The Butcher Boy - Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem
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- THE BUTCHER BOY
In London city where I did dwell
A butcher boy, I loved right well
He courted me, my life away
But now with me, he will not stay
I wish, I wish, I wish in vain
I wish I was a maid again
A maid again I ne'er will be
'Till cherries grow on an apple tree
I wish my baby it was born
And smiling on its daddy's knee
And me poor girl to be dead and gone
With the long green grass growing over me
She went upstairs to go to bed
And calling to her mother said
"Give me a chair 'till I sit down
And a pen and ink 'till I write down"
At every word she dropped a tear
And at every line cried "Willie dear -
Oh, what a foolish girl was I
To be led astray by a butcher boy"
He went upstairs and the door he broke
He found her hanging from a rope
He took his knife and he cut her down
And in her pocket, these words he found
Oh, make my grave large, wide and deep
Put a marble stone at my head and feet
And in the middle, a turtle dove
That the world may know, that I died for love
I'll never forget the first time I heard Tommy Makem sing this song. His voice was so mellow and beautiful and his delivery perfect. I'm glad to see it stands up to time. God Bless Tommy Makem and all the Clancy's
A sparkling lyrical and vocal gem
I just heard this song for my first time, i still have shivers !
Tommy's voice, the guitar, I'm moved to tears..
Those guys were true magicians with words and feelings ❤
Love and respect from France 🇨🇮❤🇨🇵
God bless you Tommy, what a voice, there must be some choir in Heaven now!
Great remark Pat !!
@@goofy79248 mate Tommy's voice's just perfect like an angel's voice....
i agree very much! Thanks Foggy!
keep coming back to this...
Tommy Makem had such a beautiful voice!
In London city, where I did dwell,
a butcher boy I loved right well.
He courted me, my life away,
but now with me, he will not stay.
I wish, I wish, I wish in vain.
I wish I was a maid again.
A maid again, I ne’er will be
‘til cherries grow on an ivy tree.
I wish my baby, it was born
and smiling on its daddies knee.
And me poor girl, to be dead and gone
with the long, green grass growed over me.
She went upstairs to go to bed.
And calling to her mother, said,
“Give me a chair ‘til I sit down,
and a pen and ink ‘til I write down.”
And every word, she dropped a tear
And every line cried “Willie, dear,
oh, what a foolish girl was I
to be led astray by a butcher boy.”
He went upstairs, and the door he broke,
he found her hanging from a rope.
He took his knife and he cut her down,
and in her pocket, these words he found:
“Oh, make my grave large, wide and deep.
Put a marble stone at my head and feet,
and in the middle, a turtle dove,
that the world may know that I died for love.”
A great baritone voice, a magical song and an excellent guitar accompaniment. This is what real music is all about, folks. Forget all this machine driven thump-thump that currently dominates the airwaves and bombards us relentlessly...
I may be young and unlearned, but you sir are wrong in your approach.
@@nicholasdinius6570 There's nothing wrong about my approach, pal. I'm just saying it like it is, and saying things that need to be said.
@@robertflint2549 Agreed mate i listen this often it is real music indeed ..Tommy Makem great voice !
@@kevinwallace962 Sounds like your taste in music is as good as mine there, Kev!
Definetly, i am very young compared to the regular audience of these musical artists, i will not say my exact age but i was not old enough to remember anything when tommy died, i remember one time i was listening to my google home playing some playlist, and the song "queen of all argyle" by silly wizard came on and my mother (who dislikes folk in general) made a comment that it had more "substance" than my music usually does, meaning different instruments playing along with the artist, i am perfectly fine with just listening to a singer with no accompaniment, so i was like, really?
It should be noticed the care in which Tommy Makem put his banjo to rest, carefully and with tenderness.
Damn he sings this like he s gotta group of players
In his voice
Brutal vibrato
Not an easy trick
Beautiful voice, and a sad, emotional song.
The vibrato is striking in Tommy's voice. I wish I had one like that. :(
Practice
This is such a beautiful song. Tommy is an amazing musician. Pete is great also. What legends, all of them.
My mom used to sing this to me as a child
I listen to this and sing along when i am sad. Such a beautiful song, Tommy sings it so so perfect. Another song i listen to when sad is the live version of wild mountain thyme from the folks.
My Mother used to sing this song all the time. It was a little different but still the same song. This is the closest version to hers that I've found.
