In the early 2000’s, my family would have music nights every week when I was little. I can still my mother singing this (slower than this version) and smiling down at me. what I would do to go back to those simpler times.
@patriciaoneill80533 жыл бұрын
Aw lovely message
@roryduggan18054 ай бұрын
No clue but that comment brought a tear to my eye mabye it’s cause his voice in the background BRING BACK OLD IRELAND
@franciso.connell16344 ай бұрын
We can still have simple times
@Normalguy16905 ай бұрын
23 years old born and raised in Belfast and my dad has only just introduced me to this song
@tommcinerney76413 ай бұрын
Ireland's best...forget Tony Blair
@michaeldonnellan58652 жыл бұрын
Beautiful singing BRING BACK THE OLD DAYS ASAP💚💚💚💚👍👍👍💚💚💚💚💕💕💚💚💚💚💕💚
@killickfarms3 жыл бұрын
Nobody can put over a folk song like Finbarr furey. His voice is a mix of life lessons, cheeky confidence, peace with himself and plenty of black Porter!!!!
@zachmcloughlin3 жыл бұрын
Nobody can beat finbarr but look up dan mc cabe
@kingston24113 жыл бұрын
@@zachmcloughlin furys are the best singers and boxers
@galwaytribes53103 жыл бұрын
What a storyteller finbar is, every song he sings he takes us on the journey with him
@simontimoney Жыл бұрын
Dubliners can..luke kelly
@simontimoney Жыл бұрын
@@zachmcloughlin luke kelly
@stephencox482915 күн бұрын
God the nights singing these songs around different pubs and family's houses in kildare, days long gone how ireland as changed
@patriciadavidson67655 жыл бұрын
How can 106 people give a thumbs down to this iconic song: it is stunning 🤗😎
@samkearney64244 жыл бұрын
DID
@paddymac51614 жыл бұрын
Shower of wankers
@marcdunn77164 жыл бұрын
Yup dunno Somebody's bored n angry i think
@rcoughlan7374 жыл бұрын
@@marcdunn7716 Looks like u got it right, too many haters nowadays
@martinlong1064 жыл бұрын
Muppets is all its a beautiful song
@TheEamoB5 жыл бұрын
These Furey lads are national treasures. And Davey Arthur of course!
@richardbyrne6183 жыл бұрын
This song sends shivers up my spine
@thomassmith42593 жыл бұрын
I'm Irish ☘️ and I can't stop singing this song omg I love and my sister loves it too such a good song I can't believe this is in the 90s
@frillman34664 жыл бұрын
Was my grandad kenny (pops) favourite song according my dad, I sadly never got to meet my pops!! But what a tune.. proud of my irish blood!!!
@shannonduddy41493 жыл бұрын
Grew up with the furyes,, brilliant portsalon back in the days x us derry people love use xx
@HouseholdDog13 жыл бұрын
They are brilliant musicians. The instrumentals make you actually feel the wind, blowing through the town.
@johnmurphy46013 жыл бұрын
First time I heard this song was in London 1990 in the wheatsheaf pub in tooting bec
@soniatilbrook41002 жыл бұрын
Sonia kerwick this tune is BRILLIANT GOD Bless IRELAND
@philippatton43992 жыл бұрын
I’m Irish and it brings tears to me !
