"The Sick Note" Sean Cannon - The Dubliners

[@craftbeerlover9994]

One of my Dad's favorite songs!! Makes me laugh, cry and smile at the same time.

[@maranatha_777]

I adore this song!!!!

[@kimu.k8391]

I simply adore this awesome song! all thanks to my dad! love you dad! x

[@Thrawn6211]

Nice mixture of German and English. Wundershoen Lied!

[@shaneosmond230]

I livid lived with a good friend and I cherish the memories I had with him I called him uncle paddy being a kiwi he was my best friend and he introduced me to this song we would laugh and drink miss you daddy patty

[@darrenohannagain8432]

How good is that introduction 😂

[@catcat5564]

No idea, couldnt understand a word

[@jongadsby1623]

Love Sean cannon see him now and again wonderful man!!!!!

[@mariedennis1193]

Absolutely love this my son sings it quite wel

[@Gwilbach]

Every time I hear this very funny song it always reminds me of a Dear friend Brian, who was in a local group hear in Wales. Bless him Brian used to give this song justice great song & great man. R.I.P. Brian

[@Kath-nd6pj]

Was my brother’s party piece. We are English, so he apologises to any Irish in the room before the start, gets away with it though, chuckles all around!

[@PortraitSeal]

My teacher spent an entire night making a worksheet for our physics class, including a lot of topics in our A levels and is being considered to be used by the school in the actual course. LOL

[@scopex2749]

Ohhh no dont......they will out it on the syllabus for University for a degree at Dublin Uni! 😂😂😂

[@janettedavis6627]

Very funny song when I first heard it I replayed it many times. I bought the CD in an OP shop in Whyalla South Australia and I love that CD.

[@hughreynolds8909]

lol easy mate me old paddy pals RIP till we meet again god bless ur big pal Hughie XXX

[@HondaRebell1100cc]

I'll think of my older brother thats not among us anymore... just his kind of humor :-)

[@racheallange2056]

Sorry for your loss ...It's never easy...I lost my dad in 2007..He would have loved this...May your brother RIP...

[@joshstevens6678]

I think your brother and I would have gotten along famously. God be with him

[@markfairbrother1983]

@@racheallange2056 my dad was my first thought when I heard this, he'd have loved it. Its nice the fond memories of their character live on.

[@racheallange2056]

@@markfairbrother1983 Yes it is..

[@lailahepburnandmischka]

My grandad used to play this in the car, me and my sister fucking loved it

[@PureSimple.]

Great clip.. love that song.

[@flameblazer47]

Why I love being apart of a Irish heritage

[@janetterobinson7778]

Yip

[@michaelcherokee8906]

And clearly not a part of people who understand what "apart" means.

[@flameblazer47]

@@michaelcherokee8906 I'm 9 years older and confirm I am no longer Illiterate. Totally forgot I even had a comment on here haha

[@michaelcherokee8906]

@@flameblazer47 Holy shit, after you commented nine years ago, I NEVER expected to hear a response out of you!

[@kudu42]

Oh how I love Sean Cannon!

[@Whoop1]

Paddys not a work today🍀💚

[@donkey3214]

This song brings back memories.

[@brenbernz]

This was written by Gerald Hoffnung way WAY back in 1958, recited at Oxford Address.

[@leebryant9269]

I heard that version years ago. Fantastic delivery - sounded so sincere as he recited it. He was a great, but very dry comedian and his speeches would go down really well even today.

[@Kath-nd6pj]

Gerard Hoffnung died early. In his thirties.

