The Dubliners- Thirty Foot Trailer

[@daveawakefield9416]

I used to perform this some 40 years ago and I am not sure why it has come back into my head but I am going to bring it back into my repertoire.

[@tafrog5552]

please don't let this piece float into obscurity

[@budgies4life639]

I’m in my trailer/caravan now I am proud of being a traveler 🥰

[@VincentiusSmith]

I love this song, and I think it tells a tragic truth. But, there is also a good side to these changes. I am Romani, and the reason we are nomadic is because we are subject to racism and persecution. We are not so much travelling, as fleeing. It's nice that we can begin to settle down now. There is still a lot of racism, but, it's getting better. Of course, The Dubliners might've mainly referred to the Irish Travellers, and that's a different story.

[@bobveinne2439]

+Vincentius Smith man, that's a really wise statement you got there. I One hundred percent agree with you on that. :)

[@edwardcoulson7991]

They did DNA tests, Irish Travellers are not related to Romani.

[@chrisdansey2600]

The song was written by Ewan McColl for the radio documentary "The Travelling People" and is about the Romani,

[@nunyabisnass1141]

Romani were at one point a standard, and all cultures have a suitable analogy. To roam in wanderlust is in the human spirit. Its how we colonised continents unknown to cartography, and staked unique claims in unknown wilderness. Whether we want to set sail and discover a new island, or invent the next innovation...we all want to be part of that undiscovered country, because that is where we call home. In my culture we were called travelers, yours Romani, and others stalchild or vagabond...

[@alexandrMGr8]

goes way back to the caste system of India when roma were untouchables

[@daisypeters3216]

Listening to this song by our beloved Luke, I love more ad more his songs. So miss him. RIP LUKE! MAY GOD BLESS YOU , LUKE.

[@PatrickKelly.-1986]

My mother lived in tents and wagons until she was 18.. hard times no dole welfare nothing.. my mother says they were the best days of her life

[@lukeclee9034]

I'm a English gipsy and I travel all over every year from far as Scotland down to London and I'll be goin out on the road next week I have 3 weeks at my mam and dads for xmas and I'm on my way again all ways on the road and it's getting harder with police moving u on and this song is old but tells the truth of what's happening to day a by law to say u must be on ur way and now there trying to bring a law to say u can't wonder well I'll keep going they will have to take my traler and then find my children some were to go cus if they take my traler I'm homeless this is our way of life u can't stop it been this way since our ancestors came to Europe in the beginning move to were you want were the money is good keep were u stayin clean and respect the gorgeous leave them be and they leave u be but not that way any more now u get abused and try brakeing ur home only what the tv and the government is telling them that were low class and we have no rights

[@hollyhock9638]

I'll be keeping you to that, I never want to see the beautiful culture die out, keep doin what you have to stay alive! Love from an Irish lassy across the ocean~ ♥️

[@David-yb1ji]

Good luck lukeclee!!

[@ROXYVOAKES]

love the way that he wraps the song up... one rule to say yuo must be on your way, and another to say you can't wander ..... :( brings a tear to the eye

[@ward-bk3tp]

Amazing songs. I see there is a few in the comments suggesting this song isn't about irish traveller which is incorrect as the slurs used in the songs are directed at irish travellers not romani.

[@alancat2705]

amhran go hiontach ! ...a cracking song and typical of the dubs and Luke keeping these song alive and not forgotten ; only Dubliners could pull that one off ....and they've left us with a legacy to live with ! xxx Dia do Beatha an. Baille Atha Cliaith ! xxx

[@iandickson1330]

What a a great 👍 to have come out of Ireland 🇮🇪 LUKE KELLY 👍

[@marcr.1652]

If there is a song which makes me cry then this beautiful piece of music.

[@MrMassivefavour]

Another heartfelt, beautiful Ewan McColl song. His song "Freeborn Man" perhaps his greatest lament to the old ways. Also covered by Luke Kelly and Liam Clancy

[@nbenefiel]

I like Go, Move, Shift, also by Ewan McColl.

[@nunyabisnass1141]

The traveler isn't dead. His spirit lives on in every wayward child that calls himself home.

[@daisypeters3216]

Brave singer and speccial, lovely Luke. We miss you and Love you forever,.😙👍💖🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@williamredfern3232]

Stop whittleing if the song is english , scottish , or iresh , what does it matter its the contents of the song that matters and it applies to all travelers, so sit and listen to it and remember its right

[@jannyrcobs]

It's probably Welsh.

