Down by the Sally Gardens-Maura O'Connell with Karen Matheson

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  • Опубліковано 15 бер 2013
  • Maura O'Connell (with Karen Matheson) performs W.B. Yeats' Down by the Sally Gardens on Season 2 of BBC/RTE co-production: TransAtlantic Sessions. Lyrics below.
    Down by the sally gardens my love and I did meet;
    She passed the sally gardens with little snow-white feet.
    She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree;
    But I being young and foolish with her did not agree.
    In a field by the river my love and I did stand,
    And on my leaning shoulder she laid her snow-white hand.
    She bid me take life easy, as the grass grows on the weirs;
    But I was young and foolish, and now am full of tears.
    Repeat #2

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  • @rinasbookshelf6668
    @rinasbookshelf6668 5 років тому +474

    I'm Japanese student. Now I study Ireland culture, and finally I found out this videos. It moves my heart. I hope this song would sing forever and spread all over the world!!!!

    • @AB-nn4xo
      @AB-nn4xo 4 роки тому +11

      インキャなフランス人 私はアイルランドと日本のハーフだけど父がこの曲を教えてくれました。いつまでも皆さんの中でこの曲が生きていますように。p.s. 日本の学生でアイルランドの文化を嗜み、尚且つインキャなフランス人ってカオスだねw

    • @seamuscos9186
      @seamuscos9186 3 роки тому +7

      @@AB-nn4xo 僕も同じく日本とアイランドのハーフです。東京出身ですけれど現在Kerryに住んでいます! SMS 何か交換しませんか?w

    • @yusufaaron5238
      @yusufaaron5238 2 роки тому

      Instablaster

    • @craft1ng_cl0ckw0rk
      @craft1ng_cl0ckw0rk 2 роки тому +7

      aww that's really sweet to hear. I'm glad you're enjoying our culture :) I used to be able to play this on the tin whistle

    • @MichaelDownesTipperary
      @MichaelDownesTipperary 2 роки тому +8

      Yes it is a great song written by an Irish poet called W.B.Yeats.

  • @emmamiller6493
    @emmamiller6493 9 місяців тому +21

    This song reminds me so much of my childhood. My father used to sing this song to me when I was younger. Would love to go back to those uncomplicated days again! 😢

  • @MarkusBoettner
    @MarkusBoettner 3 роки тому +84

    I learned this beautiful song when I lived in Galway, Ireland for 11 years. Now, back in Germany, I have performed it a few times with my own Galway Girl Laura.
    And for the past few months, this has been a standard lullaby for our 5-months-old half Irish-half-German daughter Tara.
    One of the most beautifully sentimental songs I have the fortune to know. Beautiful performance, too!

  • @Rikki0
    @Rikki0 2 роки тому +102

    This is the most beautiful and moving version of this song I have ever heard in my 71 years. Thank you so very much. Huzzah, from Texas.

    • @janstrelinger4076
      @janstrelinger4076 Рік тому

      Definitely Maura is the best

    • @photonomist6345
      @photonomist6345 11 місяців тому

      Agreed, and have heard many. Such a lovely song too.

    • @michealjones9863
      @michealjones9863 7 місяців тому +1

      @@janstrelinger4076Kate matison singing beside her . This is Maura,s song no doubt but Kate deserves a mention. Certainly the best version of this song in my opinion.

  • @ivancizse
    @ivancizse Рік тому +14

    I’m a mexican guy and discovered this song. I loved it’s wonderful! My mind it’s so big in musical likes so there are music from the thousands of countries and this is special.

  • @oxfordye
    @oxfordye 9 років тому +165

    Such a beautiful rendition. I wish I could 'like' this a million times.

    • @kaywin2416
      @kaywin2416 3 роки тому +1

      Me too.

    • @icypopo
      @icypopo 3 роки тому +1

      Yeah I agree👍👍👍

  • @wuhank0612
    @wuhank0612 5 років тому +48

    English for me used to be distant and far out of reach for me... and now I feel so fortunate to be surrounded with lots of great works written and performed in this language. I first read W. B. Yeats's Down by the Sally Gardens and I was deeply moved by how time flies and how it makes people's remembrance of the past have such a great impact upon all of us. And now, listening to this song performed by the very talented Irish singer Maura O'Connell makes me believe art is our universal language. True talents do stand the test of time!

    • @davidbouvier8895
      @davidbouvier8895 5 місяців тому +2

      I taught English to non native speakers for many years. And yours is excellent.