[@diegobac5067]

Dear Sir, I write this note to you to tell you of me plight and at the time of writing, I am not a pretty sight; me body is all black and blue, me face a deathly gray and I write this note to say why Paddy's not at work today. While working on the fourteenth floor some bricks I had to clear; now, to throw them down from such a height was not a good idea. the foreman wasn't very pleased, he beeing an awkward sod he said I'd have to cart them down the ladders in me hod. Now, clearing all these bricks by hand it was so very slow, so I hoisted up a barrel and secured the rope below. But in me haste to do the job I was to blind to see that a barrelful of building bricks was heavier than me. So when I untied the rope the barrel fell like lead and clinging tightly to the rope I started up instead. Well, I shot up like a rocket till to my dismay I found that halfway up I met the bloody barrel comming down. Well, the barrel broke me shoulder as to the ground it sped, and when I reached the top I banged the pully with my head. Well, I clung on tight through numbed shock from this almighty blow and the barrel spilled out half the bricks fourteen floors below. Now, when these bricks had fallen from the barrel to the floor I then outweighed the barrel and so started down once more; still clinging tightly to the rope, I sped towards the ground, and I landed on the brocken bricks that were all scattered round. Well, I lay there groaning on the ground, I thougth I'd passed the worst, when the barrel hit the pully-wheel and then the bottom burst. Well, a shower of bricks rained down on me, I hadn't got a hope as I lay there moaning on the ground, I let go of the bloody rope. The barrel than being heavier, it started down once more, and landed right across me, as I lay upon the floor. Well, it broke three ribs and my left arm and I can only say that I hope you'll understand why Paddy's not a work today.

[@slidecancel7411]

Thank you

[@Silveryne]

He did the same in Groningen, last Saturday. Half Dutch, half English. Briljant!!

[@e4glexone387]

Silveryne german not dutch

[@pimpino]

every time i hear this, i think of my dad. how excited he'd get when it'd come on. :)

[@SammyMelody]

Haha, got this song on a CD. When I first heard it, I laughed so much xD Just amazing :D

[@tposingjesus5491]

I love this

[@Lawesn]

genial! sein deutsch ist nicht schlecht...

[@laurapage7294]

Funny

[@OdenCW]

i'm officially claiming this as my theme song, sean cannon singing and all :D

[@hughreynolds8909]

Anthony??? RIP mate loved the times we spent together the good n sad blessed crying now son XXX

[@noggz96]

that is my grand dad they are singing about :')

[@ninjireal]

sad nOPE

[@sicksideworldwide1599]

God bless your granddad a trooper

[@MadWitch77]

@xXInnozenzXx Amazing is just the right word! let´s hope they´ll come back many more times :o))

[@Silveryne]

No, it was the way he introduced some songs. Normally artists would use only one or two Dutch words, but Sean used more full-sentences.

[@lhsbandnurd]

I'm wrong because I didn't mention the pulley that was mentioned clearly in the song? He rigged the pulley, hoisted up the barrel. Climbed up to the fourteenth floor to fill it with bricks, then climbed down to untie the rope to lower the barrel down. He didn't account for the weight of the bricks, and since he held onto the rope he was lifted up to smack his head on the pulley. Just like in the song...

[@Kath-nd6pj]

Wheelbarrow.

[@haui61]

i almost fel of my chair. sean is great

[@irelandkid12]

This song is the BEST!!!!!

[@ashwayn]

weeping I always do to this

[@stevendale7658]

Priceless oirish humour

[@LeonardARobert]

Outstanding.

[@IgHul666]

I've heard it 2010 in Bamberg, just great!

[@oskymike1]

a must listen too

[@johndublin346]

I've seen a meme about this story. It's mad to think it came from this song.

[@adelmohamed3774]

The dubliners so gooooooooooood

[@j6m24d84]

i laughed so hard when i heard this at a pub in kilkenny

[@christianmerret2317]

Fabulously funny !

[@Destiny4511]

Unless the rope is fed thru an overhead pulley, which the song clearly says it IS, at 2:20 into the song.

[@LLdude1]

I think this is a great example of music w comedy, you only need couple of irishes :)

[@douggodfrey6521]

Bloody luck he didn't die

[@sideshowbob5237]

Anyone who can listen to this without crying with laughter either doesn't speak English or is brain dead.

[@Raxus_Sabers]

Love this song 😂

[@IceQueen3253]

It's ok. It being live lessens it quality but it's better than half the ones out there

[@deirdrelambe1046]

Every good

[@dpembo7]

superb :-)

[@SandySalmansohn]

As I'm listening, I can't figure out if he's speaking English or German. LOL Silveryne, I agree with you. It's brilliant. Up until now, I'd only heard this song by the Clancy's. Sean Cannon is really good!

