Tommy Makem - Gentle Annie

Tommy Makem Gentle Annie

[@TheHighlander1960]

I came here because just a few days ago I lost my precious mother in law. She was Irish and this was her song..her name was Ann and she loved this song so much...it was played at her funeral. I miss her more than I can put into words and will cherish my beloved memories of her, most especially our trip together to Ireland, her home...until we meet again my gentle Annie!!

[@helenrogers1400]

May Annie Rest in Peace in the Arms of Our Lord and Savior. 🙏☘

[@annetherkelsen1539]

I'm so sorry for your loss. It's wonderful to have such a great relationship with your Mother in law! I was blessed to have that also. I hope your wild grief over the passage of time will lessen, leaving only precious memories. I also love the song and my name is Anne.

[@vernonsears8136]

Bless you dear Irish mother for Irish blood runs true for us all!

[@Vinney-ld7ws]

Beautifull

[@brontedesk]

The tonality, poetry and emotion in this man's voice made me stop in my tracks when I was a child and still does today. Authentic emotion, true poetry and a heavenly voice never goes out of fashion. 'Old ghosts meet' when we listen to someone like Tommy Makem.

[@xchristinelinden613]

One of the most beautiful love songs...ever written...

[@stupidcat39]

I met him in 2001. It was a priveledge. And I could only cry with joy. He was humble and patient. The concert was like he was performing just for me. He was the best storyteller ever.

[@Barrano1]

I'm from Outside Keady in Co.Armagh, and Tommy will be greatly missed by all!! He's a cousin of my granny's and she is vexed today!

[@janefriel6895]

I taught in Keadyy some years ago.A woman's group.I taught all over Ireland,yet Keady remains one of my favourite.Lovely,kind welcoming people.I miss Keady still.

[@endasims3443]

A voice from my youth . My Mom and dad loved the trad as do I. This is the true Voice of Ireland.

[@mainer98]

This man was a gift from God. When life gets hectic, I can watch/listen to Tommy and my soul is soothed.

[@ihategigglegigglesucks3081]

I played this as a tribute to my late wife at the graveside service, it was the last song. Rest in Peace Mr Makem and God Bless you for the gift of a song to say what I couldn't.

[@snowman-ds3mg]

This kinda sums this whole talent up . RIP to to this lady as i now have an insight through song as to who she was .

[@yogaeye]

Luke Kelly, Tommy Makem; what a great Irish band they have in heaven. Thanks for the tunes we will never forget.

[@nickyclarke3530]

Never get fed up of listening to tommy beautiful voice no one can ever match

[@GarryMcFadden]

I was fortunate to have seen Tommy Makem in concert in Prince George, BC. Canada years before his demise. A great loss! To our hearts and song!

[@barbaraboyle7292]

This was sung at my Mom Annie's funeral back in 1999! She was 89.

[@eileen1924]

I love this poem and song Gentle Annie by Tommy Makem this is the best doesn,t get any better. Miss You Tommy God Bless

[@joe56474]

His recitation of 'Raglan Road' gave me goosebumps. Love that poem & song.

[@irishpride9999]

Yes my mentor and friend tommy is the best irish singer there ever has been and ever will be.

[@MarkMaysey]

RIP Tommy and thank you for leaving behind a treasure of GREAT music and GOOD feelings. Love your music Tommy and always will! Mark

[@eileencoleman6857]

This song has broken my heart so many times - my sweet sister Ann died 3 years ago and she was just like the description he gives and had suffered a sad life - breaks my heart when I hear him sing this. He does have great emotion in his voice and you can tell he was a good man.💖

[@yu3p2x1]

He wasn't just a lovely singer, but also a great songwriter. This is one of his gems.

[@snowman-ds3mg]

As a kid in 83 i was brought to a "Maken n Clancey" concert in midlands Ireland - one banjo one guitar and two fantastic musicians now gone ---- great memories

[@RickBentsen]

I was fortunate to get to meet Tommy before he passed. My father got to record Tommy playing the whistle on a song for someone before he passed. Tommy's music has always meant a great deal to me and always will.

[@sinistershenanigans965]

I’m not crying. I’m knocking a wall down and just got grit in my eye.

[@johnking6930]

Only Tommy can recite Kavanagh's immortal words with such passion.

[@drjohncavanagh6979]

God has touched his emotional centre, his larynx, his vision and his utter wordsmithery and mucicality

[@roltthehunter]

This Song makes me tear up. And i am not the type who cry's a lot. Very beautiful. RIP

[@williebourke9962]

Sure didn't Tommy makem make every song he sang his own .What a talent ,May God rest him ,n heaven be his home ,The joy he gave ,

[@Shtickler]

He was a revolutionary, a crusader for human rights, and a great musician. He will always be one of my heroes.

[@pcboylan0612]

Childhood memories rekindled .. My parents took me to see Makem and Clancy in the old town hall (now demolished) in Granard, Co. Longford when I was a child... (A Wee while ago :-) ). I was inspired that evening to learn music and repeat the magic of their performanance. Even as a 10 yr old child, the magic of Gentle Annie, Kagan and the Wind literally swept me away. To Liam and Tommy ... I have no doubt that you are entertaining the heavens... Thank you

[@doire1962]

The late great Tommy Makem with a fine explanatory introduction to his song "Gentle Annie".

