As I Roved Out - Andy Irvine 1976

Andy sings and plays Hurdy Gurdy with Paul & Donal in 1976

[@JTCrumb]

How many people still listen to this stuff in 2024. Well done if you are. Eire.

[@shoustring]

Come to Celtic Connections Festival in Glasgow in January and you'll hear lots of this kind of music still.

[@8ightBitKid]

@@shoustring naw celtic connections is full of american shit, sell out festival

[@user-xq3rm4mf1r]

Love it since I first listened in 1976. So many memories.

[@domjohn6903]

Yes mate , born in London to Irish folks. Love planxty. Peace out x

[@Ailin758]

All the time! This is the song I sing after a few jars!!! God bless Eire and America! Peace n love!❤

[@jimfell7147]

If folk music was mainstream the world would be an infinitely better place.

[@robertjones6733]

It's the fortunate human who happens upon this video.

[@kathleentherose]

Robert, it's true. intelligence and empathy can be big feckin load to carry!!! I would not swap it though.

[@lsdmadman]

Robert Jones lordy i deserve this i thank ya

[@JohnMac2023A.D.]

The stress of the day fell off just now, beautifully song

[@dischodave]

Well said man. :)

[@sotospeak415]

It should be mandatory listening.

[@nbenefiel]

I lived in Dublin for most of the 70’s. I got to see most of the great Irish folksingers of the time, the Chieftains, Planxty, Clannad, DeDanaan, the Bothy Band. It was a magical time.

[@leobertobittencourtfilho3036]

Did you see Luke Kelly at that time?

[@nbenefiel]

@@leobertobittencourtfilho3036once

[@nbenefiel]

Yes but just once.

[@BoarhideGaming]

@@nbenefiel”Just once”, he says. I would kill to get the chance to hear one of the greatest voices of the last century in person. And the bloody Dubliners had two of them too, Ronnie Drew’s voice being what it was

[@johnbrady2477]

This live show was in the Embankment just on the edge of tallaght Dublin 24

[@christophernicholls3924]

Still the very finest version of this beautiful song!!!

[@tenbear5]

Oh i don't know, Kate Rusby does a fantastic version. Keeping it alive!

[@maryofarrell764]

No studio or special effects here. Just the magic of sheer unadulterated talent. Gave me goose-bumps in 1976 and still does. A true icon.

[@BarryHawk]

So true, live magic

[@bridiedevane1137]

A truly talented singer and musician,Andy Irvine.

[@wraithoftheirish]

It amazes ,I listen to it all the time ,over and over,That voice,What a gift from heaven!

[@deejaykay1975]

Absolutely ❤

[@hystericheretic7678]

That must’ve been a magical moment. I can’t picture listening to the music now and thinking that. This is a beautiful song can only imagine hearing it as a fresh release

[@hozboz12345]

This is hands down the best version of this song. What a moment this must have been live. Love from 2024.

[@RIDETHESUNSHINE]

“The Portuguese call it saudade: a longing for something so indefinite as to be indefinable. Love affairs, miseries of life, the way things were, people already dead, those who left and the ocean that tossed them on the shores of a different land - all things born of the soul that can only be felt.” Anthony De Sa, Barnacle Love . Will

[@NiallMor]

The Welsh have a similar concept. They call it “hiraeth” (pronounced hee-WRITHE).

[@Giselle62]

the blues...

[@hystericheretic7678]

I guess why that’s why survivors guilt exists in this world 😞

[@RIDETHESUNSHINE]

@@hystericheretic7678 Stay Strong My Friend, Will

[@hystericheretic7678]

@@RIDETHESUNSHINE thanks brother. I’m fine tho. I know and heard of some people close to me with it. Pray for them.

[@hedgehog5001]

Incredible. What a superb musician Andy is. Tears in my eyes.

[@numealinesimpetar1]

This is an Aisling - a Dream Vision song. Andy sings and plays it to perfection. It has a double meaning. It is 'really' a metaphor for the tragedy of Irish men joining the armies of Queen Elizabeth I and fighting her battles. It is England who is 'the lassie that had the land' and Ireland who is the 'gold' that he has forsaken, to his lifelong grief. The last verse lifts the cover.

