Brían Mac Gloinn (Ye Vagabonds) :: Foggy Dew [This Ain't No Disco]

[@fboyg91]

I’m 6 generations removed from my Irish ancestors. The first Connollys of my family came to the United States in the 1840s. Their oldest son died fighting for the Union in the American Civil War. Like most other European immigrants, that side of my family gradually assimilated into the giant mixing pot that the United States continues to be. Along with that assimilation comes the loss of heritage. I don’t identify as an Irish-American, because I’m not. I’m just as much German as I am Irish, hereditarily. I’ve only ever seen Ireland through an airport window. I’m born and bred here in the wonderful state of Indiana. I love my state and I love the country my family worked so hard to come to; the country nearly every generation of my family has fought for, for nearly the past 200 years. All that being said, I cannot express how much I enjoy being able to connect to those long-gone generations of my family by listening to their music and sharing in our heritage in this small way. To any other Hartmans and Connollys out there, hello from a long lost cousin.

[@JockLambert1972]

The Irish just keep rolling them out, absolutely outstanding.

[@TheFolkRevivalProject]

This is actually an English song. I included a traditional performance of this in a video I just uploaded. Hope you enjoy. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGqWl4idpt57d9k

[@naiyomotion]

ha ha! So true. I wonder what Irelands per capita contribution of talented musicians and writers is - have to think they punch above their weight.

[@TheLeiferikson]

And add Mick Flannery/ Lisa O Neill and Fontaine's DC.

[@artseosamhogriobhta]

@@TheLeiferikson forget all that muck lmao

[@artseosamhogriobhta]

singing an English tune no less, ah Sassana, is tusa mé

[@derekwhitenz]

Oh how lovely. As a great fan of the Irish rebel song 'Foggy Dew' I am so pleased that this beautiful sad love song of the same name is being kept alive by a new generation.

[@TheCoadyp]

Quickly become my favorite Irish artist over the past year of lockdown.

[@benjaminwhitehead4050]

This has gotta be one of the most gorgeous songs ive ever heard

[@jamesumezaki8249]

no cap

[@joshmathews7603]

Heard this randomly in a video. Teared up. Very unlike me. Such a beautiful voice and such restrain and control. Simply wonderful peace. Soothes the soul more than any song I know.

[@ChrisSmith-xh9wb]

It was hearing this song, sung unaccompanied by Harry Cox, that opened my ears and my heart to traditional music when I was a teenager (55 years ago). I have never anyone song the song since until now. This is a beautiful rendition.

[@TheFolkRevivalProject]

Here's a link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIvIZaydm96nhpY Edit: I included both of these versions (and A.L. Lloyd's) in a video I just uploaded. Hope you enjoy. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGqWl4idpt57d9k

[@mariannemcaleer746]

Ah, Brian (I have no fadas on this keyboard!!!), You're a great singer ... every single word has me mesmerized. Thankyou!

[@newfieshamrock7621]

..and through mere mortal man,Mother Ireland choose to speak once again... from your crazy Newfoundland cousins..keep at it boys.. Dearly loved and shared..ireland lays in tears in pride when you sing..loves it... Slan Leat,mo Charadh

[@artseosamhogriobhta]

Grma a chol ceathrar

[@jacksonfleay9591]

I'm an Australian, with no known Irish heritage and yet I'm so attached to Irish traditional music, baffling

[@k2thepeak]

I’m a mutt with a bit of Irish blood but still, I couldn’t agree more. Hell, I’m up in the mountains of Colorado and the Irish music tradition hits me hard. It’s just so acoustic, pure, Trad in the best sense. And sampling just a couple Ye Vagabonds I may have new muses?

[@michaelboylan5308]

Half of superb is still superb, What a warm impressionistic film,,as warm as the fire in the grate,,as the voice,I am nostalgic for a city I have never seen Not often does a singer have such an interpreter, Mr O Reilly,,in Vienna once you shot a vignette of young women pirouetting in imitation of the figures on the medieval clock tower, A painters eye,,,,Rouault or Vlaminck, Vagabonds,,,Pierrot and Harlequin,,,the old enchantment is not lost,,,it lives

[@sineadward5225]

And well said by yourself Michael. Let's keep the magic alive.