[@vinceyoconnor]

I am very pleased to say that i was born less that one mile from Tommy. It is only now that i feel very proud that i knew him. His mother is a Legand

[@conarc-d1037]

people that dis like Tommy Makem must be devil worshirppers! How can you not love this man's voice!!?

[@judithsweeney4982]

Tommy could flare his Irish Nostrils at me any time.

[@patriciathewisher2315]

Makes me cry as my father did so much when she died

[@sheilaleary5502]

Daddy’s song for my mother and I pray it will always be a part of my son’s heart. Keep the tradition alive

[@patriciathewisher2315]

This was played on mandolin at my mother’s funeral by my cousin Jim for my father Jim’s uncle. My parents both loved Makem. My love for you R will live when life is done. ❤

[@tommyd01]

This was played at my sister Anne's funeral. She passed 31 yrs ago today.

[@07blackdog]

What a HOLY song. The intro is true Irish poetry.

[@audreyhepburngal00]

right there with you on that. What a great man he was.

[@JoeMarkleymusic]

This is beautiful, God this guy was great!

[@margaretrichards5342]

Beautiful, just beautiful

[@nosowisewoman]

i love all of their songs; grew up listening to them. over and over, over and over..

[@kevindevine5192]

The comments I read, touch me soul as much as his voice does. I send love to all who listen to this man and his majestic voice. I was lucky enough to see him perform when I was a child and now as a 44 year old, I still listen.

[@ianbaillie6868]

I come back often to listen to the wonderful raconteur that Tommy was : a fine singer and great ambassador for Irish and Celtic music ; a great loss to music.

[@nolantomlinson7554]

One of best voices ever

[@brianmullins5824]

'When your eyes tell me you love me'❤️

[@gabrielkeown38]

Tommy Maken an absolute legend RIP gentle genius

[@pfeifferpack]

Happy birthday tomorrow Tommy and RIP, you are missed.

[@irishholly1]

My late mothers name was Annie. A lovely song with such feeling and I love listening to it.

[@borne2fly771]

When I was little my Dad used to sing what ever he could remember while he was working. Have not heard this in years. Any way I never understood the chorus when I was little. My Moms name was Ann and it makes a lot more sense now. They have both past

[@patriciathewisher2315]

Love the song Gentle Annie. My mum wrote my father was a poet? on one of their honeymoon photos of him sitting looking cool on a rock in the west of ireland. In July 56. The best thing he ever did was loaning her a pen in English class in 43 in the town technical college. He found a wife in the town he loved so well. He knew her over 70 years. This was played by his nephew Jim on banjo at her funeral.

[@maryfox7440]

Beautiful story!

[@clairevernell4645]

TommyMakem sure has a positively lovely voice; this is my favorite song of all the ones he sang.

[@paulmac1741]

Oh , what a gift this man was !

[@ericboreen4040]

So many years later, it hasn't lost any of the magic.

[@irishfield1]

So great artist he was so amazing song ever thank you Tommy will always be thank you

[@mrswaltzingmatilda]

Another great one from Tommy R.I.P

[@annemariejoyce8286]

My nana was Annie she was the gentlest of ladies. I’m named partly after her. This song reminds me of her ❤️

[@sylkev]

Wonderful both the poem and the song..... made me have a weep....

[@billhendry1251]

Only The Irish Could Sing such heavenly Songs.

[@haanashim]

Well, it's done in a very Irish style, but it was composed by the American Stephen Foster (O Suzanna, Old Folks at Home, etc.)

[@padreemiliobortolinineto4358]

Ireland, more than a country, is a state of mind ;) Greetings from Brazil :) And thanks for the information :)

[@MsSpock1]

bill hendry, thank you so much, that was a nice thing to say. The Irish love the singing xx

[@jameamcdonough4661]

I know what you are talking about. That is a totally different song altogether.

[@sherp2u1]

@@padreemiliobortolinineto4358 Isso é bom, paz e amor irmão

[@johnjoyce341]

Tommy Makem had a fantastic voice and was also a talented songwriter and musician responsible for Four Green Fields and the Boys from Killybegs

[@1Twizzel]

A long time ago I was previleged indeed to hear this in my home city of Galway and Cherish the Ladies and the great Joanie Madden also UNREAL

[@janefriel6895]

Sometimes the word is lost in a song.This was so lovely to heard said.

[@patriciathewisher2315]

My father loved this song. My mum was so fuckin smart and beautiful and kind and thoughtful and totally unique.

[@patriciathewisher2315]

Tommy - thanks so much for researching and singing and bringing to public attention so many wonderful songs. Thx for Gentle Annie. It was played at my mum’s funeral. She died this time nine years ago.

[@Pryncezzsarah]

First time I've ever heard this song...it is so beautiful and haunting.

[@terrygaither3449]

BRINGS ME BACK TO TIMES GONE BY...