  • @kateh.2327
    @kateh.2327 5 років тому +46

    Just another one of endless reasons to be proud of my Irish heritage🇮🇪🇺🇸

  • @micheled6111
    @micheled6111 8 років тому +72

    Brings tears to my eyes. Her voice is perfection for this song and the accompaniment superb.

  • @liamg353
    @liamg353 2 роки тому +23

    beautiful from one of the most underrated singers in Ireland.

  • @lolalucky8775
    @lolalucky8775 9 років тому +14

    This was my Grandma's favorite song. Bittersweet memories.

  • @maureenrhysjones4643
    @maureenrhysjones4643 Рік тому +27

    This is THE best version of this beautiful song, for me. I hate it when opera singers take it on, it changes the whole context of the song! It's an Irish folk song and only singers like Maura can give it creedence. IMHO...So gorgeous thank you for posting. My choir is singing this, I hope we do it justice but it is your version I listen to.

    • @iChillypepper
      @iChillypepper Рік тому +2

      I’ve seen that - they try to make too much into a classical opera song, and some of the feeling is lost

  • @andreachou4773
    @andreachou4773 Рік тому +14

    i first knew this lyrics as a peom of Yeats when I was in my 10th grade, and a few years after I realized that it has been composed as a beautiful song as well. I felt so related to the poem to some unknown reason, that it fills my eyes with tears every time I listen to it

  • @philippecorneloux3906
    @philippecorneloux3906 2 роки тому +9

    Je suis français. C'est la seule chanson que je peux fredonner de bout en bout . Merveilleuse chanson

  • @liluo5411
    @liluo5411 2 роки тому +4

    I cried when I was listening to this record..

  • @Sepid8
    @Sepid8 4 дні тому

    Reading “The Children Act” and I had to come listen to this wonderful song… very touching story and indeed a moving song.

  • @alepwalling
    @alepwalling 3 роки тому +18

    Masterpiece song.
    what a lyrics
    what a poem
    what a story
    ❤️

  • @johnscanlon6977
    @johnscanlon6977 2 роки тому +4

    Maura.."Fashion is fleeting but Styles as Yours Endures"! Our Irish lost Treasure! Please Sing again W B Yeats would have adored you..as I and all still do...with your voice of a Trush!!..It's purity and musical brilliance...brings appropriate tears! You are an Irish Icon..Please sing again!x John Co Tipperary.

  • @ritarobatini3057
    @ritarobatini3057 7 років тому +10

    Maura O'Connell is an angel!!! Every time I hear this song, it makes chill... But Maura brought tears to my eyes... No one will ever sing this song like her! It's perfection!!! Thank you for bringing us such wonderful song in a perfect voice!!

  • @randomnesslol6362
    @randomnesslol6362 8 років тому +66

    I am theoretically supposed to sing this at a concert but these ladies have set the standards so high I am actually scared! But not of your voices, they are so amazing!

  • @kellylee_7
    @kellylee_7 6 місяців тому +3

    My best song.Always means a lot.Thank you.

  • @pommespanzer05
    @pommespanzer05 8 років тому +100

    This is by far the best version on UA-cam. Sounds really nice!

  • @dakotablackford7529
    @dakotablackford7529 2 роки тому +6

    When I was 13 we performed this song in my choir and I always thought it was so beautiful

  • @yoonsea7977
    @yoonsea7977 8 років тому +29

    I'm not from Ireland but I discovered this song in a book called "bloody Jack" and this songs just brings me to tears :') such a beautiful song

  • @mariojorgeloureiro7257
    @mariojorgeloureiro7257 11 місяців тому +4

    One of the most heart touching lovely Irish songs! Really full of soul!

  • @archiebrown3719
    @archiebrown3719 Рік тому +5

    Love this also my grandmother taught me well this l thank her for in spirit heart n mind 🖤🖤🖤💙💙💙💚💚💚🙏🙏🙏

  • @telemachus53
    @telemachus53 7 років тому +2

    Why does this singer always move me so much! What a version and what a song.

  • @MarthalieThurstonSachemPiper
    @MarthalieThurstonSachemPiper Рік тому +6

    Beautiful composition with a very nice arrangement. Ladies thank you for your music 🎶 Accompiment so nicely played as well

  • @funtosing
    @funtosing 2 роки тому +4

    Sooo schön vorgetragen, einfühlsam mit wunderschönen Stimmen! Hach und die Geige und ... TOLL!

  • @user-ww3qd5rk8h
    @user-ww3qd5rk8h 4 роки тому +2

    This concert makes people happy

  • @TheWS2271
    @TheWS2271 8 років тому +64

    Thank you gentlemen for your short sighted and totally uninterested remarks to this video. We herewith go back to the essence of Irish music and the story telling bit where it doesn't matter who is singing the song. Lovely sung and lovely song! Well done girls!