[@PeterPan-iz1kk]

Don't know why, but this brings tears to my eyes and a smile on my face. Perhaps because the performance is so beautiful, tasteful, musical, and so full of emotion?

[@artseosamhogriobhta]

It transports me to years ago. The sessions, ornate simplicity, moments I didn't know to treasure.

[@kevinmacleod142]

Absolutely exquisite! Alec Finn was right in singing your praises, rare and high praise indeed from the great man!

[@staceynolan8577]

His voice 😲 unbelievable

[@bobbycrabb2187]

just came across this on a random playlist... wowwwww

[@LadyPercy.]

This appeared from I know not where .......it truely feels like a gift, a treasure, unique but oh so familiar. Thank you KZbin, Covid 19, Tier 3 Lockdown ( Devon UK ) God awful mainstream TV. On the other hand KZbin has an infinite library of gems ❤

[@Lucyavamaria]

I'm listening daily. Best voice of the year for me.

[@trackhorse9028]

These guys keep getting better

[@marcheeeen]

Superb. Thanks to the spotify algorithim for introducing this to me.

[@davidlewis2055]

Beautifull

[@titasbiswas9767]

How startlingly beautiful. How startlingly, how hauntingly, beautiful.

[@vickystanley8853]

A lot of things can happen in the foggy dew! I love THIS beautiful song.

[@artseosamhogriobhta]

cinnte

[@ciaranryan5265]

Nice audio, nice visuals, quality performance, thanks.

[@Etrehumain123]

This is so powerful...

[@Lucyavamaria]

Absolutely incredible

[@cm4099]

For my ears, love at first sound. Absolutely wonderful music, superbly played and achieving a perfect balance of voice and accompaniment. Every moment a pleasure.

[@gerrymurphy3854]

Beautiful...

[@ClueFinderDirtDigger]

I never tire of this... please keep making beautiful music.

[@Preatorius]

Thank you, Brian, for putting your song here!

[@StreetWorksMedia]

its his recording of it. but the song is really quite old. dates back from the 1900s

[@jamessiagian8124]

Irish highland just crossing my mind while hearing this music, so authentic. Also, beautiful shoot by the way

[@heathermarsh3425]

love this

[@DabillaMusic]

Beautiful version!

[@vickystanley8853]

Thank you Andy. Your beautiful voice and music is so satisfying to me. This is the kind of music i crave. The word crave is alittle embarassing if your not talking about candy or something but its the only i know that works.

[@fingal42]

What a great sound, alongside a wonderfully evocative video.

[@MaryChrisMaryCdiliapo]

While the world did gaze with deep amaze At those fearless men but few ... Sailed in through the foggy dew .... I love ye Myles! ❤️♡｀•♪♫

[@damotheman4196]

Sorry no disrespect intended but isnt that lyric from the irish rebel version knowin as the foggy dew?..this is an old english love ballad but the lyrics you posted are still class

[@Stalbans1953]

Lovely (and more clever, effective filming) - thank you

[@morrisseysprivatestock4880]

That's dandy !! Beauty tone

[@paulanderson8143]

Magic...

[@Armunk]

Wonderfull take on thia song:) love the music.

[@hotpoker4212]

Brilliant, love it 👍

[@duddle3]

Utterly Brilliant!!!

[@PaulMcilwaine]

Wonderful music and video Myles

[@liammcgovern5243]

Would love to hear more from him..

[@myles.o.reilly]

Oooh my goodness. Google Ye Vagabonds, of which he is a member, and especially their album The Hare's Lament, which this song is on.

[@annedunne4526]

And his brother diarmuid

[@jamessiagian8124]

At the first i heard this, it immediately warmed my hearth and teared my eyes. Then after many times I've played this music and go deep into the lyric, it blows me away that the i found this song about a gay person who feel sorry for a sad girl who came into him, and he can't open his hearth because he is looked to men. Then it changes my perspective while hearing this song (because i am straight of course). But what can i do, i love hearing this song ❤, hate my mind😮‍💨

[@artseosamhogriobhta]

Really? That is your interpretation? Very strange. I think it's just about him "using" a girl for her stability, "a bachelor young and bold, followed a roving trade" from town to town, ruining girls and marrying none.

