'm sure we all share our love for this magnificent group. I'll rejoice in watching these superb performers till the day I die.
Brings back such beautiful memories
Yesterday {May 14th, 2013} the Seekers lead singer, Judith Durham, suffered a brain hemmorhage in Melbourne, Australia...
According to oldiesmusic(.)com her condition is 'lucid and comfortable'...
May God bless her and grant her a full recovery...
Ms. Durham will celebrate her 70th birthday on July 3rd...
I have always really liked this song from the first time I heard it back in the mid 1960's. Of course like many others I absolutely love Judith's voice. Its so clear, strong and she really carries the song. Its just to bad we are all getting old.
I remember when i first heard this song, It was one of my grandfathers and dads favorites. IT always makes me think of them. May grandad RIP
... just beautiful - they don't make them like this anymore.
Cindy Alder I remember this song when I was a little child. What memories. No, they don't make songs like this anymore. I hang my head and wish we could return to days of innocence.
CloserExamination yep, this is what you call real music, i was born in 1968, but i have always loved the seekers and all the bands from the 60's
Colin Shard Yep. The first song I remember hearing on the radio was "Georgy Girl."
CloserExamination the song i heard from them was "the carnival is over" and that was what got me to like them and still do today, i had a tape of theirs that i played al the time in the car radio, until it snapped...so i guess i wore it out!!
Cindy Alder its a great pity, it would make a nice change, it seems a world away !!.
I saw them perform last night in Adelaide for the 50th Anniversary Tour. Absolutely incredible! How is it possible for Judith at 70 to have a voice as good now as in the 1960's ? Yes, none better, even now.
I don't care how many times i say it! - I was there in 1968 and can remember every bloody marvellous moment! and there's not a singer with a voice as strong and pure as Judith's so eat your heart out Mary Boyle
It's amazing how this 43 year old song is so much more meaningful than everything modern artists can put out. A good old classic :).
Judith, beautiful voice, like no other.
Always love this song !
The Seekers are a Class Act one of the Best groups ever in my Book
A spot on assessment. And what a brilliant song this is.
Mark Bosley õ
1968...was a Groovy year...I wish we were still there now
Amazing how well the voices of the Seekers guys supported Judith’s voice. I love that she uses tremolo rather than vibrato. It’s so much purer. Judith’s amazing vocals plus the best ever backup from the guys made this group such a winner.
Best lullaby ever
My mum used to sing this to me......beautiful!
My dad used to sing this to me when I was little - I'm 17 now. Hopefully one day I'll be able to sing it to my kids, too.
This song bring tears to my eyes every time.... I tried to sing it to my grand-children in Wellington. Thank you Judith and the boys. You will never be forgotten.
Well done. Brings back many fond memories when I was a child.
me too i used to sing this with my Auntie when i was a kid
@@patriciaalexander4333 Hi Patricia n me Too...Same as u but with by dear gran mother Fab memories ' did u like Mary Hopkin n Dana plus Peters n Lee ..Glynn n Greetings from Stourbridge West Midlands 🤗🤗
her face is the face of love
This is my 10 year old daughter's favourite song for me to sing to her when I tuck her in. I'm 45 and my Mom used to sing this song as well as "The Pony Man" by Gordon Lightfoot when she tucked me in. I think it's great that these classic songs are enjoyed by our children today.
listening to the seekers with the enchanting voice of Judith Durham brings me back to the sixties. I was a teenager who enjoyed the simple life of rural Ireland and the many happy memories listening to this wonderful group.many thanks