My dave died aged 58 and he loved this song and i love him and want him back. Thank you sooo very much the proclaimers
@louisehuke600718 күн бұрын
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@margaretmasters35825 күн бұрын
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@margaretmasters35825 күн бұрын
My Mark the same Aged 54
@jamesbrindley89422 жыл бұрын
This was filmed in my uncle Williams cafe my older cousin is featured in this several times she is sadly no longer with us as she was taken way too early by cancer I come to watch this regularly so I can see her smile again
@shaunangell22652 жыл бұрын
Chin up buddy. Keep The Faith 👍❤️🙏
@xiscozapatero19142 жыл бұрын
Ahh James, time is the good doctor, and you will always have this incredible memory, and I am sure many more, to reflect on. Take care mate, it's the cycle of life every human must face 💚
@CherylLynnGramp2 жыл бұрын
Sorry for your loss.
@laurieamaral58442 жыл бұрын
That's such a special remembrance & connection! Who's your cousin in this video?
@chrisjwood2 жыл бұрын
That’s beautiful James
@Jer0867 Жыл бұрын
These two guys were so underrated...but they produced some of the best music of the time, and had wonderful harmonising. One of the best acts from the UK, ever.
@jaquie283 ай бұрын
I 100% agree. This is one of the most moving, emotional songs on earth. Thanks guys for your amazing talent. ❤❤❤
@jamesfallon92652 ай бұрын
True , although they're not dead .
@neilwhat10 ай бұрын
You get older, you forget songs and by the power the the Internet you listen, you cry and you remember the profound effect they had on you.. thank you
@lowden726810 ай бұрын
This song dosn't just hit Scotland.....it hits hard in USA as I was part of a stupid war in 92. A cassette and chords ...These songs....Proclaimers saved my sanity. Bless the Proclaimers
@garyt8441 Жыл бұрын
I was born and raised in Leith and worked on the docks. I emigrated to Australia in 1983 and this song always brings a tear
@barbsmart7373 Жыл бұрын
You sound very interesting and I wonder what took you to Australia. I'm a Kiwi.
@thorpevic18 күн бұрын
Bless you 🙏🙏
@jasondunne35624 жыл бұрын
The Proclaimers are outstanding song writers and don't get anywhere near the love they deserve. Cheers for posting this beauty
@derek2611634 жыл бұрын
Wow, I'm 57 years old n only just discovered the Proclaimers after watching the movie Sunshine on Leith. I remember them from the 80's, thought they were only a couple of hits wonder after 500 miles n Letter from America. But after watching the movie today I am a total Proclaimers convert. I have strong family ties to Edinburgh, lost a grandma, uncle n auntie up there, still got 2 cousins left. Proclaimers rock
@timbragg45464 жыл бұрын
It is a nice song, they are only remembered for I will walk 500 miles.
@moragmerrimen97793 жыл бұрын
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@eugenemullan49573 жыл бұрын
The adventures the same
@1gerard473 жыл бұрын
@@timbragg4546 bollocks
@karrenamacphail1201 Жыл бұрын
This is a truly beautiful song. My late father in law owned the cafe in Leith and featured in the video, as did my sister n law. ❤ They are both sadly no longer with us and it brings comfort to see them both here.
@damienbrady2309 ай бұрын
Who cares piss off with your emotion dump
@amandashare1281 Жыл бұрын
This is my favourite Proclaimers song, it's so gentle, beautiful and yet powerful, I never thought they got the recognition they deserved.
@Peaches197910 ай бұрын
Mine too
@jaquie283 ай бұрын
I 100% agree. They were so underrated. This is the most beautiful song ever. ❤❤❤
@brendandonnelly3063 Жыл бұрын
Mate, your comment about your cousin made me weep. Genuinely. Isn't it so lovely that this is out here forever. R.I.P, Ma'am. Peace & love from Belfast. 💚👍b
@noelegan12083 жыл бұрын
While I'm worth my room on this earth. What a lyric. Enough for me.
@MalkyMcCallum6 ай бұрын
Hits you right in the heart doesn't it mate!
@Discoretrox5 ай бұрын
So so true....
@jaquie283 ай бұрын
@@MalkyMcCallum❤❤❤
@JackieD-h8i2 ай бұрын
Enough for me too❤
@jeanmaslin28723 жыл бұрын
This was playing as I walked into my best friend's funeral I burst into tears immediately. Thankyou Beryl Blackham for being such a great friendxxx Miss you R.I.P.