[@healix123]

Thank you

[@noramcq8849]

I have sang this song so many times and always wondered particularly about the meeting again and the queen calling home her army. All makes sense now! Thank you!!

[@seamrog3593]

go raibh mile maith agat

[@leekosmin8788]

Thanks. Didn't know any of that.

[@silverbullag4759]

Beautifully described, the true meaning had eluded me

[@gwenseal332]

That's the celtic soul right there! Elegiac, desperate, hurt, yet grand and eternal. Love from Brittany!

[@numealinesimpetar1]

💚 Grá duitse fresisn!

[@AltarParssoy]

it's like.. crying without crying. i feel it. i feel it all. ireland is in my heart although i'm a turkish man.

[@jimfell7147]

Pure unadulterated genius, why oh why has this music been so ignored today?

[@numealinesimpetar1]

We try...

[@jnsii54]

I have had not a dram nor a pint yet this man's voice brings me to tears.That's a good thing.

[@kathleentherose]

www.rte.ie/eile/brainstorm/2018/1021/1005709-andy-irvine-profile-folk-awards/

[@gwenseal332]

I hear you, brother!

[@lyndakean9652]

My father used to sing this x

[@qualitygoldfish2198]

@@lyndakean9652 So did mine god bless him

[@mikesrandomchannel]

Amen to that.

[@berniegarvey5219]

I only discovered this video and this song 6 weeks ago and what a great find!

[@tigiSF]

Based on this and another tune I went to see Andy last month - aged 80 and still performing! Still has the voice and hoped for more traditional but naturally playing a lot of his own material. Still his voice brought me to hold my breath. Pure gold. It was the smallest venue, just feet away could hear every note. Recommend Ye Vagabonds if you're looking for new young traditionalists. Ye won't be disappointed. Weirdly they played the same week. Amazing Harmonium player too.

[@markschafer7510]

love this...and yes!! Discovered Ye Vagabonds about 3 yrs ago...Love them too...

[@coletteheard8311]

Gave me goose-bumps in 1976 and still does. A true icon. I still have the goosebumps in 2021. It's the hurdy-gurdy does it for me... Colette

[@canyonhaverfield2201]

Dear Collette- the instrument is able to coordinate our bones to vibrate in way no other can. When I sometimes sob to this tune, my body rhythm seems to be highjacked ..and all of the sad partings of mine come tumbling back into being

[@jvg5804]

As I roved out on a bright May morning To view the meadows and flowers gay Whom should I spy but my own true lover As she sat under yon willow tree I took off my hat and I did salute her I did salute her most courageously When she turned around well the tears fell from her Sayin’ “False young man, you have deluded me A diamond ring I owned I gave you A diamond ring to wear on your right hand But the vows you made, love, you went and broke them And married the lassie that had the land” “If I’d married the lassie that had the land, my love It’s that I’ll rue till the day I die When misfortune falls sure no man can shun it I was blindfolded I’ll ne’er deny” Now at nights when I go to my bed of slumber The thoughts of my true love run in my mind When I turned around to embrace my darling Instead of gold sure it’s brass I find And I wish the Queen would call home her army From the West Indies, Amerikay and Spain And every man to his wedded woman In hopes that you and I will meet again.

[@sulsulkorean2763]

Aqq

[@Ravenwing2024]

Folk music is in my soul and always will be. The tragic narrative is unrivalled.

[@PaulMichaelKelly27]

Truly a magical performance of a touching song. The Irish in me recognizes the pain of our shared history. Gratitude to you Andy and the rest....

[@jasminaogrady7470]

I'm not Irish, but I feel more Irish than my original nationality!

[@raymonddixon7603]

Sure it is an English song and Andy is from Scotland. Do you know where Ireland is???

[@ParsleyPunch]

​@raymonddixon7603 he must've grown up in Ireland, he has an Irish accent. He's also one of the most revered Irish music legends so you're talking shite basically

[@LizDoherty-rl1tn]

I was a fortunate human that saw them play live in Galwayv in 1977. Still hear it n my head , like it was yesterday ❤

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

If you are a human person then you not fail to touch by this music/song with down into your soul. This totally haunting and brilliant music that reaches way back to times of long ago and yet refers to today life. It will not matter what lands you come from, what tribe you belong to or what religion you have, this music will be understood and felt by all people of this world no matter if you are rich or poor, or if you live in a castle high up on the hill or in than old shack with down in the valley O, YOU MAY be a city person wearing nice new clothes OR country person wearing your tatty working clothes, you will not be able to hide from the brilliance of this music, and the amazing voice of Andy Irvine.

