McAlpine.avi

[@johngalvin3124]

Listening to my father, who was a famous ganger but not for McAlpine, was how I learned to judge men. One story stuck in my mind like superglue. A giant of a man turned up looking for work with a huge shovel strapped to his bike. He was given 'the start', but said he couldn't begin until the next morning, when he turned up with a normal shovel. He was asked where the big shovel was. His reply taught me to believe what a man does, not what he says or indicates he'll do. ' Ah. Well, now Sor, it's like this? That was the shovel I gets the work with, this is the shovel I does the work with.....'

[@MickyOHanlon2262]

God bless ya Ronnie. Your gravel voice and memory will live on forever.

[@torquemada3273]

Ahhh love that comment mo chara...big Ronnie in my opinion was the very essence of true Irishness not forgetting Luke Kelly...wee Barney et al...my kids love Irish music and so will their kids and their kids etc etc...Irish Diaspora around the world God Bless... Glasgow/Irish in particular😁😁😁HH...COYBIG...YNWA.

[@eamonnjohnston4767]

my old fella was a macalpine fusilier..about 1943,,long gone now god bless him.. eamonn o,sean

[@johnboyle3297]

Eamonn Johnston you’ll probably recall they used to say WIMPEY stood for We Import More Paddy’s Every Year. My Da worked as a fairground boxer till he made enough for the boat fare, then stood singing for coppers on the platform at Crewe till he had the money to get to Birmingham

[@johnjcafferkey1684]

I listen to this over and over never get tired of it when you know what it's about. All gone before us !!

[@patrickhogue1906]

This is probably my favorite version. They sound tired, reminiscent, bitter, but without regret. Plus the way they show the venue, it looks empty, and fits the mood I get from the song: that of an old man who's wisdom seems to fall on deaf ears.

[@lassehoei]

Patrick Hogue well spoken

[@eamonmacdonnell2627]

Check out Pecker Dunne's version.....

[@sentimentaloldme]

I love this song. God rest you Ronnie. Ni fhicimid a leithead aris.

[@mooneyes2k478]

The Lord keep you and love you, Ronnie!

[@firkinjeffery1]

A voice like sand going over broken glass...seen him live a couple of times..Brilliant...rip

[@alnicospeaker]

..speaking of keeping the mixer going ;)- Respect to the sound-guy who mixed all those musicians, I can distinctively hear everyone of the SEVEN stringed-instruments players!

[@jesuschrist3678]

Spot on.

[@trekhaak2013]

When Sir Ronnie say “ good evening”! The render of his coal stoned voice is pure respect!

[@johntait491]

Written by Dominic Behan I believe. I remember them working on the Hydro dams in Scotland in the late 50's and early 60's. A wild lot..!!

[@leighnaan5049]

My grandfather worked in the Hydro Dams in the 50's sadly he was killed in a blast and I never met him, what a guy though!!

[@sirmartinfrobisher]

John Tait : I lived in Hythe, Southampton, in the sixties when they were building Fawley Power station. Saturdays were a special treat. Pay day! Some of the lads were tunnelling under Southampton water under pressure, earning about.800 quid a week. They caught the ferry to Southampton to get new clothes. Always a new suit, which they wore every day to work then bought another the next weekend. Never a dull moment and they were always very eager to buy a round....... The facility is closed now and the site cleared, such is life.

[@nightsky0723]

Gives me the goosebumps even after 45 years of listening to it

[@johnprice7303]

Poor Ronnie was on his way out then...and he knew it! (as was Barney McKenna) There will never be their like again! Thank the great Christ almighty for utube!

[@plasticbucket]

Not true . B

[@JackJohnson0512]

Plastic Bucket if my memory serves me right, Barney lived another 5 years after Ronnie passed away?

[@sirmartinfrobisher]

john price I have the ability to copy on my phone and it has never had a miracle performed on it by a mythical being. Has anyone had such a process on their phone?