[@gerner5376]

@@jannyrcobs It was written by Ewan Maccoll

[@johndavidcollins6163]

What a shame to be towed away with tractor

[@timocleere4004]

Travelling people are our ancient people with our values God bliss them

[@hollyhock9638]

@@jannyrcobs the Dubliners wrote it wouldn't that make it Irish, regardless of that it still applies to all travelers Welsh, Irish, Scottish, Romani or other

[@deanodog3667]

Jesus christ what a beautiful song !

[@sallycarroll6329]

Seriously what has JESUS CHRIST to do with this song? You are being disrespectful.

[@deanodog3667]

@@sallycarroll6329 says in bible it's JC favourite song !

[@BlackHeron100]

I love it when listeners add information and background. I recently discovered Luke Kelly (and Liam and the others) and am hooked.

[@hollyhock9638]

I grew up on the Dubliners my dad has so many CDs of them

[@nbenefiel]

Listen to Planxty too. You will love them, also early Clannad, if you like songs in Irish.

[@regprice7623]

love the songs lovely to hear of the old days me dad told me about God bless him

[@Bashyboyash]

For all those who were arguing, this song is by Ewan MacColl, a Northern English folk singer, Dirty old town also being one of his. You will find folk singers from all over the British isles sing folk songs from all over the Isles.

[@johndavidcollins6163]

Bashyboyash although Ewan sings it in a Scottish/ English dialect, I agree great song.

[@jasongentle9588]

love this song reminds me of my mam and dad

[@jimgentle1163]

Jason Gentle great song

[@derekheffernan8990]

Never gets old...x

[@paddymoran4186]

Travellers will never be gone 2020 hard at it chap muuup

[@harrygorman5331]

What's all this goodbye talk?....we are still here

[@Jpdt19]

An amazing amazing song. Thanks very much for putting it up!

[@charmainearrowsmith9835]

Love this song ❤I really do all singers are great but there's nothing like irish singers x

[@kkodonnell3989]

I'm a traveller myself and its a shame most of us are settling because in most people's eyes where always going to be dirty knackers

[@williamredfern5504]

Patrick odonnell,,,, Don't worry about the gogios who Don't like you, and think we piss them off more than they piss us off,,

[@hollyhock9638]

I myself am not a traveler but I do find it a shame to see the culture dying out. I never really saw it something dirty, but more or less interesting, not something to be shunned or spat upon. We all like to think society has come a long way and in some ways it has, but nonetheless despite all that many refuse to let go of old biases and treat others with the same amount of cruelty and contempt as they had at least 100 years ago.

[@sallycarroll6329]

Not in my eyes you are not. I can't understand how travellers can settle down. It must be like living in prison. Instead of trying to get travellers to settle down the government should be doing everything they can to make it easier for travellers to keep their way of life and their culture.

[@bridgetcollins871]

I'm a traveller a mongan yup I love who I am

[@hollyhock9638]

Sending love from Massachusetts, keep doing what makes you happy

[@iandickson1330]

These are great songs for all to sing but Luke just makes them that song a wee bit special

[@marynortcliff]

Fantastic song loves it xxx

[@Uragemdiamond]

Awesome.Gone but not, never forgotten.

[@gb5584]

Still here

[@TheNinyo77]

Who cares ,its an Irish man singing it ,like no other man can so just enjoy it because its feking good and I love it ,i tink its first class and do's tell of the old ways that really arent that old to some of us lol ,but its lovely to reminice of the days gone by of the old Travellers selling their wares in town and village all over the country and beyond so just tink of it as little bit off our past .

[@nbenefiel]

Ewan MacColl has to have been one of the best songwriters anywhere, anytime.

[@NSFGRDMANN]

theres a by law to say you must be on your way, and another to say you cant wander :'(

[@castlebar67]

sas sometimes my grandad had great friend who was a traveller, he was a true blue he used to tie his pybold horse in the yard god that's a long time ago some of them are great espically the older ones.

[@gerrykelly8820]

🍀🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 UP THE KELLY'S 🍀🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👌

[@slevinslevin5700]

i wish the heart still echoed freedom

[@martinmcdonagh6218]

I am pround to be a tinker up the tinkers

[@23m232]

i heard a tinker singing opera lately, brilliant, the next pavee rotty

[@violet1785]

Thinking of both sets of my grandparents Jim vinson Louise hillman Frank best Annie wenman X

[@nedconnors7697]

rest in peace lukie

[@sarahnoble570]

It is cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@johnmcdonagh4172]

Traveller and proud

[@jimwhite1533]

Your just a reff at the end of the day

[@jimmyratz]

I visited Eire in 1970 and I remember seeing a Tinker campsite, complete with tent etc. Can anyone please let me know if there are any Tinkers in Ireland today that lead that kind of life anymore, or have they all settled in housing projects? OIn this song, the singer mentions..."there Romani speaking". Does anyone know if the Tinkers indeed spoke the Romani lanuage? That would be very interesting as it seems to conect the Tinkers with the Gypsies of eastern europe.