[@numealinesimpetar1]

Well said, James.

[@edwardsheehan3417]

He is my hero. As I live in Africa but I had the pleasure of they're music and I'm from Tipperary.

[@karenreid5615]

Andy Irvine is genius. Such a beautiful song so perfectly performed.

[@leekosmin8788]

His voice would bring a tear to a glass eye

[@cliffjamesmusic]

The tune is simple with the whistle and hurdy-gurdy playing the same melody line then the stunning voice floating over the wandering guitar. It’s rather like watching a meadow under a breeze, there is colour and beauty everywhere, despite the sadness. Thank you.

[@padraichorgan]

Beautifully put....

[@narciekelly8985]

exactly what I was going to say @@padraichorgan

[@fabianorinijja8883]

What an amazing song. The lyrics are devastating. Who lives these days in such a thoughtful way to reflect on the politics of personal commitment and the politics of war?

[@stevejohnson8099]

Andy Irvine...Paul Brady......Robbie McConnell.....Lord thank you for Ireland forever and ever and ever and my next prayer of thanks goes for Ireland's women, too. Dolores Keane and Mary Black, and on and on and on.

[@johnpluck6126]

It's Donal Lunny on guitar not Robbie.

[@renderizer01]

@@johnpluck6126 I think he's only mentioning some of the fine singers from Ireland that are dearest to him.

[@gitfeatures1]

I first heard this back in the 1970s and it's as beautiful now as it was then.

[@numealinesimpetar1]

Yep.

[@calummackechnie4884]

Takes me back to the 70s. Andy and Paul and Planxty were so good. Saw them in Edinburgh around 1976. Wonderful musicians and the songs were fantastic. And what voices!

[@deemulcahy6553]

I wasn’t even born when these songs were sang by the unrivalled talented Andy, my father taught me well. Modern music is a load of…. 😂

[@jellyjazz]

Fathers a trad player and took me along to see this man many years ago in Derry, he's an absolute gentleman and incredibly humble. You'd need to be to construct music as close to the soul as this.

[@patrickdunphy8671]

One of my favourite folk songs by one great folk singer. I do it in sessions sometimes accompanied by my zouk.

[@MrViernon]

Magnifique! Un pur moment de poésie!

[@robst247]

"When I turn around to embrace my darling Instead of gold, sure 'tis brass I find." -- I'm sure we've all known that sadness.

[@beybarys]

+Rob Stuart True. But, nowadays: Would I feel this way by embracing her - she wouldn't be my "darling". Simply so...

[@robst247]

beybarys The way I understand the line is this: he lost his true love and ended up marrying a woman for whom he feels much less. When he awakes and turns to embrace, in his imagination, his true love ("my darling"), to his great disappointment and sadness he realises it's the poor substitute ("brass" "instead of gold") who's lying next to him. It's the tragedy of love lost that can never be regained - the dull compromise with which so many of us have to come to terms - that makes this song so deeply moving.

[@beybarys]

+Rob Stuart I understand, Rob. But who would force me to stick with someone I don't want to stick with. Differebt times, obviously.

[@robst247]

Well, I'm glad that YOU are not compelled to stick with someone you don't truly love, but sadly that IS the reality for very many people. Even in so-called 'developed' countries, people stay for years in relationships with incompatible partners. I work as a relationship therapist, and I see it often. In less liberal, more traditional cultures, many people -- especially women -- are literally forced to stay with terrible partners.

[@davidfoye]

+Rob Stuart ...and sometimes in more liberal, less traditional cultures as well!

[@irishman9444]

We are blessed to have great irish music.Up Eire

[@christophernicholls5679]

Probably one of the finest performances anywhere in the 1970's. Andy Irvine and Paul Brady.

[@christophernicholls3924]

Life is about choices that we make. The right choice for the right reason at the right time. And to accept and live with what we choose.

