The Butcher Boy ♥ ♫♪ ♥

[@marilynmicoletti2812]

My grandmom’s song. Love the song. Adored my Grandmom. Always will. Thank you! I will always miss her. ❤️❤️❤️

[@annecasey1283]

Beautifu stunningl voice The Ludlows

[@Shindai]

Absolutely spellbinding, my favourite version, she has such a beautiful voice for it and I love the male and female melody, such a beautiful sound and wonderful performance.

[@pastore0506]

This song would bring tears to a glass eye; but I love it! The Ludlows did a beautiful job of it. George

[@Teddyb1939]

no gimmicks,just lovely harmonies,beautiful.

[@gregorysullivan9371]

Unrequited love, the saddest songs but they cut through the long day like a hot knife thru butter. Beautiful vocals thankx.

[@carthageflaherty6247]

so beautiful i hope all of them are alive and well.❤❤❤

[@musicfreakme91]

such a beautifully sung, tragically sad song :(

[@gudlisner501]

Back In the mid 60’s or so they had a massive hit here in Ireland with a humorous song called “The Sea Around Us”.

[@jondolar1188]

A gem.

[@Paulsweeney1710]

Good to watch, I bought a vinyl album of this trio many years ago....still have it! First time that I heard Johnny Todd!

[@thatsthat8421]

This will never stop being amazing

[@Votedjt2024]

She is very good singer very high notes very good

[@tomgreene1843]

Yeah ...no gimmicks back then to help you out!

[@SophieGrimesX]

@squirell1952 no sadly they broke up because margaret o brien decided to get amrried and settle down to have kids, and im proud to say now that she is my grandmother :) she still sings in the dublin county choir but thats about it :)

[@jessicaduxbury7867]

Your grandmother is fantastic. this song is somehow at the heart of humanity. I don’t quite know why, but it is!!

[@kathleendawson3737]

my mum used to sing this song when i was young so I'm glad to be able to listen to it again it brings back memories

[@michellewilliams9911]

Mine too

[@solsticecelt1]

Beautiful

[@cocklesandmussels]

I remember the Ludlows as a kid. Thanks for posting.

[@alphonsushayes946]

Paddy was my art teacer in Ballyfermot Tech.

[@GROWLEYMOLD]

Beautiful performance ! I attended Emmet road teck in Inchicore Dublin , in the late 60s . I do believe Paddy Roache was my art teacher and a fine teacher he was .

[@FDMajella]

Thank you clarebannerman. Another lovely version. Hard to pick between Tommy Makem, Sinead O'Connor and this.

[@eileennestor9274]

Thats a lovely version great voices love it

[@mrsinn2642]

Needs to be sang by a woman.

[@kenadams6752]

I hadn't heard of the Ludlows, but I was browsing through a junk shop in Hastings when I found a vinyl LP of theirs called "The Wind and the Sea". As I'm a folk music fan, and as the LP was only £1, I bought it - now I can't stop playing it and am worried it might wear out!

[@suzannedixon8277]

Ken Adams How lucky to find it. I've just come across them now. Great that you can re-discover wonderful music and musicians via KZbin.

[@Ravbo1]

that is a great L P - i have it and play it offen - speciel do i like Johnny Todd very much

[@folkmusicgirl]

Thank you very much for your reply and information about their other song. I had a listen - it is also a lovely song! Thanks1

[@robertskipcurran8401]

What a beautiful voice!

[@NerdyRodent]

Wow. Great female vocals!

[@bettystephenson7094]

wow love this thanks have heard a differerent version but think this is better

[@kerryg100]

Clare banner man strikes gold yet again god i love this song many a night we sang this song in Glenbeigh at the Towers...Go hionntach

[@jtls8]

Thank you for posting!

[@folkmusicgirl]

Hi, Thought I'd tell you about an Irish folk singer that you might enjoy listening to. Look on KZbin for Anne Byrne. She was an Irish folk singer who had albums out in the 1960's. Here are the four songs for Anne Byrne to look up on YT. "The Croppy Boy" "Fiona" "Lilly of the West" "The Foggy Dew" (that she sings with Jesse Owens.) There are some other females named Anne Byrne on KZbin - but they are different people - not the same Anne Byrne who sings the above listed songs.

[@Wanderwd]

Beautiful version♥......what a tearful song!

[@phus2001]

Great rendition!!!

[@1952banjo]

Very nice indeed ! :)

[@josparkes1]

Lovely sweet singing !