[@ward-bk3tp]

Tinker is a slur used to describe irish travellers. I'll also add irish travellers are not romani they are 2 different cultures. Yes there is still plenty of irish travellers still travelling around ireland and the UK. This song is about irish traveller hence tinker and traveller and in England some call them gypsys

[@joemccloskey4418]

In any event, I've read a lot about and experienced first hand Romes; Romany or Gypsies. I've found them polite and sharing of their historical information. An raith tu ag an carraig?

[@bohsgerry]

correct,sang this song for a traveller in a dundee boozer.he laughed said it wasnt about travellers as the verse about bye laws really related to english romanies.dirty old town is written about salford,outside manchester.scottish travellers arent irish either although there are irish travellers up there.the scottish travellers are called "summer walkers" and were big into pearl fishing in rivers etc.irish travellers are also renowned exponents of road bowling and kept it going in west limerick.

[@ward-bk3tp]

He gave you incorrect information. Byelaws were around in Ireland when it was under the monarchy certain things irish travellers (also know back then as minceirs ) were not allowed to do. Tinker and travellers were used to describe irish travellers in Ireland and England and in England some called them gypsy's

[@glitterfaerie08]

4 generations on....Fucking hate settled house life.......They forced my lot out of their yards and onto council estates. I spend most my days in my garden...My Mama and Pops was threw off her camp 2 years ago.They had it 10 years...Beautiful simple life,chickens,goats... Jobs fucked. Moved on or forced to settle. The racism against travellers and romany is shocking...Id give out for a life on the road. I wasnt made to live in a brick box neither were my girls xX I hold the travelling folk still on the road in my heart...And fight any hate and prejudice I see xX 🤍

[@David-yb1ji]

I love the romany , is it true they will never teach an outsider the language? Can an outsider ever become an insider?

[@David-yb1ji]

Love your story!!

[@andrewcox274]

Sadly the simple things in life have gone.

[@kennethnutt6380]

All have to be registered,plasticised,well dare anyone be individual and different,alas i've fallen foul of this in Europe.!

[@hollyhock9638]

There is really no escaping it these days, even America is like Europe in some ways, though I believe at times America is nonetheless a little bit kinder in these regards.

[@ragingtole]

Proud to be a tinker

[@moonlightttt156]

As a traveller me self I cry to this song cos that was my life and now I'm in a house and the life is over I be a traveller tell I die but them days are over now not cos I want it just cos of the way laws and world is now

[@sallycarroll6329]

I'm so sorry.

[@moonlightttt156]

@@sallycarroll6329 thank you and god bless you

[@sandyTki]

good wee sang its my life

[@roseaanodowd4105]

Love😊

[@elytillidie1]

Songs about gypsys the best 👊✊😎

[@singingwithjessiewalsh4045]

If my love wisent here with me to day

[@kanejones5411]

Who are we boy's they want to be us and thay will never be us gypsy all the way

[@pipa123100]

true song.

[@williamredfern3232]

I hate paying taxes you hate paying taxes we dont if we can get out of it, you do, dont get at us have a go at those in the city and big business they really can dodge taxes, we may not travel much now but they cant get rid of us,and we aint going to change,

[@hollyhock9638]

@ozymandias_NIK without a culture there is no soul, there is no people. Just look at China right now they spent almost 84 years trying to destroy their traditional culture and now if you want to see their culture you have to go to Taiwan or America where they just barely live on instead of the country of China which is absurd.

[@lukedoesbutter]

You were missed Luke

[@julietmaglangit703]

good and bad in every people

[@amd64alan]

well said

[@smythykieran3467]

This is Thomas and I'm his grandsons da known as smythy love u old yin c u on the other side chief cxx

[@matthewlayford1736]

You can’t run the machines after 7PM.

[@matthewlayford1736]

I'm at headquarters.

[@bbsheen4046]

no man owns the land

[@user-yq2uv7hz6b]

The law say lots of good some say lots of bad fair play to Irish travellers

[@bigwin81]

95% of gorja folkie think itish travelrs r gypsys but they are irish pavee i agreei like the northern tunes like wot gordon boswell had made romany yog..check out yellow on the broom if u avnt allready Chusti Divvus

[@imyerda2590]

What you tryna speak. IRISH, shēlta, romani or gibberish?