[@deirjon]

I´m in awe of this man and his lifelong devotion and contribution to Irish Musik. He´s coming to the town I live in here in Germany in Nov. and it will be my first time seeing him live (and that at his tender age of 68yrs!!). Thanks for these brilliant postings.

[@deathwarmedup73]

i might be drunk but by God this touches my soul

[@numealinesimpetar1]

:D

[@thumbchicken]

I am drunk, and it always touches my soul! Must be the Irish

[@tripjet999]

Dangerous alcohol drug no good for anyone.

[@tamegomait]

obsessed with this guys music at the moment

[@carolvarner1725]

Absolutely beautiful!! I could listen to this man sing all night and all day long! I love celtic music.😊😇

[@witherfinger]

Beautiful Irish music. Beautiful Irish people. KEEP IRELAND IRISH

[@devlin1607]

Gets my eyes welling up with good tears. Just takes me away.

[@ClovisSangreal]

You might want to avoid the song Bonny Woodall if you ever want to come back from wherever 'away' is. I don't appear to be able to stop crying when I hear that little number.

[@tyrelltyler1430]

🔥☘🇮🇪☘🔥

[@robertnettleship5467]

As an Englishman (cockney by birth) I got introduced to Traditional Irish folk, discovered Paul Brady/Andy Irvine and my Goodness I'm obsessed. Irish music is very rich beautiful music. :)

[@sabrinacuomo7932]

Andy Irvine , a class act on so many levels

[@gwenseal332]

A gentle soul!

[@irishfield1]

This is an IrishTreasure will never fade away because so beautiful and amazing thank you Andy with Donal and Paul

[@itcfan]

Andy is one of my all-time musical heroes. Beautiful song.

[@andywilliams2237]

I had the absolute honour to see Planxty when I was at UNI in 1975. By that time, Donal Lunny had tired of touring and Christy Moore had gone off to do his own thing, but Johnny Moynihan and Paul Brady had joined the line-up. So, it was a different Planxty, but magical all the same. Andy Irvine and Paul Brady bounced off each other, Liam Óg O'Flynn was sublime - and Johnny Moynihan was no slouch either! They reawoke in me a lifelong love of Irish music........ and the London-born Andy Irvine was a big part of that. Long life to him.

[@ElaineSilverFaerieElaine]

Tears are standing in my eyes. Soooooo beautiful! Thank you Andy and friends. Love YOU!

[@canyonhaverfield2201]

Sir Andy playing Hurdy Gurdy & Sir Christy Moore on Harmonium, Sir Paul playing Penny Whistle & guitar..absolute treasure !

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

Words spoken by this human person cannot full or property explain the sheer brilliance and the total beauty of this man voice, the playing, the story told and the feelings felt so I will not try

[@itcfan]

What can you say.....Andy is a legend. Totally unique and beautiful voice.

[@robinktinholt7000]

just came upon this..hadnt heard it since 76..it's more soul stirring than ever..

[@niallbyrne7562]

The very brilliant andy irvine takes me away even just for a while.

[@victorknezevich7281]

So sad so sad,my heart is broken

[@MrResearcher122]

God rest my Irish ancestors in County Mayo and Donegal. A song that moves you all over the place in the ❤

[@padraichorgan]

This man is the most wonderful singer ,thank you England for sending him to us ,where he has found his spiritual home .His empathic renditions of song ,Irish,English and those he wrote himself are truly unique..........May he and his songs live forever...

[@TheMindOrchestra]

Beautiful music from the heart- the best kind 👌

[@roybatty2030]

This was the background music when, as a young romantic man, I lost my true love in the 70s…

[@thebarn60]

Well there it is, a voice that lives a song, Amazing..

[@grimmsey]

i was 3 years old when andy did this track.. i'm 40 now and still love it

[@christophernicholls3924]

Can't get this song out of my head. 😢😢😢😢

[@Vincent.oconnorOConnor]

Listen to tabhair dom do laimh..translates as give me your hand, it's a wedding song

[@jonesthephones]

Stunning. Had me in tears, listening to such beauty in music. Thanks

[@Radaep1]

One of my all time favourite songs (musically & lyrically) & best interpretation I've ever heard !!

