The Whistlin' Donkeys - Sweet Sixteen (Official Music Video)

The Whistlin Donkeys offical music video for their valentines day single ' Sweet Sixteen '.
A classic Fureys song!
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[@vapour_trails8079]

We played this song today at my mum’s funeral. Goodbye beautiful mum ❤️

[@tenorab]

Love the way they respect the Furies song by not changing the arrangement but simply updating it. That's class 🎀

[@Pokafalva]

This is their own version, and far better than the Furies version...

[@whalencow]

Beautiful, faithful rendition of the Furey's version. I had the privilege to hear Finbar play this with banjo and accompanied by guitar. One of those music memories that will stay with me forever as it's been a favourite of mine for over 30 years.

[@Pokafalva]

The Fureys version was a cover...! The song was written in 1898, and first recorded in 1900!

[@NSResponder]

Much older than the Fureys. Written by James Thornton and first published in 1898. First hit the charts at #3 in 1901, sung by Harry Macdonough.

[@sherp2u1]

Thank you, I didn't know they had charts back then....

[@SonofCuhulainn]

@@sherp2u1 Yes, for sheet music, rather than recordings at that point.

[@kevanderson9663]

takes me back 40yrs when met my late wife , great song ty

[@anita-qq9iw]

Brilliant version, and what a beautiful girl, the whole thing made me cry.

[@BoB10]

Great version That guy has a really good voice, he can sing anything and the band are fantastic , Thanks for sharing ,

[@robinmatyjasek7390]

One of the finest odes to love lost that I have ever heard...

[@unahunt4433]

As a big fan of Finbar I salute Fergal’s version of this classic song. His voice is amazing and heartfelt, Great band too.

[@chrismartin259]

Fabulous rendition of a beautiful song I love the banjo excellent thank you

[@tomlindsay5892]

Very, very good. A band to take over the mantle of the Dubliners and the Fureys - these guys are talented!

[@martinbeal905]

Having seen the Furey's many times live this is a fabulous cover!

[@nigelneal5524]

A beautiful rendition of a fureys classic amazing vocals and banjo, and the young ladys smile is truly heaven sent , no make up just natural innocent beauty....heart melting .

[@keithbeardmore530]

An absolutely mesmerising version of this song with the very, very beautiful young lady bringing home the sentiment of the song. Brilliant xxx

[@stevemanleycbg.5232]

Stunning .just beautiful. As good as the original.

[@jameskinnin5170]

This was written by James Thornton in 1898 and is still very popular today

[@bazmurphy7792]

Such a lovely song, sung by a fantastic voice

[@whozis2]

Oh, Lord! I needed to hear a song like this. I just stumbled onto it and it digs right deep into my heart.

[@terrydonegan1622]

Me too. God bless you

[@graemeforssberg3986]

A lovely version of this song and a beautiful girl too....what more could you want....!

[@roddix7230]

A beautiful version of the fureys song Played it at my wedding for my special lady still brings a tear to my eyes. The young lady is so naturally attractive it reminds me of what young women used to look like in the seventies.

[@DianeD862]

I was crying because we should of been going to Ireland we go every year but this year was a special on we just love Ireland 🇮🇪 love everything about the place the people music 🎧 the horrible virus 🦠 so sad 😞 hope next year we really want to come .sad people .🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🙏🙏🙏🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🎧🎧☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️🌹

[@Pokafalva]

The Fureys version was a cover...! The song was written in 1898, and first recorded in 1900!

[@04051940able]

I well up when I listen to this beautiful song great vocal great accompaniment thank you,wow and a beautiful girl.

[@adriandoherty6110]

have to say these guys are fantastic musician's,,they never disappoint,,thank u once again 👍👍

[@berlindaarmijo9251]

Your voice is unique... Love it. Sounds Awesome and sweet. Thanks again. From NM.

[@moogdome2562]

beautiful song makes me cry. No one really knows when it was written or by who. The girl is stunning. Thank you so much for sharing.

[@rjmun580]

James Thornton wrote it in 1898 in Boston USA.

[@janispownall1348]

My gran used to sing this many many years ago . I was only a young girl and I am now 66yrs old myself.i it has always brought me happy memories but also always brings a tear to my eyes

[@janispownall1348]

It was written by James Thornton in 1898

[@moogdome2562]

@@janispownall1348 Thank you Janis. Much appreciated.

[@tarahowie4896]

we gottta you lads over to Canada.....Newfoundland and Nova Scotia have great celtic and folk music scene....my husband loves you guys

[@minir.3182]

My boyfriend and I are from Quebec, and we both have a huge Irish and Scottish ancestry history. No, not just stories but dna proved also! :) Anyways, what are the odds we got together with the same background in a sea of french people right? We just want to visit Newfoundland and Nova Scotia so bad. I would love to hang out in a pub and listen to your local bands. xx

[@rachelbrough8160]

Amazing rendition. His voice is wonderful.

[@nicky6334]

I met my girlfriend when she was sixteen I was 18 , I moved away for 12 years came back and found her again this song reminds me of her

[@nollem41]

lovely version of this song!