[@jamessiagian8124]

@@artseosamhogriobhta that part, 'i courted a handsome maid'. Didn't it makes you feels odd? What is that even mean? They (with the girl) didn't do anything for one night in the hotel. Also they are duo (men and men) strengthen my guess. So what do you think? Am i wrong thinking like that?

[@artseosamhogriobhta]

@@jamessiagian8124 Ah yes, I understand the confusion. "Handsome" is not gendered in this sentence. You could call a woman handsome, meaning attractive (beautiful), or you could call a man handsome, meaning attractive (handsome). And while he doesn't talk about doing anything explicitly, it is heavily implied by the narrative. For instance, after he has stayed with her some months, he leaves to follow his roving trade, to another town and another woman. Which is why at the end she is weeping and crying that she is "undone". He tries to console her but he explains that he is moving on, no longer requiring her station in life and the bed that she owns "for the Foggy Dew has gone". There are other interpretations that imply "the Foggy Dew" symbolizes virginity and/ or youth.

[@jamessiagian8124]

@@artseosamhogriobhta so the handsome maid is the girl? If its true, i've misunderstood the line. It changes the whole opinion. FYI i didn't say i dont like the music, i just confuse the lyric

[@artseosamhogriobhta]

@@jamessiagian8124 No problem! It's a nice tune, I wouldn't be upset if you didn't like it though. I was just interested in your interpretation and the reasoning behind it. Thanks for explaining.

[@aislingor5899]

Beautiful sound & wonderfully made video! God Bless you all.

[@hisaookumura1536]

Sounds very nice, and good voice

[@seanohannrachain4047]

Foggy Dew When I was a bachelor young and bold I followed the roving trade The only thing that I ever done wrong Well I courted a handsome maid I wooed her all the summertime And part of the winter too The only harm that ever I done Was to keep off the foggy dew [Verse 2] 'Twas on one night about twelve o'clock As I lay fast asleep There came this maid to my bedside And bitterly she did weep She wept, she moaned, she tore her hair And she cried "what shall I do?" So I rolled her into bed, and I covered up her head For to keep off the foggy dew [Verse 3] Well all the first part of that night How we did sport and play And all the latter part of that night Snug in my arms she lay And when the broad daylight appeared She cried "I am undone!" Well hold your tongue, my pretty young girl For the foggy dew has gone [Verse 4] Well I never told nobody her name And its damn me if I do But it's often times that I think on that night That I kept off the foggy dew

[@ning_song]

Oh, thank you❤

[@jwardwilliams]

Is there a reason why Brian MacGloinn and Radie Peat ain’t sharerd a song together because this needs to happen?

[@myles.o.reilly]

Ha! Imagine! I'd say it's a case of waiting for the song to pick them, as opposed to the other way round. That'll be an important moment.

[@ClueFinderDirtDigger]

Waiting on that one with you, my friend. Not sure I’m prepared for the brilliance of it.

[@prangbro]

The melody to this song is pretty similar to 'The Willow Garden', which I still think is Radie's definitive performance!

[@ciaranryan5265]

@@prangbro Will listen to it, but 'Dark horse' is hard to beat.

[@tinadunne7315]

Aw I’ve only just seen this!!! What a stunning duet it would be!! I obviously haven’t checked but she did a beaut with lisa o’ neill 😊

[@timirvine8925]

Fn beautiful!!

[@benfisher1376]

This is an old english song from Somerset i believe

[@JeMasLT]

Thank you. Very nice

[@chrisjacksonmakesstuff]

perfect. just perfect.

[@ADOTlied]

Amazing, pure stuff

[@ColmMullally]

This is fucking deadly guys! Great singer, beautiful zouk and cool video!

[@zazaz44]

brilliant

[@iamearthbornami]

Lovely

[@user-bs4od9ec2g]

3rd gen American- Irishman wanted to find some more modern Irish music I liked and I think I found it.

[@myles.o.reilly]

...and you'll def appreciate my channel 💫

[@artseosamhogriobhta]

What's the other instrument I hear? There's a drone throughout the piece

[@masayoshibernardolonghinin7125]

What wouldn’t I do for the lyrics of this version...

