Rio Grande - Down By The Glenside (Those Bold Finnian Men)

The Sons of The Pioneers sing Down By The Glenside

[@h.calvert3165]

Wow! Ken Curtis, Victor McLaglen, J. Carrol Naish, John Wayne, & the exquisite Maureen O'Hara. What a cast! 🎞

[@rickbruner5525]

Plus Ben Johnson, Chill Wills, and Harry Carey Jr.

[@dylan3552]

Never heard a better version of this song. This is my favorite.

[@ivanoday4635]

Kathy Jordan has an amazing version too

[@timodonohue8471]

Agreed!

[@redtobertshateshandles]

Judy Collins. Great version.

[@celticandproud1]

they didnt sing 2 verses of the song

[@richiehanlon]

Judy Collins version kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGG7dp94lNl6gacsi=SyKrraC33oz1jXIM

[@scottwallace3549]

I think my father was afraid to ever take me to another movie ever after we saw this at the drive in. I joined the Fenians that night and never shut up about them ever again. God bless Dad, and Glory I to the bold Fenian men!

[@ju87stukadivebomber87]

I dont know exactly what the Fennians believe politically, I've heard they're socialist or marxists which is one of the dumbest forms of government, but I like the idea of a United Ireland Free of the Redcoats, honestly I think it'd be cooler and work better with a High King again, mostly cause it wouldn't be communist and just think of that title, it just sounds cool. Doesn't have to work the same as it did originally, but really it's not my business because I'm American, part of my family is Celtic but our last name comes from Wales so Idk if we were ever from Ireland.

[@noelpucarua2843]

@@ju87stukadivebomber87 If they were Marxists* they were the most Christian marxists ever. Instead of repeating what you heard you could read all about the Fenians. *I presume you weren't referring to Groucho, Chico, Zeppo and Harpo.

[@aor3220]

​@ju87stukadivebomber87 They weren't really Marxist. You could maybe say left wing but Marxist would be a stretch. The fenians wanted Ireland to become a Republic by leaving the United Kingdom. Large numbers of Fenians were exiled from Ireland by the British and quite a lot of them ended up in America and in the US Army

[@rambojp73]

And also a lot of Fenians went to Scotland after the 67 Uprising! 🍀🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🍀👊🏻

[@ciarandoyle4349]

@@ju87stukadivebomber87 The Fenians, AKA the Irish Republican Brotherhood were an Irish independence movement between 1858 and 1923. They were disbanded when their agenda was substantially accomplished with Irish independence in 1921. [Ireland between 1921 to 1998 is for another day.] The Fenian republican agenda was based on the achievements of the American Revolution and its system of government based on the American Constitution, together with those of the French Revolution. The Fenians supported a successful political campaign for land reform in 19th century Ireland - land redistribution that created widespread small farmer ownership. In other words, the Fenians helped create a new class of "kulaks" in Ireland, the complete opposite of Marxism as implemented by Stalin and starvation in the Soviet Union.

[@patrik421]

Good old Irish rebel song. Was actually written in 1916 during the Easter Rising but John Ford (son of Irish immigrants) liked it enough to use it in a movie set much earlier during the Indian Wars...

[@Jack-ft1rb]

It's about the 1798 fenian rebellion, hence the name fenian.

[@AnnraoiMilner]

@@Jack-ft1rb 1860's

[@josephpetrizzo3524]

Ken curtis was a great singer he took over for frank Sinatra when Sinatra left the tommy Dorsey orchestra band back in 1944, he also sang with Dick hames back in 1945 and he was festus on Gunsmoke, what a great voice R.I.P. MR KEN CURTIS GOD BLESS YOUR SOUL.

[@67lionsoflisbon37]

Haw Haw Haw Charlie McCorry in the Searchers, Dermot Fahy in the Quiet Man. Fine actor, Great Voice.

[@bertramfuscher]

Ken Curtis a vastly underated singer to my mind he would hold his own with the best of the crooners.

[@mikedon5205]

Is he the same guy that was in the searchers movie

[@jesavino1255]

Beautiful voice.