    • @unterwant
      @unterwant 7 років тому +6

      some boys are playing too ....
      but maura and karen are singing deep into the soul of anyone listening ...
      (if there is a soul...)

    • @dangervich
      @dangervich 5 років тому

      What remarks? Only Catharina, Sweden suggested a man should sing it.

  • @arckocsog253
    @arckocsog253 10 років тому +21

    Okay, first good singing today of all the sally garden verions I have seen.

  • @liaozhen
    @liaozhen 3 роки тому +24

    这首歌,这个版本,是目前听过最好的感觉。这首歌悠扬婉转,这样慢慢唱更能打动人心。配乐也非常好。这首歌真的适合有点故事的人听。能让人找到心底的柔软和对自己年少时的一种百感交集的回眸。走了那么长的路,吃了那么多苦,就是为了遇见今天的自己。

    • @willjamesb
      @willjamesb 2 роки тому +1

      That's a beautiful discription

    • @mspme
      @mspme 2 роки тому

      有个中田美惠的版本也很好听 每个人都会糅合自己的感受演绎不一样的味道

  • @joesoap8398
    @joesoap8398 3 роки тому +3

    This song helped me discover the beauty of the poetry of Yeats

  • @eileenyang4422
    @eileenyang4422 9 років тому +19

    Best version I've ever heard

  • @virginids
    @virginids 9 років тому +146

    Down by the Salley Gardens 柳園深處
    My love and I did meet 愛人與我相遇
    She passed the Salley Gardens 她雪白的小腳
    With little snow-white feet 輕柔漫步園底
    She bid me take love easy 她要我愛得自在
    As the leaves grow on the tree 如綠葉舒展枝頭
    I being young and foolish 年少的我愚癡
    With her did not agree 聽不進她的勸
    In a field by the river 河畔原野
    My love and I did stand 愛人與我靜立
    And on my leaning shoulder 她雪白的手
    She laid her snow-white hand 停在我前傾的肩
    She bid me take life easy 她囑我自然處世
    As the grass grows on the weirs 如綠草滋長堤岸
    But I was young and foolish 年少的我愚癡
    And now am full of tears 而今垂淚滿腮
    - William Butler Yeats

    • @tyan4380
      @tyan4380 9 років тому +4

      virginids 谢谢

    • @giovannipeirone8619
      @giovannipeirone8619 7 років тому +7

      i love the fact that this masterpiece is translated by you in chinese language
      i wonder if it could be played and sung by chinese musicians, sometimes i hear some chinese music and even if i don't understand it in the right way (beacause of my ignorance) i love it

    • @chaosxychang
      @chaosxychang 7 років тому +1

      谢谢,Cheng。

    • @rabbrennan7135
      @rabbrennan7135 6 років тому

      Sylvia Cheng wrong lyrics

    • @luciemiss9012
      @luciemiss9012 6 років тому

      Giovanni Peirone hi i have chinese musie you can add,me,i wil send the music to u

  • @yslee6736
    @yslee6736 Рік тому +5

    Lovely emotional vocals and brilliant performance that fit well with autumn! Thanks so much.

  • @13danaluchian
    @13danaluchian 5 років тому +204

    Am I the only one here because of “ The children act “ ? 💙

    • @Gjitra
      @Gjitra 5 років тому +13

      Emma Thompson sang it well! I've sang this song before in a vocal assembly but the movie reminded me once again :)

    • @helenyeve4245
      @helenyeve4245 5 років тому +2

      Nop

    • @sunshine9016
      @sunshine9016 5 років тому +4

      No you're not, I am too.

    • @bttrade6286
      @bttrade6286 5 років тому +5

      No, listening to the whole song just made me moved more by the movie. Emma Thompson should win the Oscar this year or at least a Grammy for her singing in the movie! :)

    • @clairedowney964
      @clairedowney964 5 років тому +2

      me too

  • @pckpat
    @pckpat 2 роки тому +6

    Very well done people. The vocals were lovely as were the instruments.The dobro was a somewhat surprising addition to a traditional Irish ensemble, but woven in quite masterfully. All in all a tasteful and enchanting rendition.

  • @blackheart5258
    @blackheart5258 4 роки тому +3

    So many different people from some many different countries find the beauty and the peace in this superb rendition. If only we could bring that beauty and peace out of this song and into the world. When the power of love overcomes the love of power then there will be peace. Stay safe Stay strong

  • @tmo7734
    @tmo7734 Рік тому +2

    A wonderful performance. Best wishes from the San Francisco Bay Area.