@samrennie27373 жыл бұрын
Ive got terminal cancer, and going to have this tune played x
@1gerard473 жыл бұрын
@@samrennie2737 dont give up❤
@jonsmum5552 Жыл бұрын
My husband died in March 2023, a huge Hibs fan. I went to Leith last night where they were performing, when this song came on I was uncontrollably sobbing. I miss and love you so much starman… wait for me in the sky. ❤️❤️
@jaquie283 ай бұрын
@samrennie2737 God Bless You. Stay strong. ❤❤❤
@magguy4 Жыл бұрын
what a beautiful song. from an atheist, thanks proclaimers for your wonderful songs. and for singing in scottish accent
@gramcknight2 жыл бұрын
Incredible tune, just beautiful. Anyone who has found this as they’ve suffered loss or bereavement - time is a great healer and better times are around the corner. Keep smiling x
@Sparkletoddlemovies8 ай бұрын
Listened to this last night on valentines day. Cried for ages due to the love I feel for my wife since 1989. The sheer musicality is awesome.
@arronblack679 ай бұрын
From a guy from Glasgow, I’ve always loved this song ✊🏻🏴💚
@jaquie283 ай бұрын
You have amazing taste. This song is sooo powerful. ❤❤❤
@tylerturner244510 ай бұрын
My girlfriend and I were both abandoned by our families because of heroin addiction,while recovering we found each other and we did save each other,thanks boys.
@emmabrauer53608 ай бұрын
how lovely God bless you both
@petedernley43585 ай бұрын
😢bless you both 🙏 😊
@MalkyMcCallum5 ай бұрын
Nice one buddy, best thing to happen to each other, wish you both aw the best! 💌
@lawrencegallagher93514 ай бұрын
Beautiful brother. I'm recovering from heroin and crack addiction and my life has changed so much. By the grace of God
@kmag71223 ай бұрын
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@laurahill6321 Жыл бұрын
My daughter was born in the old eastern general in leith Edinburgh this song is for her she is my sunshine.
@sussi-hn5fj5 ай бұрын
Beautiful song. Beautiful group. Love the words; "while I'm worth, my room on this Earth, I'll will be with you" I Love the proclaimers. They should of been bigger than they were. I love all their songs 🎵 ❤
@lizlowe69803 жыл бұрын
Happy fathers day for my wee dad.❤🏴
@alicegranberg23 Жыл бұрын
What a gorgeous song. The one who has been through what they sing about knows. So uplifting and strenghtening. Thank you for beautiful words.
@richyjay33011 ай бұрын
My heart was broken My heart was broken Sorrow, sorrow Sorrow, sorrow My heart was broken My heart was broken You saw it, you claimed it You touched it, you saved it My tears are drying My tears are drying Thank you, thank you Thank you, thank you My tears are drying My tears are drying Your beauty and kindness Made tears clear my blindness While I'm worth My room on this Earth I will be with you While the Chief Puts sunshine on Leith I'll thank Him For His work And your birth And my birth Yeah, yeah, yeah My heart was broken My heart was broken Sorrow, sorrow Sorrow, sorrow My heart was broken My heart was broken You saw it, you claimed it You touched it, you saved it While I'm worth My room on this Earth I will be with you While the Chief Puts sunshine on Leith I'll thank Him For His work And your birth And my birth Yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
@jaquie283 ай бұрын
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@4fulryan11 ай бұрын
I worked in Leith docks from 1989-1999 at British pipe coaters and knew the cafe well as we would grab a roll on the way into work. Leith docks are unfortunately unrecognisable now, nothing to show for the hundreds of years of history which is a shame for anyone who worked there it really was like no other place ive worked. After working at the docks i started driving buses in Edinburgh and on one of the routes id pick up one of the proclaimers, always polite and grateful to be taken to tollcross. Ive just retired and moved to fife but every time i hear this song im taken back to sunny(not always) Leith the best time of my life i loved it.
@bazjr866 ай бұрын
I worked down there pipecoating in 2007. Was some place
@4fulryan6 ай бұрын
When I was there I'm sure they broke every health and safety law in the land,but I'd go back in a second to those days of chaos,dust and Belly laughs.....then into the port of Leith after work for a few pints great days.
@bazjr866 ай бұрын
@@4fulryan 🤣 I was based up in the ellon yard next to peterhead.. bredero shaw it was called then. Aye it was rough working at the Leith plant, guys chasing the Dragon at work and all sorts. Good criac tho
@bazjr866 ай бұрын
@@4fulryan they did start putting in a lot more health and safety stuff by the time I worked their. A lot of the older guys were fked with all that dust ect
@4fulryan6 ай бұрын
I understand why,in the summer the dust would be thick in the air as the iron oar was being unloaded dock side,add the enamel plant fumes,and the chemicals used there I'm so lucky to be in reasonable health,I did wear a mask though as I worked in the lab, but still got the piss taken out of me for it though.