[@robinburns3616]

@@mikedon5205yes

[@PeterOHalloran-hf2ho]

Thank god we can look back at the real movies and still enjoy them still and will for many years to come 🙏

[@mariegarrett5204]

That was absolutely beautiful. ❤ Ken Curtis was so talented.

[@cbroz7492]

...so different from his protrayal of Festus Hagen..

[@lindadechiazza2924]

That was good performing and such a fine character persona

[@rambojp73]

Once a Fenian, Always a Fenian! 🍀🇮🇪🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🍀💯

[@kubanskiloewe]

what is a Fenian ?

[@rambojp73]

@kubanskiloewe look if up! 😂🍀🇮🇪🍀

[@kubanskiloewe]

@@rambojp73 ok i found it...its Irish. some Fanboys nowadays :-)

[@rambojp73]

@@kubanskiloewe Go away ya nutter! 💯🤯

[@kubanskiloewe]

@@rambojp73 now, what is a nutter ?

[@barbarablack6905]

I could listen to this every day . . . such a beautiful song sung by such beautiful voices, especially Ken Curtis!

[@craigdevlin1604]

Glory O Glory O to the bold Fenian men 💚🍀🇮🇪

[@Hamza086RSD]

The acting is better than most modern movies - just the reactions. My gramma loved these movies.

[@jesavino1255]

Don't make great actors like this

[@olliemoy8954]

The most powerful version of this fantastic song I've ever heard

[@eddie12454]

I have Irish on my Mothers side and get emotional looking at this scene. Beautifully sung and J Carroll Naish's reaction is just wonderful. The genius of director John Ford.

[@Tphilpott1]

J. Carol Naish. Starred in this. He also played in very early Batman serials. He was said to have played all nationalities in cinema: except his own. Irish.

[@neildaly2635]

Yes he mostly played Italians, but there are lots of dark haired olive skinned. Irish. My father was one. Not all of the migrants from the Iberian peninsula were Celts though they were gaelicized later on.

[@vpettibone57]

Ken Curtis had such a beautiful voice.

[@bsbpjb]

I could listen to him all day long.

[@maryburdett5977]

So many good actors in this movie. ❤❤

[@francoisthouvenin189]

What a song! What a crooner! What a movie!

[@robertrock8778]

The officer with the eyepatch was one of the most decorated US Matines in WWII. One of a handful of Marines that fought in Europe. I think he won 2-3 Navy Crosses. He also was in the OSS, the predecessor of the CIA. I know his name, now you have your homework. *Peter J. Ortiz

[@stellamaris5405]

*@Robert Rock* ☘️ That's a cool bit of info! Thanks. *This may sound like a stupid question* but is the guy with the patch actually Ortiz himself? Or is he an actor playing the part of PJ Ortiz? 🤔 (genuine query)

[@erik7586]

@@stellamaris5405 its him himself, he was an actor as well

[@Mukden-v5b]

A song of tragedy, a history of glory.Love from China❤

[@gigi.b4385]

Beautiful .It was a verry good western . In France we love John Wayne .

[@karlbyrne6021]

Greetings from Dublin Ireland.

[@evaheiser4083]

Ken Curtis hatte eine tolle Stimme.Er war wunderbar auch dieser Film hat mir gut gefallen. ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@frankroskoden7632]

Ich konnte es kaum erwarten das es Samstag Abend wurde. Dann bei den Großeltern den obligatorischen Western schauen, mit all den Fimgrössen . Lang ist es her. Schöne Kindheit.

[@FredOdonohoe]

December 2024 🎉🎉 hello from Ireland 🇮🇪

[@PeterOHalloran-hf2ho]

The Good old days when we had real movies and great Theme s and the great voice of Ken Curtis ❤

[@zzzeus78]

Still listening to this in 2022!

[@hogheadone]

The FINEST rendition of this song EVER, with Ken Curtis singing.

