Arthur McBride

[@Jamys]

Lovely rendition!

[@theannemart]

This is an anti -war song .The subjects are Irishmen and it demonstrates their contempt for British rule in their Country.

[@22grena]

And some

[@22grena]

Superb rendition of a sublime song

[@utopia3230]

They were walking on the Irish coast surely!

[@utopia3230]

Donegal probably.

[@AlexRixon]

I have been a fan of this song since Bob Dylan did a cover of it. This is the fist time seeing this beautiful version. Thankyou.

[@steinbauge4591]

Dylan at his best, giving that energy and subtle, constant variation to the playing and singing. Makes the song sound like an old sailor looking back 😃

[@AlexRixon]

@@steinbauge4591 yeah Dylan's is a much more gritty and salty version, where this is polished and chior boy perfect perfect.

[@MariePower-g6s]

Love his voice

[@johnmac333]

Great version with the visuals !

[@elizabethlaubhan474]

I LOVE this rendition

[@skinnyfiuk]

see Paul Brady 1977

[@steps36]

Some version

[@Michael_Arnold]

Gorgeous voice!

[@JohnJoeMack]

A fine rendition to be sure but Paul Brady's 1977 version reigns supreme. No better version exists. Listeners will get a better bang for their buck if they can read the lyics as the song unfolds. Just brill !

[@steinbauge4591]

There is a video of him performing it the day after his 70th birthday. In the same key and to me it sounds just as good.

[@johnmac333]

Agreed , I go back to it regularly , playing phenomenal !

[@garymontesano5903]

I agree with you. Solo versions can be found on KZbin when he was younger, and later in his career. There is also a version where he sings with Planxty that is also memorable.

[@BlueBustard]

I love his performance. I ALSO love the support of his mom and dad. (I surmise this here, because I don't know them at all, at all.) Just the same, the father is a dead giveaway, and the mother has an incredibly close resemblance to Mr. J.L. Hogg.) GREAT PERFORMANCE!!!

[@JamesLindenHogg]

Thank you so much for the kind words!!!

[@blc6464]

Geez how did Bob Dylan miss this one

[@MariePower-g6s]

He didn't:he murdered it!!!

[@rednhrailroad]

If the likes of "Corporal or Sergeant or Captain or General" Arthur McBride was in charge - 19 y.o. Private Willie McBride would have made it back alive.

[@JamesLindenHogg]

So true!

[@jimbrennan3953]

I think that Arthur McBride Is set 100 years earlier than Willie McBride, in the Napoleonic wars rather than WW1

[@rednhrailroad]

@@jimbrennan3953 agreed, but while technology, equipment, modes of transportation and uniforms certainly evolve certain other aspects of life in the armed forces does not change.

[@MariePower-g6s]

A great version almost as good as Paul Brady.Who are the singer and musicians?

[@patrickmcshane7658]

Anti-war song.

[@Glenuig]

Its more an anti recruiting song, more to do with not going to war for the wrong side for coin.

[@afzaalahmad547]

Best version is bob dylan

[@afzaalahmad547]

@El Merovingio if you listen to it couple of times you realize bob dylan is much better at the story telling.

[@MariePower-g6s]

It is painful to listen to

[@gerardmolenaar]

Bob D. Learned this song from Paul Brady. There is a clip on you tube where Paul explains this.