[@madnotbad44]

sweet!!!

[@madnotbad44]

actually very sweet... x

[@imamba1]

haunting

[@HIBERNIAN04]

Seán Loughran was originally from Carrick-on-Suir, also the home of The Clancy Brothers and their nephew Robert O'Connell.

[@lumpsandbumps5279]

Series of Unfortunate Events brought me here.

[@codakose4877]

Lumps and Bumps Me too! I've literally just got to the point in The Hostile Hospital, where it's mentioned, and knew I had to listen to the song.

[@mercywaterfield3657]

Lumps and Bumps Me too. It's lovely, but a bit intense for a lullaby. I'm seriously questioning Bertrand & Beatrice's parenting.

[@janetaylor5500]

just a little....

[@Sebastian-cm9vi]

me too XD

[@Sebastian-cm9vi]

@@codakose4877 same!!

[@davidlyman5327]

Such beauty - heard on "The Tunnel" season 1 episode 2. Will get a recording of this group.

[@chuckschillingvideos]

Her voice reminds me of Judith Durham's.

[@folkmusicgirl]

Beautiful vocals, harmonies. So glad I found this video, Do you have other songs by this group you could please post? Thank you.

[@mmmmikkimac]

this song is being sung by Charlotte Gainsbourg on the UK tv series "The Tunnel' words vary/change depending on usage and who is singing - appears to be a shorter and a longer version

[@babybutchie]

Thanks for that. I wound up thinking that the singer on The Tunnel was Sara Boyle because of the YT video.

[@DrDukeDenver]

Sweeeeet!

[@solsticecelt1]

The Irish seekers

[@jeanneknight4791]

I looked this up after hearing it on Season 3 Ep 5 of Ballykissangel.

[@folkmusicgirl]

Thanks so much for posting this great song and video of the Ludlows. Do you have any other songs of theirs you can post? Do you know how long they were together as a trio & how many albums they released?

[@b54oramaster]

I think it is worth noting here that this song inspired the film of the same title. Or perhaps I should say book. Patrick McCabe penned both. Both the film and the book grasp the song. And yet...go so far so far

[@clarebannerman]

No...but look for "The Sea Around Us" on Y.T....a hit for the Ludlows in Ireland in 1966.

[@dharmaseed]

Which version has the lyrics where her father comes home looking for 'his heart's delight'?

[@michaelfinn5238]

the way the song is written its sounds Irish, maybe it was wrote in England but i would be amazed if it wasnt by Irish emigrants over there if thats the case, just to read the song and not sing it or listen to it, it reminds me of other irish songs

[@burntoak9377]

A lot of "Irish" songs are in fact English. When the Dubliners and others popularised them people took it to mean the songs are Irish. For example "Dirty Old Town" is a song by Englishman Ewan MacColl about an English town Salford. The original words to this lovelly ballard had "In London City" in the first verse.

[@martini3524]

I'm Irish. This to me is a very typical English folksong. We mistake many English songs, hornpipes, jigs, sea-chanties etc as Irish.

[@folkmusicgirl]

Don't know if you might have any information about this or not but I heard that Mary Black's husband owned to rights to all of Anne Byrne's music and would not allow any of the albums Anne recorded in the 60's to be re-released on CDs' I am a hugh fan of Anne Byrne's and have most of her LP's. Would love to get in touch with Anne - even if just to let her know that her music has meant so much to me. Thanks!

[@Tubebrerry]

Who's here because of (a) Kirsty MacColl and (b) Neil Jordan? Lol. Didn't know this song before I knew of Kirsty and Neil.

[@preacaininternational5637]

One of my aunty's wrote or composed this song .I think that Nina Simone would have liked it and would have sung it well

[@brianrodriguez3163]

is this the original ? or is there an older one

[@justinshively9530]

Brian Rodriguez it's an English traditional

[@parrmik]

Barbara allen

[@daithiobeag]

go hálainn

[@anthonyquinn4237]

Nearly as good as Sinead O'Connor but that would be impossible.

[@whillyem]

Check Out Sinead O'Connor's Version Of This Song. It's AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's Posted With The Lyrics, Which Slightly Differ From This Original Version . Sinead Recorded It For The Movie Butcher Boy That Came Out In The Late 90's. It Was Directed By Neil Jordan. Sinead Plays The Virgin Mary In The Movie- PURE GENIUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!