Loudon Wainwright III - Carrickfergus

No copyright infringement intended. Neither do I own the rights to the original song.
I only uploaded this song because i know there should be plenty of ppl like me trying to find a version without the show's original audio and since it was really hard to get, im sharing it with you guys.
On this version you can actually hear the song's ending lyrics. Have a nice day.
P.S. First video i edit and upload to youtube EVER, so.. hope i didnt mess it up.
P.S.2 English is not my native language so ignore any mispelling.

[@pauljones5066]

the best version

[@dumbbellbully413]

I’m not even Irish, and this song and version brings me to tears. You can actually feel and visualize this town! Hats off!

[@Psifonian2]

It's such a relief to listen to this version without hearing Eli puking in the background.

[@yourfavoritemexican5841]

8 years later, best comment in here.

[@1earflapping]

Both inscrutable and hilarious at the same time.

[@simonpower6591]

In 100 years when people read this they'll wonder who the fuck Eli is.

[@chrisshaw5507]

I steered her on to the lawn and held her hair back whilst she was vomiting .Six years later she was dead from alcoholic poisoning.Memories,eh?

[@ayf1983]

But Margaret finally making out with Nucky. Payoff !

[@Helenkalal]

My father died not so long ago. My heart is filled with grief. However, listened g to this song every night and somehow it has been giving me comfort and strenght even if it is so sad Helen

[@Janchek1992]

BOARDWALK EMPIRE BROUGHT ME HERE!!!! BEST SONG EVER THANK YOU FOR THIS

[@torib100]

Jan3zZ glad you like my hometown. XD

[@andrewsuckle6197]

Have you heard Jason Manford singing this? He's very good.

[@alexcabassi]

Questa canzone è tanto triste ma meravigliosa😢❤️

[@sven3879]

Same here!

[@brianwarnock457]

I live in Carrickfergus 💙

[@MrJoebupkis]

One of the most beautiful and saddest songs ever...

[@tylekentertainment2663]

Board walk empire was one of the best show ever HBO ain't no joke.....I love this song also omg tears comes out when I heard that song....

[@robertperez357]

Bossa nova , fado, blues , bolero, tango, all beautiful forms of music. But my god the celts really know how to use your heartstrings to touch the deepest part of your heart ,it's like they want to make you not forget you have a soul!! We Mexicans feel the Irish Brothers, our songs make you cry too, But the celts also make you drink! Thank you brothers for your soulful music!

[@sungyultaylor1354]

This song is straight from the mouth and soul of God. I'm 100% NOT IRISH but I LOVE this song. Much love to Ireland from Oakland, Ca.

[@ThefightingCelt]

Beautiful. I defy you not to shed a tear . God bless Louden , and God bless the Celts ... the salt of the Earth

[@MaureenMaynes]

A beautiful version of this song.

[@72johnblack]

I've listened to this 100 times now or more!! Wonderful , heartfelt song!! And yes I did first hear it on Boardwalk

[@nadad4849]

Thank you for beautiful song, beautiful voice. From Zagreb, Croatia.

[@davesparks9503]

Best version of this..so heartfelt Wainwright knocked this out of the park...

[@zzman305]

"I have no time for games Margaret..."

[@mikeantell533]

"Margaret???" yeah right... that feigned surprised... bullshit.. she knew what was coming... Zod damn she's adorable...

[@ayf1983]

@@mikeantell533 Hell Hath No Fury Like A Woman Scorned. Margaret played him perfectly.

[@stringtheory1709]

What a scene 🔥

[@shapiroshekelberg604]

@@mikeantell533 - she was annoying. Just another Carmela Soprano or Skylar White. Complains, very rude to the help, always guilt tripping the husband, unfaithful, all the while never refusing the money and good life.

