Hamish Imlach - Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye

from Portrait LP 1989

[@Hardrada88]

Simcoe rocks. The new ceo of Roberts Rangers. But ah this highland legend of a man, thanks for sharing. Tune!

[@OrestesKyriakosPoulakis]

I am very happy that there is the full song (including the last verse) :-)

[@paulmckeown8840]

Nobody does it like hamish

[@StatusQuoK]

True

[@johnjacksie8534]

Just heard this,this. Is AWESOME best version ever.Hamish Abu.

[@johnconlon9652]

Listened to Hamish in the 60s. Lovely man.

[@stm890]

Great song and the show for which the pic is from is also an amazing show. Its called "Turn, Washington's Spies"

[@Bluuve]

Yes, agreed. That last verse is important. Some say the soldiers sang this with humor, but not humorous if this happens to generation after generation.

[@sorbabaric1]

Bluuve I think it would have been sung by soldiers as dark humor . . An acknowledgment of the reality they live in. as a nurse, my experience has been that after living through a horrible time, we make humor in place of crying. Because we have to keep working and can’t indulge ourselves in crying. Just chin up and carry on. The humor momentarily relieves the pressure. Or allows men to acknowledge the reality & tragedy without breaking down ( they don’t have that luxury)

[@johnsalt1157]

I doubt this was ever a soldiers' song.

[@medb1996]

@@johnsalt1157 it 100% was, in ireland, around the 1700s

[@tobiasstudtheol]

@@medb1996, the lyrics were written in 1867, so I doubt that that was in the 1700s.

[@medb1996]

@@tobiasstudtheol i might have misread what century it was, but...either way, it WAS an irish soldier song. thanks for correcting me though

[@andychauhan6544]

Wow! beautiful music, puts things in perspective...however some people still have to fight in today's age.

[@jtpinnyc]

Amazing live performance. This is the best version along with De Dannan's.

[@hippyable]

Awww coool!

[@nellieeli5370]

The thumb nail is from Amc Washington spys turned it's major simcoe of the queens rangers

[@jokingker2553]

Black guys aren't Ireland, if that's what you mean. No offense, the creator made us different. I'm a creationist.

[@Hardrada88]

It’s funny because governor Simcoe abolished slavery..during the American revolution as well. He’d not agree with that statement Joe Ker..besides Roberts Rangers weren’t an Irish only force. They were provincial aaaand Robbo Rogers was born in Mass. of Scottish parentage I believe.

[@Hardrada88]

The only way in which “the creator” made us different is how much shite fills a mans head afore it flows from his mouth.

[@nozecone]

@@jokingker2553 Do you actually know anything about the ethnic/racial make up of any particular military at any particular time?

[@jokingker2553]

@@nozecone Yeah, ethnicity indigenous.

[@l.salisbury1253]

"...Just around the corner from The English Civil War!" -the Clash (aka the ONLY band that matters!) '78

[@jokingker2553]

The original version was from a survivor of "The March" in the 16oo's. This is fairly close to the original.

[@nozecone]

Do you have a source/link for that? As far as I've found, there is no evidence for this song before the 1860s.

[@jokingker2553]

@@nozecone It was written by one of my family members.

[@jokingker2553]

@@nozecone Gut strings.

[@nozecone]

@@jokingker2553 LOL! Okay.

[@jokingker2553]

@@nozecone Nobody asked you to be in our Island or care for our ways. You know a man by his grandfathers. This is basic wisdom.

[@soupbread7039]

Although this is sung by a man, this is history through a female perspctive. The horror towards the results of war and the fear of what is coming for her sons.

[@them_that_loudly]

I preffer the Irish rovers version

[@Mostrichkugel]

So what?

[@nozecone]

And?

[@markilleen4027]

me too