@benmchenry4587 Жыл бұрын
Whenever I feel down I listen to Fin. Thanks heaps for your beautiful voice 😊
@patriciaoneill8053 Жыл бұрын
Listen to Finbar singing with Finbar Furey " Green Fields of France"
@patriciaoneill8053 Жыл бұрын
Sorry With Christy Dignam
@philippatton43992 жыл бұрын
My uncle Brian Patton played with these as a fiddle player from Donegal Eire
@coleenquinn37619 ай бұрын
Beautiful 🎶🎶🇮🇪🍀🍀
@kittymon3510 жыл бұрын
Good I read this thread as I am singing this song at a summer festival on Saturday in Zurich. My grandmother worked in a Belfast mill and so this song really means something to me. The girls who worked in the Belfast Mills were called 'Millies'. Two of the largest mills in NI closed due to a fall in consumer demand in 1962. Its a wonderful song and I love singing it. Thanks Si for writing it. I also wrote a song recently called the Highwaymans Lass which I also hope will be liked as much as Belfast Mill. Thanks Katie
@patriciaoneill80533 жыл бұрын
Aw my Granny worked in the mill too
@alan00ross5 жыл бұрын
At the East end of town, at the foot of the hill, there's a chimney so tall, it says Belfast Mill. But there's no smoke at all, coming out of the stack, for the mill has shut down and it's never coming back. And the only tune I hear is the sound of the wind, as she blows through the town, weave and spin, weave and spin. There's no children playing, in the dark narrow streets, and the loom has shut down, it's so quiet I can't sleep. And the only tune I hear is the sound of the wind, as she blows through the town, weave and spin, weave and spin. The mill has shut down, t'was the only life i know, tell me where will i go now, tell me where will I go. And the only tune I hear is the sound of the wind, as she blows through the town, weave and spin, weave and spin. I'm too old to work and I'm too young to die, tell me where will I go now, my family and I. And the only tune i hear is the sound of the wind, as she blows through the town, weave and spin, weave and spin. At the East end of town, at the foot of the hill, there's a chimney so tall, it says Belfast Mill. But there's no smoke at all, coming out of the stack, for the mill has shut down, and it's never coming back. And the only tune I hear, is the sound of the wind, as she blows through the town, weave and spin, weave and spin. And the only tune, I hear is the sound of the wind, as she blows through the town, weave and spin, weave and spin. As she blows through the town, weave and spin weave and spin
@aphexrobinson20224 жыл бұрын
I'm not even irish but had a beer, sat back in my arm chair and falling in love with this! ❣
@martinpinkerton16154 жыл бұрын
About the song
@MoMo-vb9zq3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the lyrics Alan its a lovely song!
@dalidelancey58684 ай бұрын
@@aphexrobinson2022It's not an Irish song, so you're alright there; the original title is Aragon Mill, and Aragon is in Georgia (the American state, not the Slavic country). Si Kahn wrote the lyrics based on overhead conversations when tha mill shut down. The Fureys got the song off him and changed the mill to Belfast. (With permission)
@robbiehunt8684 ай бұрын
2024 and still love it
@declandarthwing56913 жыл бұрын
I've literally just discovered this song, what else am I missing I wonder.
@Ken5281002 жыл бұрын
Absolutely love this tune!!!❤
@THEMCCARTNEYCHANNEL8 жыл бұрын
My mum used to work there East Bread st Newtownards rd at the foot of the hill when she was 13. Long since gone
@landrykkb13 жыл бұрын
I've heard this song a lot throughout my life and I still love it.
@jojokeavy28354 жыл бұрын
Beautiful 🇮🇪🎶🎶🎶🎶🇮🇪2020🇮🇪
@ammulhare16442 жыл бұрын
First time hearing this beautiful, sad, magical song. Well done to the musicians! Oregon Mill, eh? Another interesting history there too I am sure. Such songs are also documenting the onward flowing river of human civilisation & history. Thanks for posting this example!
@BILLYnKAREN14 жыл бұрын
There is no band better than The fureys for putting genuine feeling in any and every song they play. This is no exception. Fantastic. Love this band.
@woodiethompson5265 жыл бұрын
This man was no doubt born to be a singer perfect voice perfect accent passion oozing in every performance I have heard what an entertainer ! Too early gone!
@normkraushaar83959 жыл бұрын
So universal, says so much from the heart....as is Gallipoli and most of their songs
@rossedmonds18284 жыл бұрын
I've known what its like to want work and not getting it. Under those circumstances its a battle to hang onto any self confidence and to hang onto a relationship. It was a long time ago but I haven't forgotten.
@irishfield15 жыл бұрын
So great song ever adore it thank you
@SuperGeorgeGlass19 күн бұрын
I grew up in Belfast and I had sisters that worked in The Linen Room. It was a weaving mill in Belfast. Every morning we could hear the sound of the steam whistle calling the people to work. Then one day the whistle was no more. The mill had shut down and it's never coming back. So the words hold special meaning for me.
@megancrowley21549 жыл бұрын
Love this song💕💕
@waynecrothers20125 жыл бұрын
Going to see the fureys and davey Arthur perform at the Ardhowen theatre,Enniskillen 8/02/2020 I can't wait,great musicians and songwriters...
@josparkes114 жыл бұрын
The Furies are awesome, and this is awesome too, they are a great band !
@Maksimfan14 жыл бұрын
this is the song that first got me loving folk music
@stuartlooby24183 жыл бұрын
Dopes dats why
@connorscoursing20532 жыл бұрын
Best song ever ☝️💯
@daistoke13147 жыл бұрын
This song resonates with every town, city or community that has seen jobs destroyed, Too old to work, and too young to die.