[@cooliostarstache5474]

@@shapiroshekelberg604 Skyler had some complexity to her. Margaret could have been completely forgotten about from one episode to the next and I wouldn't have cared at all. Gillian was the only well written female character on the show, the others, even Angela, were completely neglected by the writers

[@ChristerSannerhaugen]

I need this on Spotify. Instantly, thanks! Waiting 12 years for that to happen..,.

[@alastairjamesmainland2497]

It always irks me slightly when I hear some ladies airbrushing out "To my love and die," part of the beautiful power this evocative song has, is in its sadness, the most innocent of all emotions. Brilliantly done !! so moving.

[@terrencewildman1732]

10-4. If you don’t want to sing about loss and grief, find a different song.

[@danbgallagher]

Loudon forcefully conveys the emotion of these inspired lyrics.....splendid performance!

[@everagull81]

Missed this superb song first time round, it touches the soul.!!!

[@jamesmckernan3056]

Gordon's voice excels in this rendition of the timeless Irish Ballad I love the best. He demonstrates a full range of voice excelling all the while. Well done Loudon. The best version i have heard and I am a man from who played toones in garcie Neill's pub in Carrickfergus. I am Junglejim

[@frankciborski835]

I have always loved this beautiful song... And with the passing of as many seasons as I have seen, I can appreciate it even more now. Wainwright does a wonderful version, true to the intention and feeling of the song.

[@alans1313]

what a beautiful haunting song,,,sung with so much emotion,,,loverly

[@TruthTodayAlways]

Beautifully song by Loudon. Thanks for posting it.

[@cleanerdetailsllc8481]

Centuries of loss "we are a sorrowful people".

[@nohumbug8636]

I’m back to listen to this wonderful version.

[@Sumfortyan]

I'm just stunned by the beauty of the song...

[@geoffreywilliams7705]

The emotion that this song stirs inside me is sometimes so overwhelming . . 'On that long road down to the salty sea' . .

[@brendanECS]

It just doesn't get any better than this. Such beautiful music

[@maiden89M]

that's it, I'm moving to Ireland.

[@rpetrics]

The best version ever, and just in time for St. Patrick's Day.

[@elizabethproulx5262]

Love this tune, have many Celtic CDs. Their sonsg bring a sense of peace. Even though they of sadness. Wish I could find a CD with Wainwright III singing it.

[@benpluisje4788]

Great song!! Going to be played at my funeral. But not for a long time from now, i hope!!!

[@Watotowamama2023]

🥺

[@sisuboy]

What a beautiful version.

[@Wasabi.Peas.]

I remember when I was young my grandpa would sing this and everyone would be silent

[@_boracic_atreus_23]

Beautiful Loyalist Carrick.

[@ciaran180]

Love this version, thanks for uploading.

[@alanjones4080]

So Loudon Wainwright really is a folk singer after all! Beautiful tune, beautiful words - and a great voice ( though as far as the words are concerned, I've always doubted that someone who was "drunk today and seldom sober" would actually be a "handsome" rover...

[@mssmssmssmss]

I read that "handsome" meant "handy" -- as in "handyman." So he was a traveling handyman, doing odd jobs.

[@matt77hias]

just heard it in board walk empire, was glad I could find it (despite of the fast credits) very beautiful song

[@joekilleen6526]

Ah, the versatility! From the humor of "Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road" to the haunting beauty of an old man's reflections in Carrickfergus.

[@HerrMikael]

Very beautiful! Thank you for uploading. I have to admit that boardwalk empire brought me here. Even though the words are about an Irishman l think the longing feeling expressed by the song is universal

[@remiko-lucce1299]

Such a beautiful song and I am the farthest thing to being Irish. But the song itself transcends me to Ireland and her people's history and struggles. Such as Irish racism in the United States, the potato famine and Bloody Sunday. Yet the Irish still maintain their pride, identity and culture having pulled through so much hardship. Much respect to the Irish, I admire you all and raise this pint of Smithwick's to you and your beautiful culture. Slainte!