  • @missbingley6048
    @missbingley6048 Рік тому +2

    How lovely . Sang this last night for the first time with my choir. I love it.

  • @nzlotrfan
    @nzlotrfan 2 роки тому +3

    I first heard this song about 2 years ago. I've loved it ever since

  • @philipmicheal3711
    @philipmicheal3711 7 років тому +28

    Heaven... Pure and simple.

  • @HyeCoh
    @HyeCoh 11 місяців тому +1

    The Most beautiful , endearing Song ever to me. I get heart ache every time I hear this song !
    Beautiful performance!!😂❤

  • @connieLo87365
    @connieLo87365 3 роки тому +3

    So Beautiful. Lovely voice very nice everyone.

  • @praveshrai3510
    @praveshrai3510 3 роки тому +2

    When I was in middle choir this was the best song we ever sung. I still love it till this day. So much memory within one song!

  • @PeachOrchardOwlMusic
    @PeachOrchardOwlMusic 8 років тому +17

    Wow. Simply incredible vocals, and the accompaniment was great too. This is my new favorite song!

  • @fradrake11
    @fradrake11 Рік тому +1

    Maura & Karan do Sally Gardens beautifully. When I was a teenager I was a drummer in a accordion band and won the all Ireland . For me personally its the timing that makes or breaks the song .

  • @fredrichenning1367
    @fredrichenning1367 Рік тому +1

    I often, of a summer's afternoon, play this tune on my Irish whistle.

  • @jennieward-scott9531
    @jennieward-scott9531 9 років тому +15

    Ahhhh.. lovely memories! My Ganda sang that when we lived in Co.Cork where I was born Billy .. you will have to visit Ireland :-)

    • @Good-pz9sq
      @Good-pz9sq 7 років тому +2

      Jennie Ward-Scott love Ireland forever

  • @AmiraSmyrna
    @AmiraSmyrna 21 день тому

    Thank you FMR 101.3 fm in Cape Town for getting me here ❤

  • @Fortississississimo
    @Fortississississimo 7 років тому +8

    What an unbelievably beautiful arrangement of an unbelievably beautiful song!

  • @annlong247
    @annlong247 4 роки тому +2

    This music is amazing ~
    When I was a child, I fill in love with this tune ~

  • @spmoran4703
    @spmoran4703 Рік тому +1

    It's a sad beautiful song. It often makes me cry.

  • @kittymeekins1682
    @kittymeekins1682 9 років тому +14

    So very beautiful. The whole ensemble is masterful.

  • @christianrivera-avelar2229
    @christianrivera-avelar2229 5 років тому +2

    i sang this in my highschool choir. miss those days

  • @tonycarton8054
    @tonycarton8054 3 роки тому +1

    the beauty of understatement

  • @jmdewey60
    @jmdewey60 Рік тому +2

    If you watch a video of a live performance by Maura, you notice everyone is like in a trance, this is how it is with her, being at one of her performances.

  • @MerlePsyA
    @MerlePsyA 10 років тому +7

    Beautiful rendition of a beautiful song. Thank you, Maura O'Connell and Karen Matheson, and thank you, snootbaronet, for bringing this lovely version to UA-cam. W.B. Yeats is a consummate poet, and the song is set to the traditional melody, "The Maid of Mourne Shore".

  • @Vallavender333
    @Vallavender333 10 років тому +2

    So good and authentic

  • @leslielawsonflynn6230
    @leslielawsonflynn6230 3 роки тому +5

    That was absolutely beautiful, ladies! Your harmony was impeccable! You sounded like angels. I loved every note of it!

  • @patriciapursell6202
    @patriciapursell6202 2 місяці тому

    This is by far the best version I have heard, and I heard my mum sing this when I was little. 😅

  • @tonyfoundermember
    @tonyfoundermember 6 років тому +1

    Brilliant....just amazing.......thank you

  • @conradnelson5283
    @conradnelson5283 Рік тому

    Every few months I come back to this always beautiful

  • @margaretmargaret8132
    @margaretmargaret8132 9 років тому +1

    Made my heart yearn.

  • @monikageppert9934
    @monikageppert9934 2 роки тому +1

    Absolutely gorgeous - what great voices! 🤩🤩🤩 The first time we danced to this Irish song it moved me to tears... 😢😥😢

  • @maureenreeder4861
    @maureenreeder4861 5 років тому +1

    Love this ,guys! bless you. xxx

  • @ninaschroder3744
    @ninaschroder3744 2 роки тому +1

    Wunderbare Stimmen und Instrumente, die in meinem Herzen Freude und Wehmut hervorrufen. Danke 🥰

  • @chaingin91
    @chaingin91 8 років тому +8

    Such a beautiful song:')

  • @ZIGYZAGY1
    @ZIGYZAGY1 6 років тому +1

    Quite simply Beautiful perfect the best I have ever heard, thank you for posting this beautiful rendition

  • @monivienna
    @monivienna 9 років тому +7

    What a great voice - what a beautiful song!!!