Mine used to sing it to me as well
tears from my eyes fell to floor powerful song strong Clancy brothers tommy
I know this song thanks to The Butcher Boy book... It's so touching
What idiot could possibly have given this masterpiece a thumbs down ? Incomprehensible.
True
Possibly the most beautiful song ever sung
TOMMY MAKEM was BOB DYLAN'S Favorite singer and this was DYLAN'S favorite song. GOD BLESS you BOB.
No I think he said Liam Clancy had the best ballad voice.
Nope. Tommy
@@MrEdkern no wrong. Look up Bob Dylan/Clancy brothers Slane 1984. He says quote "I never heard a singer as good as Liam Clancy. He was just about the best ballad singer he ever heard in his life".
You watch NO DIRECTION HOME. DYLAN SAID THAT IN THE INTERVIEW.
Knowing dylan he changes every minute.
It's been years since I heard this song for the first time and even now, I still feel this is the most hauntingly sad and tragic song.
tears to my eyes broken heart sad to say I love this song but how it make u think about life and mothers😢😢
I'm so glad I found this gem
Beautiful
Great singing of a very poignant song. The song and sentiments are so true today too.
Hey, that's Pete Seeger hosting. I just love how Tommy just stashes his banjo under the table and busts out with one of my fave trad songs. I must recommend a Detroit/Michigan artist who does this song justice... Jo Serrapere/Uncle Earl.. although they call it 'Snow white Dove'...
Wat a voice it vibrates listening to it epic
Tears. Just tears every time I hear it.
Well laddies: things that make me cry; this song; this book; this movie. I aren't shamed, It makes me human.
Absolutly Beautiful......Beautiful
My 4X Great Grandparents were from Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland - where Tommy Makem was born and bred.
I live about 30 minutes away from there 🙂
Good Lord, Tommy could sing.
What a wonderful voice he had
this is what music is missing today heart soul and emotions not money and looks wish I had a time machine think I was born in the wrong erea
You are't alone...i agree with you mate
Man, Tommy was such a handsome devil
great stuff
RIP Pete Seeger (who hosted this show back in 1965-66).
Beautiful singing and expression of feeling.
: I love these old Irish songs.
Norma Timmons it’s not Irish, it’s English.
@@alexander6399 This song is American, it was adapted from another song.
Pilkie101 They even mention it’s an English song at the beginning. Don’t believe everything Wikipedia tells you, the first person to pen it doesn’t mean it’s theirs. Many old folk songs have been sung for hundreds of years.
Yes, theese voices are seldom heard today!!
Oh my! what a voice. Tommy sure could sing:D Love him and the Clancy Brothers:D
I just heard this for the first time today, closing episode two of the British "The Tunnel" series, and it took me several minutes to stop and start the video to capture enough words to do a web search. The lyrics were adapted ever so slightly, and the female vocalist had such a winsome, melancholy voice, I was mesmerized. Been a long time since a piece of music drove me to such an obsession, but finding this version was worth it all!
Thanks so much for this upload! I love this song.
You could have just checked the credits.
cccustard
LOL, I don't sit through the credits, but maybe I'll go back and watch episode two, or at least the final minutes of it.
A short clip of this is found on "No Direction Home" the bio of Bob Dylan. Like you I have not known where to find this until I saw the fuller version on episode 2 of "The Tunnel".
Priceless!
God bless them all.
This must be where Patrick McCabe came up with the title of his first novel. Great author. The Dead School is my favorite novels of all.
Yes indeed, the song features in the story too
Great post. Brought a tear to my eye.
I love this song
i can loop this song 5 times staright like a fkg mantra
Geeezzuuusss if that doesn’t move you check your pulse
Best Version
How far we have strayed.
Very nice, Tommy.
Awesome! Always will be 💗💗
There’s a similar song sung by Isla Cameron called I died for love but I love this version so much. His voices conveys so much emotion so beautiful
This song is about me!!! Love it.
One of favorites
Just listened to this, for the butcher boy book which is inspired by this very song.
I love this
I can now sing this song by heart, and it almost sound good. Them' twinsting of words at the end of lines, and the tremolo... That shit is real' hard to sing!
i live not die because of love tommy
Great rendition
Great Version
That's some very nice singing skills at work here !