[@davmod]

bloody sunday

[@remiko-lucce1299]

Thanks for the correction, Mr. Miles.

[@willimations277]

Um, just to clear things up, Bloody Sunday isn't really an Irish thing, it's when British soldiers opened fire on a crowd of protestors up here in the North. (So technically Ireland but not really, depends how you look at it) Also, neither is Carrickfergus, it's also in the North. I would know, I live there. But I'm glad you've got the appreciation you do

[@Nautilus1972]

Maith an fear!

[@basilfromeen]

It's 4 a.m. I'm nursing my last one. This song plays in the background. Tears well. up...time to go...

[@LAREVAKARU]

Bloody beautiful, I’m not an Irishman but an Immigrant living in 🇦🇺 originally from 🇵🇬 ❤️ ... credits to Boardwalk Empire 🥰

[@garymichael1950]

The basis of the song goes back to the 1700's..The song was "Do bhí bean uasal" ( There was a Noblewoman) and contained a few of the modern lyrics...The song has changed a great deal over the many years and the version we all know is from the 1960's. Again, the song has evolved a great deal since the earliest known versions.

[@addeklerck3900]

Nice to know, thanks

[@markvaughanhenderson7844]

My darling Magnificent Gorgeous Bridget (MGB) bought me here

[@Ykarisful]

I was searching for this version for many months but finally i found it!Thanks a lot for posting! Really amazing song!

[@DB649]

Je viens de passer quelques jours en Irlande et ai maintes fois entendu cette chanson au début des concerts de musique celtique. Je suis heureux grâce aux paroles écrites de pouvoir en saisir toute la mélancolie que laissait transparaître la mélodie.

[@KimboDiddy]

finally! been searching youtube for loudon's cover for some time. thank you.

[@tomingersoll]

My love of Loudon Wainwright III's music sent me here.

[@elizabethburchett6809]

Like others, thanks so much for the upload of this version of this haunting song. Have heard other excellent renditions, but, to me, this is the best and also includes a verse not usually heard. This was not available as MP3 download that I could find, so you did a very good deed!

[@nohumbug8636]

Ah, I love this version.

[@KatieKinsX]

I live in Carrick

[@cleanerdetailsllc8481]

Can I do you?

[@Helenkalal]

Thank you. My father passed away. I ve been mourning, however, I feel better. Helen

[@sebbefyhr]

THANK YOU!!!! a million

[@greghunter8935]

I love this,I'm having this at my funeral

[@cliveosborne8195]

Mine too.

[@kbenner]

Thank you very much for posting this!

[@WilliamMilne772]

Ah, a great ballad!.... almost an archetype of moving, yearning sad songs

[@Rastamike808]

Rewatching Boardwalk Empire and I’m here now haha

[@joewright2895]

This one might make you cry.

[@alans1313]

thanks for the upload ,,i too came here looking for the song after the boardwalk episode,,,what a great song i cant belive i havent head it before

[@brianbaru2945]

TOUCHES THE HEART

[@daveyewart4289]

i plan to have our band play it . i want a programme of world music

[@briandonnelly638]

Beautiful rendition!

[@MrShnig]

Can't get over how good this is.

[@vietn207]

Listen again and again and again and again :x

[@SydnieSweetheart]

Beautiful song, thank you for sharing.

[@69RedRooster]

Awesome- Love it!!

[@citzxz]

No shame in finding great music via TV shows .... musicians can get a bit precious about this. I'd never heard this song before watching Boardwalk Empire and so the LWIII version was the first I experienced. Since listened to countless others. . None beats LWIII in my opinion.

[@Watotowamama2023]

Exactly. I am here because of Peaky blinders

[@metamorphiclouds]

This is such a beautiful song. Even though I'm nowhere near as old as the sailors who originally penned this ode, it reminds of my own childhood memories back home, which unfortunately is no more (demolished), with the rest of the surrounds entirely unrecognizable. Perfect song to drink to, my fellow wanderers!