@ackers72 Жыл бұрын
Played this at my mums funeral, it was the last song as we said our last goodbye’s, beautiful song, brilliant band
@karensharp94612 жыл бұрын
Close your eyes, put your head back and listen……..just beautiful!!!!!
@JH-kq3yp2 жыл бұрын
I remember them coming to Dunedin, New Zealand, 1989 from memory. Brilliant
@johnathanryan21173 ай бұрын
My grandad ( and hero) Lawrence " Jock Bricks" Merrilees.... 1920 1999, true son of Leith and Bolton, Lancashire. The words of these lads song couldnt be truer" Sadly missed Big Man xxx
@DavidStark-s4j6 ай бұрын
The comments on here are pure class just like this music and the proclaimers! The power of song… truly gods gift!
@jaquie283 ай бұрын
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@Feather22310 ай бұрын
i'm 51 this was me growing up. I still feel the same way when i hear this or any of there songs. HAPPY
@RoadDog793 жыл бұрын
Total American Hoosier here. Love the passion in this song. Also, it has caused me to get educated on Scottish culture. Thanks guys!
@Hardstylemasterz91-123 жыл бұрын
No thank u hosier from scotland
@RoadDog792 жыл бұрын
@@Al-iv3mb I have a dream of visiting Scotland. If I can ever afford it I'll let you know. I would live to see the castles and actually see Leith with my own eyes.
@tonypine3434 Жыл бұрын
@@RoadDog79 do it if you can mate - an amazing country. get yourself down the Percy (pub) in Leith and then head up to Balmoral/Ballater.
@masonbhunter3 ай бұрын
Fellow Hoosier here. This song gives me intense patriotic feelings for a country I don’t come from!
@HarryHopkins-fv3li9 ай бұрын
I found a girl who was near her end when I was feeling the same,we saved each others lives,this is our song.
@jaquie283 ай бұрын
God Bless You both. ❤❤❤
@ccobb73644 ай бұрын
My Grandfather was an engineer in the merchant navy and lived in a little place called Kirkliston. He travelled around the world but every adventure started at Leith, this song always make me think of him.
@billybutlin37172 жыл бұрын
Outstanding musicians and songwriters. Probably the most under-rated band ever.
@philtennant812927 күн бұрын
An uplifting ray of hope in this world.
@paulward65064 жыл бұрын
Beautiful, just immerse yourself in this songs gentle yet powerful flow ,and let your life’s problems drift away for a little while ..
@fanwangfujian3 жыл бұрын
I was sad before reading your notes. Then my tears came out.
@berniefernandez-hart55683 жыл бұрын
A Truely beautiful song written by fantastic songwriters and lovely guys who always have time for there fans ❤
@Growler572 жыл бұрын
How the hell a song with Leith in the title make my eyes all wet🥰who’s like us 🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴
@jaquie283 ай бұрын
Definitely me. Most beautiful song ever. ❤❤❤
@kevinmccourt97903 жыл бұрын
Most underrated band. Love the proclaimers
@mikejones-go8vz3 жыл бұрын
No, they were a hit in in NZ, not underrated here
@jaquie283 ай бұрын
100% agree. ❤❤❤
@joannemckeown65934 жыл бұрын
My favourite song, remember buying the album on tape when I got my first car, played this over and over, loved it all my life.
@paolofenney22223 жыл бұрын
Showed my lad a cassette the other day he had no idea what it was
@jaquie283 ай бұрын
@@paolofenney2222 😂😂😂
@thomasburke108122 күн бұрын
One of my favourite ballads....the proclaimers were one of my favourites....the 80s were enriched because of them twins from our scots neighbours
@mattmaloney24453 жыл бұрын
I'm calling it. Greatest ballad I've ever heard.
@deborahmorgan6848 Жыл бұрын
Agree, one of the loveliest modern songs ever written. I guess we can’t say anything is perfect but this comes pretty damn close.
@jaquie283 ай бұрын
I 100% agree with you. ❤❤❤
@striderflys4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful. There's no overabundance of sunshine in Leith. So it's special
@francisswift4574Ай бұрын
First time hearing this beautiful song reminds me of a special someone ❤
@matthewgodwin3050 Жыл бұрын
I love this song. It's beautiful.