@jestalhut12 жыл бұрын
Whatever The Furey's do is great. I love this song, and this is a great version.
@iandickson13303 жыл бұрын
Great 👍 brilliant the best thank too them
@redarchibald11 жыл бұрын
Love this! Had on repeat all night!
@johncole85014 жыл бұрын
Love this song
@fred0donohoe5934 жыл бұрын
Great song good voice finbar
@mikecarter584610 жыл бұрын
This is an awesome tune. The closing of factories and mills worldwide is a sad consequence of economic times. Whole towns fall into waste and many families are destroyed. Keep a good thought for those unfortunate people.
@iandickson13305 жыл бұрын
Great songs from the great FUREYS lovely folk music
@SuperMicksor12 жыл бұрын
Best version ever , Great Song
@iandickson13305 жыл бұрын
Sad there is olso a lot of houses with chimneys but no smoke used to love watching the smoke comeing from the train gone by days
@rossedmonds18285 жыл бұрын
I was unemployed years ago - and I haven't forgotten what it felt like. Sad
@lindy-loucullen42265 жыл бұрын
God in Australia, if you are over 55, no matter how qualified you are singing the Belfast Mill.
@rossedmonds18287 ай бұрын
@@lindy-loucullen4226 True
@natashamolloy58854 жыл бұрын
My big brothers song 5months gone our thomas the pain in my heart is getting worse , u and our patrick is up there in paradise . I miss you so much i love you to bits , r.i.p my two brother thomas and patrick ,life will never be the same
@annmariem1213 жыл бұрын
I love ya sis we will get threw this 😭
@shannonduddy41493 жыл бұрын
My family always loved them ,and always will ,I lost my sister 2 which broke my heart
@shannonduddy41493 жыл бұрын
God bless use xx
@jennypiper3775 жыл бұрын
" JUST PERFECT THANK YOU FINBAR DAVEY,
@noelsteele71125 жыл бұрын
Born in Belfast .used to hear hewitts mill horn as i walked up the crumlin road to school.happy days.
@tichmulraney67843 жыл бұрын
Weave n spin weave n spin 🇮🇪💚☘✊🏼
@josparkes111 жыл бұрын
The banjo is superb on this version !
@stevesuffet10 жыл бұрын
Everyone should read songwriter Si Kahn's own comments below. Si begins by saying "Thanks to whoever posted this great version of my song 'Aragon Mill' by Davey Arthur and the Fureys." As Si says, he wrote this song after the textile mill in Aragon, Georgia, closed in 1970. What he does not say is that the mill subsequently reopened and closed again several times, but it finally closed permanently after a fire in 2002. We should all wish Si the best of luck in starting the Aragon Mill JamFest, but more importantly we should stand in solidarity with all people who are fighting against the transnational corporate greed that has destroyed the lives of working people in both big cities like Belfast and small towns like Aragon.
@patmcd82714 жыл бұрын
Number 1 song legends
@iainmackillop21288 жыл бұрын
Killiekentman Hey Ray ! I'm so amazed that this post has racked up nearly 200,000 views since it was posted. Many thanks to you for maing it available .. and to Si Kahn for writing this great song :)
@hooleyqueen9 жыл бұрын
Dear Michael Kelly, Thank you so much for sharing your lovely story with us. I was in Sligo where the Fureys own a bar called (surprise) Furey's. It is in the Northwest of the Republic close to the sea. I went to Furey's Pub & heard some lads playing traditional songs. For all I know it could have been some of the original band if any were (or are) still alive. I was there around 2002or 2003. I did not know about the Fureys then, but discovered them later. I bought one of their early CDs in a tiny record shop in the tiny village of Doolin on my way out to the Aran Islands which lie in the Galway Bay Doolin is the departure point for the smallest of the three islands, Inisheer. Inish means Island in Irish.
@johannothnagel13712 жыл бұрын
Amazing voice !!!!
@bowie47ziggy10 жыл бұрын
brilliant stuff, and very rare love it...
@johnduffy26043 жыл бұрын
My father was born in tipperary
@georgestyer21537 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info Si...most enlightening I love those who care !!!!
@thelittleowl24846 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite song
@ingeborgdomin68464 жыл бұрын
Good song, THX
@deaghansionnach29367 жыл бұрын
Awesome song, reminds me of my time in Belfast
@ciarahamilton2795 жыл бұрын
It's 1974. Just to clarify! Brilliant song. If you're Irish, you can't stop the foot going.