[@madhatmike]

Great rendition of Carrickfergus by LWiii, thanks!

[@rpetrics]

Best version ever!

[@johnnyfaulkenbender]

Sung from the heart to be true ... nice an easy the way it should be , with great playing with the band who feel the groove.

[@maximus6452]

Boardwalk Empire brought me here. such a beautiful song.

[@darthserpace6855]

This is really soothing ...

[@oaktreebrannon7375]

I just wish I was there because I would be closer to my love.

[@sisuboy]

Thank-You, loader. And I'm Finnish, but my voice is multi-national.

[@MikeDial]

Carrickfergus is the supposed ancestral home of U.S. president Andrew Jackson, although his biographer James Parton could find no records linking the family to this place. This song shares some lyrics with the ancient lay "The River is Wide".

[@willimations277]

Yes. Hi, Carrickfergus native here. It is, I live quite near his family home, it's been turned into a museum.

[@mahler40]

Fabulous!

[@TheRandolph32]

Yes, thanks for the upload, English is great!!!

[@claudiadorolti3910]

Love, love this song!

[@pinonicolaci1154]

Ciao

[@juceliojuniorsertaoabencoa316]

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[@Jezzapoppy]

He's written some great songs but it's good to hear him sing a song he would have loved to have as his own.

[@Marisela3275]

Bellísima canción. Me enamoré de ella.

[@Poeng-hn2pj]

歌曲中文翻譯 卡里克弗格斯--我夢中的故鄉 　　我多麼希望我能回到卡里克弗格斯 　　我知道她在等我 　　在彩虹的那端 　　我願意游過這寬闊的海洋 　　只是為了能再次看到她那甜美動人的一笑 　　我卻無法渡過這無邊的海 　　我只能希望我能有雙飛翔的翅膀 　　我只能希望能認識一位淳樸的船夫 　　載我去心的另一邊 　　我閉上眼睛 　　我就能看到碧綠的土地和金黃的花朵 　　我們在油綠的草地上攜手相偎 　　我歸心似箭，只為它 　　這浩浩大海卻讓我不知何從 　　我只能希望我能有雙飛翔的翅膀 　　我只能在夢中回到卡里克弗格斯 　　終於要和我和故鄉永別了 　　留下我對它恆久的摯愛 　　我只能在夢中回到卡里克弗格斯 　　終於要和我和故鄉永別了 　　留下我對它恆久的摯愛

[@564987564987]

heard it in boardwalk empire, beautiful

[@sisuboy]

Thank-You very much!

[@hennessyorama]

excellent

[@frany55p]

So beauty

[@piaraskelly1038]

wow, surprisingly good version! (not here because of any movie etc.)

[@tob8675]

@loadergdl thank you for the upload!!

[@duckduckgoismuchbetter]

Most of the lyrics are correct, except for possibly a few, and they are close. One is at the end, where it should be "So come, ye young men, and lay me down." Refers to being carried to his deathbed, or possibly to his grave by the strong men of the village. The word seems to be "ye" rather than "here". It's an older way of saying "come, you young men". Enjoyed the video though. I've been looking for this version for a while now.

[@caiodrone1643]

Passando pra deixar aquele like TMJ 😉👍

[@geneleone]

Tanx a million!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@SAMMY12329]

Fabulous song ,great singer came via The Boardwalk Empire. Many thanks.

[@user-ul4wx9dp2l]

хоть на английском, но так по русски! Хороший перевод имеется на наш язык и исполнение

[@Folkskammer]

Thank. ;-)

[@sammcewan8295]

I hate to break the news to some of the comments and the picture but the song is about carrickfergus south of the island of Ireland

[@bmullin96]

Nucky - Dad, Carriclfergus? Nucky's father - Ah who gives a shit!

[@mikeantell533]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@MikeReineck]

THe HBO version I saw omitted the last two lines ending in "come lay me down"