@beckyjones9340 Жыл бұрын
absolutely love this song. . Was mine and my hubby 1st dance. He is a true Leither through and through. Song means so much to us both
@DreamEater420 Жыл бұрын
I just found out recently that I have a good bit of Scottish ancestry, I have been trying to reconnect with that heritage and stumbled into this song...tear drops are rolling down my face just thinking back to this song.
@dianammiller333324 күн бұрын
Their brotherly harmony takes me back to the 50's and the Everly Brothers.
@shawnmawson5800 Жыл бұрын
Another truly classic, the song sends shivers down my spine. What a talent the proclaimers have.Sheer magic song😢
@jaquie283 ай бұрын
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@videosofpattyemattick656911 ай бұрын
Such an awesome song… beautiful
@wilsonowurani38879 ай бұрын
the guitarist is very amazing on his shoulder the way he's doing the tuning and sliding ❤
@keithrobertson69423 жыл бұрын
Just how good are these two???...pure class x
@jaquie283 ай бұрын
Absolutely amazing. ❤❤❤
@ntinamorris3 жыл бұрын
Leith is wonderful place. Edinburgh magnificent. Greetings from Greece
@stevedavies34983 жыл бұрын
Doesn't matter where you are from just sit back and enjoy a classic song from a great band
@jaquie283 ай бұрын
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@Ever-so-reasonableАй бұрын
My first boss and great friend Dave Duncan passed away a year ago yesterday and this was played at his funeral. A proud Scot. I will remember you with great affection and pride. Mike
@TonyBittner-Collins5 жыл бұрын
My heart was broken, my heart was broken. Sorrow, sorrow, sorrow, sorrow. My heart was broken, my heart was broken. You saw it. You claimed it. You touched it. You saved it. My tears are drying, my tears are drying. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. My tears are drying, my tears are drying. Your beauty and kindness Made tears clear my blindness While I'm worth my room on this earth I will be with you. While the Chief, puts Sunshine On Leith I'll thank him for his work And your birth and my birth.
@janerichardson74764 жыл бұрын
A really beautiful song
@robsanson70203 жыл бұрын
Love it
@kevinsumner77793 жыл бұрын
The
@carolynwoodman1734 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful ❤
@BP-dn9nv2 жыл бұрын
I'm an American and I'm glad I discovered this song. Just really nice and mellow.
@benccollins4 ай бұрын
Pure class, true originality.
@johnoboyce34223 жыл бұрын
Absolutely fantastic & these guys are top singer songwriters,love their songs & this one for very special personal reasons 🌿🙏 Until we meet again dear lovely Lady 💔 💖💙🙏 Rest in Peace & in the home of the Nazarene 🌿💔💖🌿
@lenny7053 Жыл бұрын
This song always moves me to tears.
@stephennicolay19403 жыл бұрын
I was born and live in England, but my grandpa lived in Leith and my father watched Hibs many times in the 1940s at Easter Rood.
@robertrosser51736 ай бұрын
Do they realise this is one the simplest most emotive songs which brings a tear to your eye every time you hear it plus an absolute football anthem, one of the best. They should be so proud, its brilliant. I play it on repeat for hours ❤
@manusnow36786 ай бұрын
I was'nt born anywhere near there, but that's the best anthem to having a HOME and a love ever.
@clairefoster57224 ай бұрын
This song just bursts with emotion. A beautiful song, wonderfully sung by Craig & Charlie. Brings a tear to my eye every time I hear it. 😥❤️
@mkb6003 жыл бұрын
2021, and it still brings a tear ❤️
@PILOSOPAUL3 жыл бұрын
indeed
@paultrower11883 жыл бұрын
Me too
@izpozpeeps3 жыл бұрын
👌♥️
@Yossariain2 жыл бұрын
Just read 'Dead Men's Trousers' by Irvine Welsh and now cannot this beautiful song out of my head...
@Imspart3 жыл бұрын
Part Gospel, part soul. beautiful
@sweetiepie1372Ай бұрын
This song! 36 years ago. Never off the radio. During the kind of beautiful Autum Scotland does so well. Staying in my mum's house in Ayrshire, with my brand new, baby daughter. Mum was dying, had been terminal for 2 years. And I was heartbroken to be losing her. And I'd nurse my wee baby, look into her wee face, "while I'm worth, my room on this earth, I will be with you. "While the Chief, puts sunshine on Leith, I'll thank him, for your birth" So thankful for my baby, time with both her and my mum, and a reason to keep going, after my mum died. What a song. Still miss you mum. Still give thanks for my girl.