@hehe34393 жыл бұрын
hahah
@williammongan98063 жыл бұрын
Not a truer word said
@quickmick11123 жыл бұрын
I read your comment as my foot started to raise up for the tap down haha thanks for the laugh.
@moneymay70502 жыл бұрын
Go on ciara
@raymondoreilly47262 жыл бұрын
Ha sitting with the foot going
@patriciaoneill80533 жыл бұрын
Aw brilliant, Belfast Mill, made the greatest people,
@iandickson13305 жыл бұрын
That’s music at its best they sure bring life to there songs maybe not the chimney stack
@sikahn918110 жыл бұрын
DO YOU KNOW A RECORDED VERSION OF ARAGON MILL? If so, please let me know for a paper I'm writing about the song's history. It also goes by the names Belfast Mill, Oregon Mill, Douglass Mills and Weave & Spin. Thanks so much, Si
@Luukupuuk6 жыл бұрын
You might want to check out this one: Planxty: Accidentals / Aragon Mill (is on youtube)
@punkcat7714 жыл бұрын
I never knew who sang this song! Fureys are awesome.
@MRAWSOME48111 жыл бұрын
It was played at my granddads funeral
@NiamhAdventureTime3 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of my old man
@michaelmorley64233 жыл бұрын
🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪 Beautiful song
@hooleyqueen9 жыл бұрын
so beautiful, so sad
@arthurshelby67332 жыл бұрын
One of the best songs to be made! Listening to this takes me pack to the 50 shades of green I miss
@docholiday83086 жыл бұрын
I love both Argon Mill and Belfast Mill. I live in SO in cotton country and there are hundreds of closed and or adapted. Many mills have been torn down to make way for new industrial plants. The South is coming back but it went lose its soul. I wish the same for distant cousins in the 6 counties now that the worst of The Troubles are over
@coyi74543 жыл бұрын
God bless you 🇬🇧❤️🇮🇪
@julane506 ай бұрын
Wow . a great version of Aragon Mill. I love the Red Clay Ramblers(?) soulful rendition. I've only recently discovered 'Belfast Mill' .. ♬‧*˚✧♬‧*˚ .. must say it's one o the best !
@richardbyrne6183 жыл бұрын
Whoever gave thumbs down to this are obviously tone deaf friend.
@dougreed22572 жыл бұрын
Absolutely richard,and they have no soul!
@maxjohnson44772 жыл бұрын
I'll drink to that
@paddymcdaid34475 жыл бұрын
Hazel dickens brilliant at this Aragon mill ☘️👍🐶woof
@montelee82445 жыл бұрын
I live 3 mi. From the mill . great song
@jim62100011 жыл бұрын
Great version from a great band..
@annmariem1215 жыл бұрын
Rip bro 😭 yur song
@creasemason63472 жыл бұрын
Thatcher!!!! The witch closed down the mills in the 80s...Belfast Catholics suffered...
@johnduffy26043 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad to irish
@paulamcnama14993 жыл бұрын
The fureys are legendary xx
@shutyadish666Ай бұрын
Sat here just kicking up my leg,
@insideout48926 жыл бұрын
the song is such a wonderful homage to the working class people in the western world who suffered just like those who suffered across the eastern world, due to faceless big business. we might all suffer in the end
@martinmcdonagh1617 жыл бұрын
love this
@cn8204 жыл бұрын
A great song
@samenhillyard34364 жыл бұрын
Amen
@angielaz610712 жыл бұрын
Love it
@jamesdoran83263 жыл бұрын
This war is going on to long there should be peace
@johndelaney23212 жыл бұрын
outstanding@
@cheerydavie13 жыл бұрын
One of the Furey's /Arthur .recordings
@SheyD782 жыл бұрын
The heartbreak of hard working people who's jobs are suddenly gone because it's cheaper to make things somewhere without safety regulations or minimum wage. Corporate greed has a lot to answer for.
@susanpurnell24333 жыл бұрын
So many traditional employments gone all over England, Ireland Scotland & Wales. Only on-line shops & call centres left, sadly. Says it perfectly.
@jockyblade12 жыл бұрын
Ah finbar you beauty, magic pure magic
@davideddy26722 жыл бұрын
Actually ‘Aragon Mill’ in Georgia U.S.
@milkywhite29392 жыл бұрын
British through and through but this isthe most amazing song x