[@gerrykelly8820]

@@imyerda2590 😂👌

[@JimRichardHartmann]

I can confirm this is not an Irish song, it bacame an intarnational Romani Hymn and Romany people over the world love and sing it in different languages and even in the romany language and sings the melody with christian lyrics, and knows it is about scottish gipsies wich are heavilly related in both blood and tongue and culture with us the romani people inn scandinavia.

[@anabellefirth5906]

Rickhard Hartmann u

[@Romchav]

Not really Scottish travellers are not romanichal

[@ward-bk3tp]

I can confirm this is about irish travellers even the slurs used describe irish travellers

[@anon9110]

So sad... this song basically predicted what life is like now for the traveling community which is a pity and a real shame because travelers are A HUGE part of Irish history and now society wants to force their cultural way of life out when they have every right to live how they like. But they are vehemetley hated and discriminated against... yet Ireland lets in all sorts of people and even build moscs for other people of different religions and cultures. But wont tolerate their own people.

[@williamredfern2683]

Gall Goidel You are real big on here ,but the next time that they set up go and tell them to leave , I bet you don't ,,

[@jobloew6854]

+Dumnezeu să binecuvânteze copiii Thx for a well stated history and current events plaguing Ireland & the West. They, the West, are blind to what they are inviting in. Well, not so much blind as willfully ignorant. Where's our modern Charles Martel when we need him? He did the job needing done in 732 AD. It needs doing again . . . !

[@nunyabisnass1141]

Where I am I see roaming Vietnamese harvesting, and fishing as a way of life on the east coast. They are good people. Just good people, and I'm proud to know them.

[@AMOGLES99]

I have friends in Hungary who are Roma / Gypsies and they are very good people. They are disadvantaged by history, by discrimination and by the vicious cycle of poverty and lack of education and opportunities. But they are also fiercely proud of their culture but if you treat them with respect and friendliness that is also what you get back. I've been in many of their houses and eaten with them and they were always friendly and generous despite having little to give. But of course for people who treat them badly they will gave back similarly. Same as anybody else basically.

[@jusfuknwidya]

i remember me Da telling me bout back in Ardoyne Belfast stealing the Gypsys horses and riding through the town at 3am.. and also stealin the old push start guarda motorbikes in the late 50`s early 60`s. i came around in 1980 then we moved to Australia in 1990 cos i was umm yeahh getting pulled up all the time

[@cookiesncream77_86]

😢

[@julietmaglangit703]

i am a travler please love me

[@harrygorman5331]

Juliet Maglangit no you are not

[@davidhutchisonstewart3261]

I am a traveler as well

[@johndavidcollins6163]

I'm a Collins a few generations removed from the maigh oh clan. But back to living in trailer

[@shanisgedwilliam8580]

wullie mcphee too true😢

[@tommyoconnor4724]

iam an o connor ,why are all o connor tinkers called connors did ye all ta

[@stevokai8512]

Thomas t im a connor bourke me great grandparents on mams side are travellers I was born in a house tho but im a travelling man never lost the need to be on the road

[@stephaniekavanagh2213]

i cant help but listen to this song because its unfortunetly true but not nice to hear :(

[@castlebar67]

sorry it shud have begun with SAD, not sas !

[@OuchCHRLE]

Charlie Glasheen a god song Irish

[@bingbong2205]

so kures mi mukar manges

[@amymcphee6319]

TW

[@Irishfianna]

you wouldnt go up to a halting site an say that. i hate people like you .. yours so brave on the internet .. hard man you are

[@singingwithjessiewalsh4045]

Jury butcher

[@alexhickey5633]

Travellers of the bygone era were really nice people from what i hear. The travellers of today are not this way at all unfortunately

[@hollyhock9638]

I have to agree a little bit but that can't be all modern travelers can it?

[@garynolan5798]

@@hollyhock9638 too right! There's good n' bad throughout the people of this world!

[@sallycarroll6329]

Really have you met them all?

[@stephaniekavanagh2213]

this song makes me sick it should not be goodby

[@jimwhite1533]

Bunch of buck reffs

[@bomagdrink]

@50077756 indeed i think you comments are based on ignorance...im a traveler and we pay our taxes, you will find that most tax evaders are whit collar workers, perhaps if you had a tad more education you would be able to converse with the commentators on here , sad for you .

[@TheNinyo77]

Ok ,what about English people takig part of a country and claiming its theirs ,would that even things up in your eyes ,yeah,,,,No i didnt think so

[@bomagdrink]

@50077756 indeed i think you comments are based on ignorance...im a traveler and we pay our taxes, you will find that most tax evaders are whit collar workers, perhaps if you had a tad more education you would be able to converse with the commentators on here , sad for you.