[@ddx4506]

When I was a bachelor young and bold, I followed the roving trade. The only thing that I ever done wrong, I courted a handsome maid. I wooed her all the summertime, And part of the winter too. And the only harm that ever I done Was to keep off the foggy dew. It was all on one night about twelve o'clock, As I lay fast asleep. There came this maid to my bedside And bitterly she did weep. She wept, she moaned, she tore her hair, And she cried, “What shall I do?” So I rolled her into bed and I covered overhead For to keep off the foggy dew. Well all the first part of that night How we did sport and play, And all the latter part of that night Snug in my arms she lay. And when the broad daylight appeared She cried, “I am undone!” “Well, hold your tongue, my pretty young girl, For the foggy dew has gone.” Well I never told nobody her name And it’s damned be if I do, But it’s often times that I think on that night When I kept off the foggy dew. (lyrics as i heard them - please don’t sue me)

[@andrewgoodbody2121]

@@ddx4506 you legend :)

[@dfmontgomery91]

I'm from Austin, Tx and play Irish fiddle, mostly...I am going to try to write down as much as possa .....If you find them anywhere, could you let me know where...If I can hear most of it and write most of it, I will let you know, or, send them to you...David

[@ddx4506]

** covered off her head :)

[@ddx4506]

i saw them live just now 🥲

[@anniew4105]

That room must be a couple million now

[@regenherz1892]

Such a bonny performance, what is the name of the instrument ? Thanks for this lovely video

[@moritzwalter5333]

Its called Bouzuki. This particular one is a Greek Bouzuki. I got an Irish Bouzuki, lovely Instruments!

[@regenherz1892]

@@moritzwalter5333 thanks a lot Lad ^^

[@moritzwalter5333]

Always glad if I can help:) Just noticed your name, do you speak any German?

[@regenherz1892]

@@moritzwalter5333 Aye, I'm from Bernau by Berlin, I was born here ^^

[@moritzwalter5333]

Wow great ! I‘m from Bavaria, I play in an Irish folk band at our school and I love it! Its always great to see people around the world being interested in this beautiful music :)

[@kevbass4856]

Yee boi

[@Boharhija]

What is the connection (if any) with the other, more famous Foggy Dew song? As far as I can hear, the lyrics are quite different, this is more of a love song and the other one is a rebel song. The melody is completely different, so I wondered whether the two names just coincided or is there some old and vague connection?

[@ciaranbrady4696]

Coincidental. This is an old English ballad

[@livinghearth9720]

I don't believe they are related. This one is English the other is irish

[@johnshea8683]

Who's up next

[@olivierpataut7015]

Irish bouzouki or banjo? Cool style

[@chiarha6703]

Greek bouzouki

[@kingsexton]

Liam clancy recorded this song also

[@violagreenwood2324]

When I was a bachelor, young and bold I followed the roving trail The only thing that I ever done wrong I courted a handsome maid I wooed her all the summertime And part of the winter too The only harm that ever I done Was to keep off the foggy dew 'Twas on one night about twelve o'clock As I lay fast asleep There came this maid to my bedside And bitterly she did weep She wept, she moaned, she tore her hair And she cried, "What shall I do?" So I rolled her into bed and I covered up her head For to keep off the foggy dew Well, all the first part of that night And we did sport and play And all the latter part of that night Snug in my arms she lay And when the broad daylight appeared She cried, "I am undone" Well, hold your tongue, my pretty young girl For the foggy dew has gone Well, I never told nobody her name And it's damned be if I do But it's often times that I think on that night That I kept off the foggy dew

[@88mccloskc]

Is that a mandolin or a bazouki

[@432716]

my irish name is Brian mac liam, dosnt matter, some song guys.

[@gingerman9627]

Anyone able to scope out the actual chords? Chordify/chordu is bland

[@niallc1000]

Would be great to hear if you got the guitar chord figured out on this

[@eamonrodgers4751]

Obviously been influenced by the finest there is, bet his Dad was a John Martyn fan ❤️ as good as you’ll hear for sure

[@ADOTlied]

Amazing, pure stuff