@zsoltkarpati13263 жыл бұрын
used to spend time in scotland was tough but in a way good and still memories
@blammy153 жыл бұрын
I so miss Leith. It has now been over 10 years - my heart is still broken,
@outlawlover15 жыл бұрын
From 1988. What a Classic !!!!
@Lionkingview3 жыл бұрын
I do have to shout out "todd in the shadows" for doing his "one hit wonderland "episode on "gonna be (500 miles) " and introducing me to the fact that the proclaimers are far more than a one hit wonder in Scotland...they're an icon.
@crazyba1dman2 жыл бұрын
They're iconic globally.
@jaquie283 ай бұрын
100% valid. ❤❤❤
@annrigby51293 жыл бұрын
Beautiful song-love the Proclaimers ❤
@lindalucas14173 жыл бұрын
What a classic song from The Proclaimers. They are so talented.
@abrahamsvlogs40404 жыл бұрын
I'm friends Steve Shaw (the violin player in this video) he was also the violin player for Dexys Midnight Runners :)
@wilsonowurani38879 ай бұрын
that's another one I love crucially and my goodness theres amazing proclaimers are very great 👌👌👍 I love everything they're doing in the video I'm listening to 👍👍👍❤❤
@SusanLeivers10 күн бұрын
Takes me back, as a child, miss my birth land more than I can say. In my blood ❤❤❤
@ianrae1546Ай бұрын
As a Jambo. I hate that I love this song. Beautiful song 🇱🇻 🇳🇬 🇱🇻🇳🇬🇱🇻
@MichaelJB19742 жыл бұрын
After the past 24 hours in the aftermath of the Queen’s death I seem to keep coming back to this song. No a royalist at all but she was that one person in my 47 year life that was always “just there” This sums up the current mood of the country
@billbansheeedinburgh11725 жыл бұрын
i walked into the Usher Hall in Edinburgh 31 years ago ?? no idea who they were gig was mental... it helps I am from Leith,,,, my mum of 75 loves this song also.. oh yeah she from Leith also
@daveevans61694 ай бұрын
While I'm worth my room on this earth . What we should all be be grateful for
@jaquie283 ай бұрын
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@daveoneill8235 Жыл бұрын
Why are my eyes crying Absolutely brilliant tune .
@davidford21694 ай бұрын
Because music moves us..friend...👍🇬🇧
@jaquie283 ай бұрын
It's such a moving, beautiful song. ❤❤❤
@mattrishton Жыл бұрын
Greatness is to be found in the most unlikely places…
@northwalescoast79113 жыл бұрын
THE proclamers are wonderful ! ! !👍
@Zephaniah3verse176 ай бұрын
40 years now since I left Fife, and this song and the teasing views across the firth still manage to bring a little tear (or two). Thanks for posting this brilliant song and the views.
@alfiekelly59142 жыл бұрын
I'm a Weegie, but i love Leith. Very personal reasons, but i go there as often as i can
@eccehomo19045 ай бұрын
Beauty in simplicity.
@rossbentley25142 жыл бұрын
Beautiful....and a tearjerker
@wilmanric2277 Жыл бұрын
I have long thought this would be a lovely song for someone to have as a first dance together as a married couple.
@rhianjones13193 жыл бұрын
“Sunshine on Leith is one my favourite song by the Proclaimers “
@mungofinalfi44806 ай бұрын
Why the quotation marks?
@andyblyth36235 жыл бұрын
Such a great song, so simple but just terrific. I bought this so long ago, but love to play this on the piano still.
@terencebarrett28974 ай бұрын
Absolutely wonderful, a beautiful song, by wonderful talented guys,do you know this video and song will be played for a long long time because of its history originality realness ,a lasting memory" absolutely wonderful"
@peredhillover18 ай бұрын
Thank you for your heartfelt music.
@LdevArtАй бұрын
EPIC ANTHEM.
@andypandy85699 ай бұрын
Nothing but beautiful
@estuardogomez5622 жыл бұрын
Ese violin........le da un toque hermoso....hermosa melodia
@stevecunningham6537 Жыл бұрын
I used to have my breakfast in this cafe, back in the day, an since I was born in leith, but moved away from Scotland. This song does it to me evrey time. Never forget you're roots.
@ruthfeeney94416 жыл бұрын
Love these guys great voices
@rodsreel3 ай бұрын
guaranteed to bring a tear joy or sorrow - cheers boys