[@ivanoday4635]

It takes away a touch of the romance but none of the fun to point out that this song was written @ 1916, by Peader Kearney, Brendan Behan's uncle and the composer of the Irish National Anthem, "Amhrán na bhFiann." It's a great song, but the version sung here wouldn't have been possible for another 50 years, at least. The Fenian Movement came after the American Civil War had ended, and by the 1880s was starting to wind down. Its successors were the Clan na Gael and the Irish Republican Brotherhood which, in Ireland, later became the Irish Republican Army. Brendan Behan was sentenced to 14 years in English prisons for IRA activity and went on to become one of Ireland's greatest writers. I love watching "General Sheridan" standing there listening and scheming and mourning those tragic Fenian losses. We're so lucky to be Irish... and American!

[@jeanglendinning1860]

one of my favorite songs

[@scotanderson7689]

I learned something new today

[@PeterOHalloran-hf2ho]

John Ford sure new how to get the best out of his movies his parents came from the west of Ireland west Galway not far from where I live ❤

[@henrymagennis6518]

Brilliant irish and proud..UNITED IRELAND.

[@ReidandShane]

One Island, One Nation!

[@TheOrangeFondler]

Shit country

[@gerryscully9248]

@@ReidandShaneEire go brea

[@michaeldaly9984]

Inside every real Irish person is a fenian trying to get out 🇮🇪✊️🇮🇪

[@coloraturaElise]

Beautiful singing!

[@elsiedangelo7929]

One of my favorite song in the movies.

[@4f52]

'Twas down by the glenside, I met an old woman A-plucking young nettles, she ne’er saw me coming I listened a while to the song she was humming Glory O, Glory O, to the bold Fenian men 'Tis fifty long years since I saw the moon beaming On strong manly forms, on eyes with hope gleaming I see them again, now, in all my dreaming Glory O, Glory O, to the bold Fenian men. [When I was a young girl, their marching and drilling Awoke in the glenside sounds awesome and thrilling They loved dear old Ireland, to die they were willing Glory O, Glory O, to the bold Fenian men. Some died by the glenside, some died near a stranger And wise men have told us their cause was a failure But they stood by old Ireland and never feared danger Glory O, Glory O, to the bold Fenian men] I passed on my way, God be praised that I met her Be life long or short, sure I'll never forget her We may have great men, but we'll never have better Glory O, Glory O, to the bold Fenian men

[@dellgone]

Nice one..thanks for this..The Peadar Kearney classic

[@rambojp73]

Cheers pal! 👍🏻🍀🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🇮🇪🍀

[@NavyCWO]

The officer with the eye patch is Peter Ortiz a Marine Colonel in WWII and holder of two Navy Crosses!

[@patriciaansel5408]

OMG!!! I LOVE THIS FILM AND ALL STAR CAST, AND ALL THESE SONGS, SO AWESOME!!!

[@PeterOHalloran-hf2ho]

I'd listen to that song everyday ❤

[@alandesouzacruz5124]

Very beautiful song 💚

[@terriharrah134]

Ken Curtis, was wonderful. Lots of trivia with him...

[@richboyd8635]

The Sons of the Pioneers were so talented.😊

[@daveyarwine1513]

Loved the u.s. calvary song at the end too...

[@PeterOHalloran-hf2ho]

What a lovely voice ❤

[@PeterOHalloran-hf2ho]

John Ford parents came quite close to where I live and I only learned lately That Ken was married to John s daughter ❤

[@PeterOHalloran-hf2ho]

It's the best virtion I have ever heard ❤

[@Bucketmc]

version

[@ReidandShane]

Great Song and a Great Movie!

[@PeterOHalloran-hf2ho]

Great sound engineering back in those days as well ❤

[@moustachemike7128]

I took a listen to the other styles of this song and this is the best...

[@cathymauldin4858]

Such a lovely song

[@theratcatcher860]

Glory oh Glory oh to the Bold Fenian Men🎶🎶😀😀

[@maryemmabuttler4555]

Beautiful. Very emotional. I love this.

[@silenusut]

Out of somewhere one suddenly remembers such singing… marvellous voice& harmonies in a great film. Subbed.

[@kimber1066]

It's easy to see why Quincannon gets choked up. Great version of this song.