[@wraithoftheirish]

He is perfect❤

[@wms229]

how.does.he.sing.like.that. MINDBLOWING!

[@Super241946]

He draws back his ears and brays like an ass! Ok?

[@aboveaveragegamer7049]

BEAUTIFUL. \SESH/

[@TadhghR]

Such a poignant piece of art...!

[@silverbullag4759]

First heard this song when i was 12 years old ,instantly loved it ,20 years later it still draws the same feelings up..incredible musicians'the likes we will near see again☘

[@poguexgoxpunk]

The voice, the man, just pure beauty.

[@bobholden711]

....incredible...imagine this being sung on a flagship in 1700 as it sails into the sunset....

[@numealinesimpetar1]

You got it, my friend.

[@brucefetter]

These guys are so talented. Great to see.

[@ianwattsOfficial]

Thank you Andy for great music and I love the hurdy gurdy::::))) got one myself::)) Welcome to Gladstone Queensland Australia

[@TytusLight]

Most beautiful song I've ever heard

[@Giselle62]

In Virginia listening to WTju from Charlottesville. I hear his voice on "Thistle and Shamrock" and this wasn't until my 30's i when i discovered this kinda thing.

[@sarahannferrigan]

Love this so much. The air, the phrasing, the subject.

[@mikeo3177]

what a legacy of fine music from the greatest combination

[@kevinmadden1152]

Sublime and melodious.

[@margaretdavison-scott2182]

Love this x

[@clockmusic]

Awesome and moving, as well as the acoustical version. Listen to both over and over and over again…….

[@ianclancy8395]

46 years ago now. Unbelievable. Andy now 80. Hopefully a lot more.

[@TiticatFollies]

This is terrific! WHat a wonderful chance discovery. Yay KZbin!

[@mrsterripurcell]

It's funny really I've been listening to Andy singing this song for over 40's years yet it get's nicer on ever hearing but Andy never sounds any older. Lovely thank you for the honour

[@kololikate]

I was gutted a year or two ago when I made arrangements to go out with a friend to see a local band and discovered that Andy Irvine was also playing somewhere else nearby. It was a dilemma and I know I missed a golden opportunity to see him.

[@saladfingers.]

Lovely Andy.

[@jennifermuldowney5580]

Just saw Andy and Donal....warms my heart to see and hear such beauty

[@tumadoireacht]

what style. what lyrics. what skill. AND backing guitar by no less than paul brady. it does not get any better than this. the theme of wistful regret for one's own foolishness is a rich vein to mine.

[@matejbulin2127]

SESH brings me here, thank you Elmo!

[@kololikate]

such a unique voice. Fantastic!

[@annecasey1283]

Amazing

[@lilyput100]

This slays me every time. I saw Andy and Paul Brday in Vicar St in November and it was so, so special. Keep her lit Andy! You're one in a million.

[@ziskakhan4112]

Planxty is the best ever ... what else can I say ... good on you, you guys :D

[@robinrazzell]

Fell in love with this song when I was traveling in Ireland and bought a compilation CD to play in the car. Had to find all the renditions I could and this one is top o' the heap. What a voice and what a band. And what a song. Thank you, Andy and Mick Connell. P.s. I'm a Connell, too. Co. Tyrone from long ago.

[@heardashot]

This is wonderful and Andy does the tune credit...lovely rendition. I would have loved to have heard Luke Kelly's take on this song. I recon he could do it justice and work his magic. It's a nice thought.

[@kittymeekins1682]

An unabashed fan this is so beautiful

[@johnb5455]

Quite magical. A song that has haunted me since my first hearing - visiting my friend in 1979 in Manchester. In this student house share an Irish student played this LP at full volume.The whole house sang.

[@john-paulcraig3835]

2021. Still class. That is all. See you in another decade..

[@lrlimits]

This whole playlist is amazing!

[@musiceatsthekids371]

This song is forever in my mind and on my heart, it constantly causes me to reminisce on every happy and sad moment of my life at times it causes me to wonder if being human is worth it or if it is simply a curse to exist in this world especially one thats fallen so far from romance and beauty

[@drychaf]

For me, Planxty will always represent the best of Irish traditional music. This is absolute class.

[@TheDivayenta]

One of my favorites to sing! Thanks, Planxty!