Lovely old song
Excellent
Memories!
yes my mama and i was her second buster with difrent father never wabšnted me wish i was born dead and made my life cruel
This is excellent. Try the version by David Peterson and 1946. It's great too.
amazing
beautiful
Who's here for the book "the butcher boy"?
nice to see this back on u -tube good on yea
brilliant
Tommy🙏🌹
I always thought this was an Irish song, now I think it's become an Irish song
Love the song. Can't stantmd his vibrato.
Apart from singing, Tommy Makem could do lovely banjo tunes too.
Sublime
This song is sad to
Beautifull ^^
There's another song much like this titled "Bury Me Beneath the Willows.
the bard of keady RIP.
I'm surprised Joan Baez never recorded this song.
She did but it was called Railroad Boy.
I thought it was "Borstal Boy" after a reformatory for young men, but changed to "Butcher Boy," because no one on this side of the pond would know the reference. It works, in either case. Just a small note. And I do not remember where I heard that, so maybe I'm wrong.
let us go rumbling
Love this song...and miss Tommy like it was yesterday..Go hiontach ar fad...
Very nice Tommy
lol he fucking nailed it
yes boys
Best version of this song was done by Tommy X
yeah
what sad ssssstory.
my mama
i this next one tommy makem ever sings
I came from the book
Is that book is about the Baudelaire orphans?
Is that Peter Seeger with his back to camera ?
I would love to find an instrumental version of this song with violin as lead and guitar as accompaniment. Any recommendations would be appreciated.
Alison Hower
I'm english and grew up in the 1950's/60's, but sad to say I don't think I'd ever heard of the Clancys and Tommy til I recently discovered them on youtube..:)
Val Doonican was big in England, so I'm just wondering why they weren't as big as him over here?
A bit younger than you I suspect but my dad listened to this music (Sottish so maybe that's the difference?) I suspect the anti-Irirsh culture was partly responsible but if these boys were on X factor or BGT or whatever money making scheme was on the go now, they wouldn't be so unknown.
Mike Fergus - What "anti-Irish culture'? We English like the Irish, and the list of Irish singers, actors and broadcasters who are household names over here is as long as your arm, heck the Dubliners had a smash chart hit here with 'Seven Drunken Nights' at the height of the IRA bombing campaign!
(The English regarded the IRA as just a bunch of crackpots who in no way represented the great Irish people)
I first discovered the Clancys and Tommy M on youtube last year belting out 'Wild Colonial Boy' on the Sullivan show and they blew my socks off.
No doubt they were getting big money from American TV and concert booking agents, so we can't blame them for never trying to be big here too. All I know is that they played at least once to a sellout audience at London's Royal Albert Hall.
Pity they never stuck around a while..:)
that's great but there was a definite 'anti Irish culture' going on in that period and it no doubt suppressed that music. The effect was less noticeable in Scotland due to historic connections. Don't misunderstand me , I'm not trying to drag drag up political/religious issue. Just saying that a lot of these talented musicians never really got the audience they deserved because of historic issues.
Mike Fergus - "Historic issues" are just that, over and done with, it was nothing to do with current generations of Irish and English, so who but a numpty would bear a grudge for things that happened in the past?
For example an IRA bomb rattled our windows in 1990 when I lived in Leicester England, but we didn't go round bashing up every Irishman and woman in the city, we just laughed it off..:)
Here's that list of Irish who've made it big in England, the English took them to their hearts, proving like I said that there's no anti-Irish bias here,.:)
Eamonn Andrews, Val Doonican, Fergus Kelly, Gay Byrne, Gloria Hunniford, Jack McGowran, Eammon Holmes, Michael Flatley, Fergus Kelly, The Dubliners, the Chieftains, Donal Donnelly The Fureys, Sinead O'Connor, Liam Neeson, Dave Allen, Graham Hancock, Frank Carson, Richard Harris, Robert Shaw, plus another hundred or more.
Like I said, it's a pity the Clancys and Tommy M didn't visit us more, we'd have lapped them up!
Incidentally I never miss an episode of Father Ted, currently being re-run on English TV..:)
Tungsten Kid laughed it off,your a fucking laugh its a pity it didnt go off under your ass,and u could,nt beat yourself up never mind an irish man
We're can I find the whole session of this
is this tommy makem on lead vocal?
Nicholas Taitz yes
Is this available in mp3, or on a c.d anywhere?