[@petermullen5319]

Brilliant,song

[@josephmazzotta8813]

God 🙏 theses actors.

[@ITS_DEMONA]

Top notch singing

[@DeltaUK7]

A song from a different era for sure ,so emotional and with such deep and soulful meaning - beautiful.

[@audreydempsey247]

Ireland needs her son's and daughter's to up and be counted more than ever. The anti European eu,un and their treasonous ngos, borderless charities, destroyed and their treasonous politicians, media members, high ranking police / Judicial officials need to be put on trial for crimes against Ireland / Europe and publicly hung.

[@tonydoe4776]

To be sure.

[@gerryscully9248]

This song is sung today btw

[@PeterOHalloran-hf2ho]

You can't beat the old movies all lost today ❤

[@arranquick2162]

great voice thatg man

[@jonathanmowat1383]

Brilliant song! TAL32🍀🇮🇪🍀🇮🇪🍀👍

[@figjam59]

26+6=1

[@patrickfox634]

God bless Those Bold Fenian Men.

[@coquelicotfleur2983]

Belle chanson

[@singingscotty2001]

Who is still listening to this in the year 2735?

[@zzzeus78]

2020 September. I watched this movie SO many times when I was a kid!!!

[@victoriabowen5523]

Beautiful song sang in an amazing film. The the beautiful Maureen O'Hara and thee amazing man himself. The Duke, John Wayne. Fantastic. M3VCB

[@martinhanley9524]

The Biden woke gang took down Dukes statute outside the Orange County airport ! How the party of JFK went down the toilet .

[@williamjackson5942]

@@martinhanley9524 Screw you liar! President Biden had nothing to do with it, I am sorry if truth and reality get in the way of your dream world.

[@jdgoade1306]

The Sons of the Pioneers.

[@woodrow1037]

Amazing. Thanks for posting this. It's one of favorite

[@jimschilz6272]

Very well done 1st Sgt.

[@ricrodriguez6008]

Splendid

[@chicha7880]

Beautiful.... didn't know Ken Curtis Was so handsome and a eerie soft beautiful voice. The whole group is great in harmonizing. People surprise ya sometimes. Love the movie too. I hate movies have lost beauty, morals and Values......

[@keronsmith84]

The Joyce's will never die

[@arailway8809]

Thanks for this.

[@knitpurlsquirrelwithgrannydee]

Loved Ken Curtis!!!!

[@johnjurkewicz9925]

👍👍👍👍 I love it so great 👍👍👍👍

[@gortmundy01]

That guy with the eye-patch was the sort of hero in real life that if they made a movie about him nobody would believe it. Worth looking up.

[@stevekaczynski3793]

McLaglen was not in fact Irish (he was English by origin and had Scottish ancestry, the family name was originally McLachlan) but in his later career he so frequently played Irish characters that he became typecast as one.

[@gerryscully9248]

The song is about Eire and her struggle against the English oppressors - who cares where the singer is from you nonse

[@PaulConway-sz8xv]

This is my neighbors favorite song Wither they like it or not

[@nicolelefebvre7026]

Mon papa adorait les westerns et nous a transmis le virus. Que du bonheur

[@redburban1394]

Dose the lead singer look familiar? He was a accordion/singer in the pub in the movie “ The Quiet Man “

[@Hamza086RSD]

Not entirely sure if I have Irish heritage - it is very possible, judging by one of the the names on my dad’s side. Anyway, my gramma loved these movies.

[@velvetelvis40]

thank you frances! this truly makes tears run down my face! I wish ken had recorded more of these types of songs and big band when he was young!!

[@Caambrinus]

The Fenian Revolt took place in 1867.............'We may yet have good men, but we'll never have better...'

[@budgewilliams9019]

My dad carried me at age of nine to see the Duke slaughter the Apache. Admission was 25 cents and a dime for hot box of pop corn. A great movie where the horses were actors.

[@roysnider3456]

Has anyone else noticed the missing verse? Something about a yelled dog and a spotted hog, I’m asking because I just saw the movie and that verse was in there.