[@Hollcall]

OH MY, She is special. WOW..............! { this , from an old man who once loved red hair}

[@malcolmbond2419]

Irish music lives on and on and on, than you guys you are brilliant, Calum Bunde

[@hetrodoxlysonov-wh9oo]

It's not Irish.

[@marymcmullen7765]

Absolutely Beautiful!

[@Tyronebhoy-ks2cv]

his voice is unreal. top class band.

[@christopherkelly3929]

i agree

[@Paulo.1984]

Brilliant cover! So heartfelt, so beautiful!

[@lorrainecaroll397]

Absolutely love this band his voice is unreal ❤️

[@samuelmccormick539]

Great band and could listen to them all day brilliant

[@saoirset1247]

These amazing voices don't nearly get enough air-time, unreal ❤

[@darrenganderton776]

Fantastic voice, great cover of a beautiful song,

[@johnnymac8680]

What more could anyone want? A beautiful song and a beautiful girl.

[@Lee-nh5bb]

A beautiful man! 🤔 ( Irish please! )

[@johnnymac8680]

@@Lee-nh5bb I'm Irish and single but at 70 my courting days are behind me.

[@amsodoneworkingnow1978]

The memory of my love song it to me on my wedding day and yes I was indeed sweet 16 he was 19

[@Lee-nh5bb]

@@johnnymac8680 Now that's a shame! Never say never!

[@johnnymac8680]

@@Lee-nh5bb You're quite right. Where there's life there's hope.

[@baillie677]

Pure quality.

[@jimfling2128]

She is the ideal example of what we think of as an Irish Lassie

[@amsodoneworkingnow1978]

Or a Scots as it's one of those shared songs

[@tomlindsay5892]

The Fureys must be pleased that their legacy lives on. A very fine voice, accompanied by fine musicians - what's not to like? Thanks.

[@Pokafalva]

The Fureys version was a cover...! The song was written in 1898, and first recorded in 1900!

[@woodiethompson526]

It some times seems that everyone in Ireland is either a great musician or a great singer ! Love the banjo here

[@TheHagaar]

Wish we were better fighters, but I'll take better singers and writers.At least the pen and the song do its own magic.

[@joannebarker-oh7ee]

Or a poet!

[@TazConlon]

What a beautiful song brings a tear to my eye every-time..

[@colinhesketh4710]

Excellent...and what a very pretty lass!

[@simon-nb-Betsyray]

She can have my children any time she's gorgeous 😃

[@charlesduguid4811]

One of my favourite Irish songs very well sung and played, thanks for posting it

[@hetrodoxlysonov-wh9oo]

It's not Irish.

[@charlesduguid4811]

@@hetrodoxlysonov-wh9oo The composer was James Thornton he was of Irish American descent and I would suggest to you that their is more Irish in his composition than American!! The jury is out on his place of birth Dublin/ Liverpool!!

[@hetrodoxlysonov-wh9oo]

@@charlesduguid4811 Thornton, that's a very English name, the style is that of turn of the century British and American ballads just like the song 'Danny Boy' written by an Englishman in England.

[@charlesduguid4811]

@@hetrodoxlysonov-wh9oo Sorry!! Danny boy was written by Johnnie Cash . Thornton was born possibly in Liverpool which to this day has a large population of Irish decent. Can you give me a correct version of a " British" / American ballad?

[@hetrodoxlysonov-wh9oo]

@@charlesduguid4811 Danny boy written by Johnny Cash, ha, ha, ha, look it up, of the top of my head ' Sam Hall' 'Barbara Allen', most of the ballads written in Britain were also popular in America.

[@clarkerattray6453]

I have the version by Davy Arthur and the Fureys from years n years ago this is so close. Excellent. 👌👌

[@stephenmagee701]

Love this version! Well done lads!!

[@johngibson8088]

Peace, Love, and Happiness from Black Mtn. N.C. USA ... this made my heart warm, and my eyes ... watery! Thank you for you music.

[@bbfeign1]

a really fine cover and a beautiful lady

[@alexmorris452]

Absolutely brilliant ,,,,,finbar would be proud they are doing this old classic well

[@Givingitashot]

McAloons voice could end wars.

[@pootsa7438]

Givingitashot. come to australia!!!!!

[@matsrosengren208]

Absolutely genial! Vocal and instrumental alike! I will start planning a visit to Ireland, the country of genial music!

[@DanPurdy1]

A beautiful song done by the Mills Brothers so long ago and done so well here.

[@JohnSmith-hk9xq]

Been waiting for a worthy successor to the Furies / Christie etc and hae just found them. Absolutely cracked it!

[@williamcole9040]

The whole thing is beautiful. Well done you Paddy’s. From a Welsh singer.

[@lisamc6500]

Beautiful, gets me every time 😓❣

[@jameskinnin5170]

This was written by James Thornton 1898 and still very popular today

[@Pokafalva]

Is right, James. But so many people think it is a Fureys original!