[@isstephanie4]

German? He has a lot of Irish slang.🙂

[@bettyswollex]

good stuff, power to your elbow.

[@ian1332]

Classic , xx

[@kok290]

½German ½Irish :D love it

[@brandonante3609]

1/2 Irish 1/2 German 1/2 Dutch

[@zack99293]

happy Saint patties day..

[@schaamharie]

In memoriam,,, Marianna Meissen ,,

[@crazyarms33]

@haui61 No it is not. It is originally a stand up comedy bit by George Huffnung who did it back in 1958.

[@Kath-nd6pj]

His name was Gerard Hoffnung.

[@blenderpanzi]

Who stole (or licensed?) it from whom? The Dubliners or Harry Prünstner ("Ziaglaufzug")?

[@brianpickrell2477]

This is a level of misfortune that usually only happens to coyotes.

[@RaySingh87]

Hillarious!!!!!! xD

[@zack99293]

It's a miracle patties still alive...what was in his whiskey

[@NiftyTev]

Paddy and the Horrible, Terrible, No good, very bad day

[@johnwhittaker7872]

Go on

[@lhsbandnurd]

Not sure if troll or serious... He put the bricks in the barrel, which was on the fourteenth floor, and then went down and untied the rope.

[@peterkelley6344]

IT'S musical humor at its best.

[@VaughansBlues]

Hilarious Brilliant POET

[@tehparradoxx6189]

this was first published in the royal navy paper in 1948 and its not about a thick paddy

[@roshkiokoyammato8858]

I thought he was mumbling the first bit the first time. It's hilarious!

[@billie1129]

don't you think penelope scott's rät sounds a bit like this ?

[@zack99293]

I let go the bloody rope.....oof

[@michaelcherokee8906]

What the hell is this guy saying at the beginning? Is he mixing languages?

[@haui61]

is this written by pat cooksey?

[@CEILIMAN]

Gret character and good music,anton irish centre sunday nights ceili in camden town,open to all,tony Kearney plays the besst in Ceili.

[@leodune5137]

i doing this in scor

[@raverbaby551]

Wicked gailic

[@patsmightymovers3885]

😃

[@LornaRoseFoX]

My granddad's song xd

[@eliteministas]

you're kinda wrong... in the song, "banged the pulley on me head" the rope was hoisted over an overhead pulley.

[@johanboonen6412]

the lyrics are..banged the pulley with me head..;so if the rope is overhead, his head would might'ly bump into t'pulley

[@HAI2YEW]

Quite the laugh at 2:55.

[@LapinMyope]

I don't really hear any Dutch. Only German and English.

[@ErikWhitford]

Damn what a crappy song from the bricklayer song to a sick note named Patty instead of Murphy which is Murphy's Law

[@peterkelley6344]

At the very least you got the humor of Murphy's Law.

[@ErikWhitford]

@@peterkelley6344 The song is good for a lot of other artist that have sung it this one is just very bad singer and I know the whole story of Murphy’s Law I’ve heard that song plenty of times just the singer needs to put music behind it and not try to do it a cappella because his voice is horrendous but thanks for your comment

[@jtyhrg]

He certainly got replace on the same day by any id..t( youtube doesn' t like this foul language, I don't give a "care", anyway, they make enough money on me that they may pass on that, we'll see !) who would do the job. Never mind the injuries, the boss didn't pay for that . 2 month ago one of my fellow workers ( vineyard worker, pruning cleaning shoots ) got fired because he had a flu a couldn't come for two days. In France . Yeah, I know, I'm a commy, doesn't work that way now, if you want to live, you gotta get paid whatever that means, if you die soon, you'll cost less to society, so fuck you, go to work, don't complain, therer are thousands waiting behind you, if you don' t do the job just fuck off and leave ! Luckily I got no kid, no family to earn a living for so I can tell what I want, but I know how lucky I am, My hobo's two cents on that one . Peace brothers !

[@davedastare]

U muppet! Physics not your strong point is it!

[@WHATYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA]

Not his best rendition of this song!