[@patriciathewisher2315]

Thought her name was Anne. But when she died I found her birth certificate and she was Annie. When he called her Annie, I thought it was just a form of endearment between them. It was but it was also her name. And her mother’s and grandmother’s name. She also was born on the exact date 50 years after the apparition at Knock and he died listening to the song.

[@gerardodwyer9693]

I loe. and. enjoy. the. poem and. loving. the. song. by. Tommy makem

[@eileenmcsweeney]

What a poet this man was he was brilliant

[@jkpuskar]

This is probably my favorite Makem clip on KZbin!

[@rockweedgirl]

My mother died before my father, and while her name was Mary (yes, we also played Going Home to Mary) this was my father's song for my mother. Even with her joint replacements and his Parkinson's, when they'd put on a stack of records (going back a bit, aren't i) and this song came on, nothing doing but he'd waltz her around our living room. So, playing gentle annie and going home to mary at his wake/funeral, standing room only for a 90 year old, the bittersweet sobs echoed long after the music stopped. One can only dream of both loving and being as loved, and to have such a soundtrack to one's life and death. At least I got to witness such a phenomenal force of nature as his love for her, even if I can scarcely expect to experience it myself. But that doesn't diminish my joyous appreciation, and the bittersweet tears drip off my nose and chin listening, remembering, cherishing, and being grateful.

[@margiemasih982]

So wonderful

[@rockweedgirl]

@Tommy Callaghan Thank you. Means a lot. Thank you both, you and Margie, who responded before you but I didn't respond to. Life can be toothachingly sweet, and that is beautiful pain!

[@neildaly2635]

Patrick Kavanagh was a great poet. “My soul was an old horse I tried to sell at 20 fairs:” great stuff

[@conhoran8217]

Beautiful Song and presentation Tommy CON Horan Newbridge Kildare

[@stillirish]

"When your eyes tell me you love me, my soul is filled with wonder." No one could say it better and no one could sing it better. Singers who love what they do make the best entertainers no matter what the style. Tommy is the best.

[@richardcondon3797]

Grafton Street is a major thoroughfare in the fair city of Dublin.

[@eileen1924]

One of Ireland best Love this balled RIP Tommy Makem .

[@francescaulfield5874]

Love of their music passed down from the parents way back

[@clarebannerman]

I love this song.

[@clarebannerman]

Beautiful love song ♪♫. Tommy does the definitive version ♥

[@dweml258]

I expected the beautiful Stephan Foster original song. But this is even more beautiful. We will never forget you Tommy. Or your great friends, the Clancys.

[@jedmarum]

me too - and I agree, this one is even more beautiful!

[@imrama1]

Love is silent at the edge of the universe.

[@Hollyrock712]

Just beautiful… I e seen him a bunch of times when he was older. Just fantastic

[@Juliemorgana]

I just love this as a poem. Beautifully done.

[@jamesfox5890]

Beautiful song and a lovely poem,both performed with feeling.

[@webwarren]

When I saw "Gentle Annie", my first thought was the ballad by Stephen Collins Foster, in which the singer mourns his departed (deceased) love.

[@sbbinahee]

The Wonderful Tommy Makem. I could just listen to him talking all day. Not to mention his singing and playing..

[@pokemongowearethepowerfami842]

Absolutely beautiful , crying every time

[@jedmarum]

What a gem! Thanks so much for posting this video. Good Bless you Tommy!

[@jor2698]

mediation services

[@Biolmed]

Thank you great grandfather for the Irish in me-self!

[@tommymakem737]

i never had the chance to meet tommy in person but i never will regret that tommy has the best voice in the world

[@melrosemiss]

I met him twice and he sang the same song to me each time - Foir Green Fields.

[@yvonneparkin1618]

Thanks

[@teddy42424]

a fine song..of true love

[@brianfoyle7592]

Beautiful song Tommy. Rest in peace.

[@annramsay1221]

for me only Tommy can sing this and many other songs.

[@lisadiane55]

I thought that this was the song performed by Gordon Bok, Ed Trickett and Anna Mayo Muir, in beautiful harmony in the 70's, also a beautiful tune. A different song, but this was lovely. Too bad their music isn't better known. Some is on KZbin. Worth checking out. Their songs and harmonies are gorgeous. Bok's brother was president of Harvard.

[@melrosemiss]

Love Gordon Bok’s work.

[@StillTheBest1980]

He lives on!!

[@sbbinahee]

Indeed. I love him singing 'when the grey october clouds go drifting by'. I have it on vinyl and am considering uploading it on my channel...

[@kevinharron6134]

Raglan Road, a great song. I love Luke Kelly singing it and also Van Morrison with The Chieftains. I wonder if there is a Tommy Makem version.

[@hannahlynn8028]

I wish someone had written a song like this in the old days with the name Hannah!

[@SirCoughsalot]

God, I nearly cried.

[@maevemacdonald1011]

He was the best. Keady boy. My mums friend

[@KateQuinnOperaNovelistCreater]

Love this song so much! :)

[@jamesparker5929]

Here I am in 2021, this song means so much to me

[@keithmorrissey1766]

Wow he had an amazing singing voice - perhaps under appreciated here in ireland ?