[@davidtynan190]

Vocals absolutely outstanding has good has you get

[@user-pi2wb2lo4j]

Listen to their version of Bees wing.....I love it

[@arienne112]

love it !!!! greetings from Hoogeveen The Netherlands :)

[@darrylgilliland1842]

If l close my eyes l can only hear the FURYS . So this is Beautiful. ,!,!,

[@latrobe15]

The great Al Jolson first made this song great, and now this version is just as good

[@SevenRavens007]

Wonderful version. It's rare to hear a cover that's better than the original!

[@jamesfrench7299]

No it's not. It sounds almost the same.

[@Pokafalva]

The Fureys version was a cover...! The song was written in 1898, and first recorded in 1900!

[@charlottedowling2241]

Brilliant love that song and you sing it amazing just like the fury’s .

[@Pokafalva]

The Fureys version was a cover...! The song was written in 1898, and first recorded in 1900!

[@davidspencer4713]

what an amazing voice sung beautiful

[@bobw7066]

This is a wonderful cover of the Furey's song , I will watch this often as I do with Finbar Furey and his band.

[@mickoleary7488]

It is not a Fureys song. It was written by James Thornton , an American in 1898

[@michaelord988]

Bob W Al Jolson sang it years ago

[@markdoherty152]

@@mickoleary7488 actually he was born in either Dublin or Liverpool, no one is sure, he emigrated with his family in 1869 and became an American citizen in 1931

[@owenrichardson5213]

Amazing song.

[@derekvile1124]

never heard you guys before! absolutely brilliant!

[@seafax]

Beautiful.

[@NC-zy7mo]

Finbar furey would love this cover 👌👌👌👌👌👌👌

[@henryd.machon9598]

The first I have heard you guys, Amazing is all I can say, When are you all coming to Glasgow, soon I hope

[@westendfenit]

excellent stuff as always

[@davereynolds9797]

Lovely. Thanks so much

[@paulk1068]

Fantastic song and singer, well done

[@Munkfish-TV]

She is an absolute dolly

[@chriskim1138]

All the times love is beautiful Tanks for your music video🐧🌻🦉

[@eddiebirch2067]

Beautiful version

[@listonleisure9378]

Top class !

[@peterbullock9935]

Beautiful

[@432716]

nice job guys...beautiful.

[@maybethistimenow]

Great music and a very pretty girl...

[@kingshamie1332]

Lovely 😎

[@petergrossett6763]

Finbar Furey, would be very proud, of this great performance. Ireland is awesome.

[@NC-zy7mo]

He most definitely would

[@petergrossett6763]

gerard mcveigh I always thought Scotland and her people, and the Irish, and Ireland, north and south are as good as it can get. Flawed yes, some massive conundrums, but thats life.Gaelic/Celtic culture is so influential world. Now I'm old and hopes for future can crumble. I want to say, Edinbugh's a dump, with a union flag topping the castle, but I dont want to hurt their feeling. Money and its culture, rule things now, always did, chuck in the MSM. The world. Thanks for you comment. Finbar Furey, Dougie Mclean, Robbie Burns still a great way to pass the time. I used to think Edinburgh was beautiful and as Scotlands capital more than a pile of bricks, seems I'm wrong.

[@petergrossett6763]

gerard mcveigh I sadly, share your fears. My mum was Irish as were her parents. That makes me half Irish, half Scot that way round, even though I was born in Scotland. The Irish are a huge powerful diaspora, the true Irish are formidable and certainly not defeated yet. Though time and tide, may not be on Irelands side at the moment time and tide can turn. The internationalists have not won. Not yet

[@petergrossett6763]

gerard mcveigh Dundee kettle boiler by birth and paternal descent. Mother from West Tyrone, her dad from Donegal.

[@mrsteel9026]

Great cover, quality.

[@neilcolley25]

just great

[@francgrimes1293]

Awesome , unbelievable talent., I Salute you ,from the Rebel County.

[@sherp2u1]

Up the Treaty....

[@samrichards9015]

soo beautiful thank you

[@paulk1068]

Brilliant version and love the video x

[@06JOHNNYBGOOD]

Superb !

[@RegNarnoc21]

I was waiting for her to sing😏

[@wolfthequarrelsome504]

John Mc Cormack...God bless the days.

[@davidmarshall6436]

Nice version sweet sixteen by whistlin donkeys.

[@michaelslattery8154]

fantastic

[@howardhynes1894]

Perfect, job

[@ladylaois8184]

Pure talent

[@adriandoocey4382]

Remeber my dad playin the furys version but i really like this really good job

[@theresaforde4260]

Love it

[@carolthornton9087]

Fabulous

[@auldyin7939]

Best cover of the Furey's ever. well done.

[@Pokafalva]

The Fureys version was a cover...! The song was written in 1898, and first recorded in 1900!

[@johnmoriarty131]

Fantastic voice Omg Could listen forever That may be better than the fureys That's hard to imagine but that's a brilliant version From the vocals to the music Nice banjo

[@JM-jr4pr]

Nothing beats the fureys version

[@02887727356]

damn close