[@Mr.Derogatory316]

You can tell he was getting weaker and singing slower and his voice was getting more deeper not just because of his age but because of all the drinking and smoking he's been consuming over the years

[@Abcd-hr9ot]

best irish band ever

[@Zandw04]

Ronnie .......great , what a voice ! I never ferget

[@sentimentaloldme]

"And if you think I'll ate your fish and chips by Jesas you're mistaken".a classic....only an Irish man could think up a line like that..☘

[@steviecfc2]

what a band a love them

[@anniesweeney9777]

ronnie top class R.I.P

[@shamrockmac5405]

Yeah he certainly was

[@lyonsmick8684]

Ronnie barney Luke the likes we will never ever see again what talent. RiP boys.mick Lyons.

[@VMA225]

The Late But Great, Ronnie Drew; THE BEST !!!

[@dennismcgarrity4504]

NEVER DUPLICATED . WE LOST A LEGEND. ONLY JOHN SHEEHAN IS STILL WITH US.

[@jackcarter5101]

Eamonn Campbell's guitar adds so much to this

[@thomasthetiger]

"Those lads worked there, to make England a place fit for irish people, to live in.This sentence killed me. Cheers from Germany!

[@TheTrapper99]

pure gold

[@johnmckay9581]

What a great sound sadly missed

[@markrhodes5474]

RIP Ronnie Drew I worked with Paddy’s all my working life great lads and good grafter’s

[@72mossy]

And we're the kind of people that don't jump up and down and protest and wreck the place when we are called Paddy. My dad was an Irish Army soldier, a bren Gunner, served 6 months in the Congo as a UN peacekeeper. He came home finished his time and off to London for work. Worked in Cricklewood,Hendon Kilburn areas. He said they were all called Paddy.

[@normanschofield6256]

Ronnie Drew, different class.

[@willy4018]

Pure Magic

[@gerarddoyle7772]

the best i have heard over the years,well done Irish,

[@robg71]

What a voice.

[@QUIGS102]

Fantastic

[@davidmcewan4206]

Brilliant

[@sanchez16]

Saw the Dubliners in Swansea and my biggest regret is I only saw them once

[@neilrafferty2097]

Anyone ever see them in the Irish Centre in Camden ?

[@warrendeane3980]

Some tune

[@body9800]

What a voice

[@BartRizzuto]

Thanks! That was great!

[@eliotreader8220]

I think Doctor Busker sung this song in some form at the Great Dorset steam fair

[@christophercullen6559]

Dubliners are so good 🍾🍾🍾🍾🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@jameshlee17]

I remember this song. Is this the first song from the Gaiety Theatre DVD?

[@michaelmcdermott252]

Jonny mc gory

[@geraldrafter4202]

Only One word needed.brill.

[@aidanburns2440]

Great!!!

[@gerrybrown1043]

Best band in the world

[@jamessim1858]

Perhaps in your eyes but remember what they say about opinions......we all have one but that doesn't make them right.

[@gerrybrown1043]

@@jamessim1858 wanted opinion not lecture

[@jamessim1858]

@@gerrybrown1043 Stay cool dude

[@gerrybrown1043]

@@jamessim1858 thanks all best

[@johnprice7303]

They have almost all passed away now, thank God for youtube!

[@jackcarter5101]

Three of these are still alive

[@technobill8136]

love it

[@BestUserNameUK]

Galty, Cricklewood👍🏼

[@kevinodonovan9139]

What year was this???

[@Metalicer]

+kevin odonovan ca. 2002 on the 40th aniversary tour.

[@TheBigBoose]

whats that mixer hes talking about?

[@dongaagon]

cement mixer

[@liamg2342]

cement mixer. worse job on site being the man in charge of the mixer

[@liam.4454]

Either that’s or on a concrete gang

[@warrendeane3980]

Drugs mixer big booze. They were mixing drugs

[@warrendeane3980]

Ronnie & Barney mixing it and then selling them after the gigs in the city

[@tomking9461]

that's 100 irish I am pleatic irissh

[@jackiedoherty1971]

P

[@bazthehandyman]

Nothing to compare with the Master RD.

[@margaretroberts8222]

Get the feckin subtitles gone... Pleaseeee

[@neilrafferty2097]

Ed Sheeran anybody ?