[@PeterOHalloran-hf2ho]

The song was written by peadar Kearney

[@dylan3552]

Also, Maureen O’Hara was an absolute dime.

[@davidreyes7724]

Ken Curtis has an amazing voice. It's just fantastic!

[@louisp2668]

Beautious

[@cesarbarbosa4240]

MUSIC BY VICTOR YOUNG "Down by the Glenside" (The Bold Fenian Men) Essa é uma cena com John Wayne; Maurren O'Hara, J. Carrol Naish, Victor McLaglen, Peter Ortiz, Steve Pendleton e Alberto Morin. É uma das mais belas do filme "Rio Bravo" (Rio Grande / 1950) - aqui colorizado - do diretor John Ford. Dizem os entendidos que aquele é o mais musical entre os 150 filmes que o velho dirigiu. Vemos aí, após um jantar de oficias da Cavalaria Americana, uma serenata do "The Regimental Singers". Na verdade, trata-se do famoso grupo "Sons of the Pioneers" (com Stan Jones; Tommy Doss, Hugh Farr, Karl Farr, Lloyd Perryman e Shug Fisher), tendo como vocalista o ator Ken Curtis. Aliás, quando minha esposa faleceu, dediquei-lhe um trecho dessa canção (de Cathy Jordan, composta em 1916, refere-se ao Levante Fenian, contra o domínio britânico, que aconteceu na Irlanda em 1867. A letra evoca a memória dos lutadores pela liberdade da geração anterior) que, originalmente, diz: "God be prayed that I met her/Be life long or short/I will never forget her"... Algo como, "Agradeço a Deus por tê-la conhecido. Seja minha vida longa ou curta, nunca hei de esquecê-la". Pesquisa de César Barbosa para o Rio Grande - Fã-Clube John Wayne. Cidade do Natal / RN. Brasil🌵🇧🇷 12/04/2021 Em tempo: todos que citei os nomes já faleceram.

[@mikeycrist5086]

Look at the poignant reactions of all the officers, especially the general, and Maureen O'Hara. Directer John Ford knew what he was doing.

[@davidmarshall9765]

Angel's could not have sweeter voices, beautiful

[@timothyschlotter1119]

This was Ken Curtis's best

[@christopherlane2552]

Bold Fenian Men

[@san-sw7bd]

thx for share ...it s wonder

[@Cloud-fp2mb]

Not a mention of Ireland in the lyrics in the movie! It would be kind to acknowledge where the song came from!

[@PhilipFear]

The lead singer (of the Sons of the Pioneers) best known as "Festus" from the TV show "Gunsmoke" ....

[@guimarboy]

The song was written in 1916!

[@thomasmccarthy9758]

Forget the beauty of the song remember what its about, Sheridan loved the song as his family had been driven out of Ireland, listen to Michael mac larrimoirs recitation of Robert emmets speech from the Dock before emmet was hung drawn and quartered in Dublin 1803, and yes they castrated him hung him cut his legs arms off, but this song is about his generation, listen to his speech in which before he's executed he says he wished to obtain the same the same rights and liberties for Ireland that Washington had gained for America then you'll understand both the beauty of the song and it's meaning to Sheridan. T

[@williamjackson5942]

Phil Sheridan Died in 1888 the song was written by Peadar Kearney, in 1916 at the time of the Rising of 1916 to evoke memories of the Fenian Rising of 1867. So he could not have loved this song! I suspect that he might well have loved it had he heard it but.....

[@thomasmccarthy9758]

@@williamjackson5942 you're right but I love it genuinely thought it dated back to those days grew up with this film and assumed it was showing a fact. But if I'd paused for a moment then I couldn't have been right as the fenian movement didn't get underway until the late 1860s in anycase with the dynamite campaign in England, so yeap your absolutely right. But I still like it and the sentiment conveyed in the film, I'm s sucker for john Wayne. If he listened to anything it most likely be Napper Tandy with ref to 1798. T

[@misspuppa]

This song is life

[@PeterOHalloran-hf2ho]

Sound by victor young what a lovely voice ❤