  • @evaneleven17
    @evaneleven17 3 роки тому +1

    I'm a r&b music hardcord lover,but I love this song!

  • @lebscot
    @lebscot 3 роки тому +1

    How beautiful!

  • @whiteroseblossom970
    @whiteroseblossom970 2 роки тому +2

    We are learning this song in chorus right now and it is a super pretty song

  • @David-ko8hu
    @David-ko8hu 6 років тому +1

    So wonderful that the old songs are still being sung and appreciated.

  • @clairey6407
    @clairey6407 3 роки тому +1

    Incredibly beautiful.

  • @twowingsstudio
    @twowingsstudio 8 років тому +16

    Beautiful song. So beautifully done. Just can't get enough of this! Thank you!

  • @yannickbesson1448
    @yannickbesson1448 6 років тому +1

    Really beautiful! So much soul and heart in those singers

  • @angelikafrisch8094
    @angelikafrisch8094 Рік тому +1

    So beautiful 👍😪
    Thank you 🌞🍀

  • @davelogsdon5729
    @davelogsdon5729 6 років тому +1

    Beautiful, wonderful singing!

  • @aidanbanaidan1
    @aidanbanaidan1 6 років тому +1

    Did this song as a solo for a Solo/Ensemble Contest in my Sophomore Year of Highschool. Was my second favorite song to sing for Solo Ensemble,
    This was such a beautiful rendition and the slide in her voice is something I can only dream to be able to actually pull off!!

  • @Kieran46100
    @Kieran46100 5 місяців тому +1

    Simply beautiful

  • @beckyobeck
    @beckyobeck 8 років тому +7

    First time hearing this song, I'm amazed. Beautiful performance. Thank you for sharing. I enjoy learning about my heritage.

  • @kipperrepublic3568
    @kipperrepublic3568 4 роки тому +1

    Absolutely flawless

  • @Drona2001
    @Drona2001 9 років тому +1

    Really beautiful, all of it. Reminds me of the life before TV

  • @tuulikkisillanpaa4340
    @tuulikkisillanpaa4340 6 років тому +5

    This is gorgeous.

  • @bobhoward9094
    @bobhoward9094 3 роки тому +1

    Beautifully done. Put a smile on my face.

  • @johncallaghan3097
    @johncallaghan3097 2 роки тому +5

    This makes me cry -- it's so very beautiful. Fully as moving as Kathleen Ferrier's rendition, and that's saying an awful lot.

  • @hasilakshi1547
    @hasilakshi1547 3 роки тому +1

    What a beautiful song...l love this forever

  • @eloyrodriguez6460
    @eloyrodriguez6460 5 років тому +2

    Thank you for this beautiful performance👍 it was nothing less then outstanding👍 thank you...

  • @carolinawences6097
    @carolinawences6097 9 років тому +2

    This song always brightened my heart nd i sang this song for a concert

  • @penelopeitaca7674
    @penelopeitaca7674 5 років тому +1

    Thanks for such a great emotion. There is all the spirit of Irish culture and of Yeats poetry.

  • @angelikaseegers-classicalg8053

    Beautiful !!

  • @Ullarobinlilly
    @Ullarobinlilly 10 років тому

    Wonderful! Breathtaking! Ahhhh

  • @smritisingh8779
    @smritisingh8779 5 років тому

    Beautiful poem rendered in even more beautiful voice.

  • @pedrobarragaona2193
    @pedrobarragaona2193 4 роки тому +1

    I'm Spanish and would like to give thanks for so beautifull and moving song and such a genial performance. Touche!!!! For ever

  • @kareneastman9695
    @kareneastman9695 4 роки тому +1

    I love this song.I first heard David Patrick Kelley sing and play it.Wow!!!:-O:-O:-):-D Maura is a wonderful singer too.:-):-D All the harmony is lovely.:-):-D

  • @billkarmetsky4003
    @billkarmetsky4003 3 роки тому +1

    The beauty of the song and performance stopped me in my tracks. My eyes wet with love and melancholy.

  • @epimono
    @epimono 2 роки тому +1

    I've listened to many versions of this song and by far this is my favorite. Her voice touches souls directly.