The Midges

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  • Опубліковано 7 січ 2025

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  • @alba7519
    @alba7519 3 роки тому +10

    I've belted my heart out singing this as I've climbed many hills on the west coast 😂 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @alibrown6268
    @alibrown6268 6 місяців тому +5

    My dad used to sing me this song. Love it

  • @maimiehendersonmcdade3941
    @maimiehendersonmcdade3941 2 роки тому +6

    My grandfather he loves this song I miss him xx

  • @ehad64
    @ehad64 11 років тому +20

    Its a long time since I last heard this song by Kenneth but I still love it despite the midges

  • @andrewnorthway1608
    @andrewnorthway1608 5 років тому +21

    For the midges let loose by King Robert the Bruce,
    Straight into the English got tore,
    So they ran off in tears and for 600 years they've been blocking the A74!

    • @GabrielsReviews
      @GabrielsReviews 8 місяців тому

      *M74 I think . I appreciate the attempt though.

    • @fansmam
      @fansmam 7 місяців тому +3

      @@GabrielsReviews he’s right it was A74 as this was made long before the M74 I’m ancient and remember it from when I was a kid 🤣

  • @simona_sigmund1001
    @simona_sigmund1001 Рік тому +7

    I love this! Had me laughing from start to finish

  • @G1076-x5c
    @G1076-x5c 8 років тому +9

    Living in West Central Scotland, this song is absolutely spot on and piss funny.
    It's a pity guys like Kenneth McKellar, who combine the traditional Scottish songs with silly ditties like this, are of a bygone era.

    • @suzannelaing2968
      @suzannelaing2968 Рік тому

      The Corries performed quite a few funny songs. The Portree Kid was a funny spoof of a Hollywood Western about a poker game to the tune of Riders in the Sky I think. And there's The Sunday Driver.
      Other talented artistes are Alister McDonald and Matt McGinn who performed and recorded many funny songs for kids and adults.

    • @moiraruff3292
      @moiraruff3292 11 місяців тому

      I think you can blame Billy Connolly!

    • @suzannelaing2968
      @suzannelaing2968 10 місяців тому

      @@moiraruff3292 why? He did funny songs too. Doubt he single-handedly killed funny songs. He's a very funny guy in spite of his swearing and blasphemy.

  • @jasondryden7576
    @jasondryden7576 2 роки тому +2

    Oh the midges, thank you for posting this song.

  • @colinrubster
    @colinrubster 12 років тому +6

    absolutely awesome, RIP bigman

  • @ailiemeighan1918
    @ailiemeighan1918 11 років тому +14

    This week at primary is scots week and all classes have to learn a diffrent song our class p4/5and 6 am in p5 and our class song is this

  • @carolcunningham7646
    @carolcunningham7646 2 місяці тому

    This izz mye fav from outtah Scotland 🦊🐑🐔🦅🐧🪿🦢

  • @stevekayr87
    @stevekayr87 12 років тому +5

    Quality, no a word of a lie either!

  • @Lottie_Mia_ticktock
    @Lottie_Mia_ticktock 8 років тому +3

    I love this song so much

  • @LairMistress
    @LairMistress 9 років тому +15

    Don't know much about midges here in Seattle; but this is such a fun and clever song (one of his own compositions, I believe?); and he seems to have had a good time singing it for this video! Was this part of a TV show sometime back? Also, the CGI midges were a nice touch besides...;)

    • @neilrutherford4038
      @neilrutherford4038 2 роки тому

      Spooky, I’ve just met a group of walkers from Seattle in the Scottish Borders today.
      Just chanced upon this song just now, what a gem, hilarious. Come to Scotland sometime, say Loch Lomond area in mid June, that was the worst I’ve ever seen.

  • @sweetieplays7864
    @sweetieplays7864 6 років тому +9

    luckily am fae Glasgow Scotland and I unerston every bit of it

  • @JesterJukebox
    @JesterJukebox 5 років тому +3

    Great fun, and all the better to have vision as well as audio. As this was uploaded almost 9 years ago, when quality wasn't what it is now, if you still have the original recording would it be possible to upload it again but in higher quality? I would be extremely grateful if you could do this, and I'm sure others would be too. Thank you for the fun!

  • @carolcunningham7646
    @carolcunningham7646 24 дні тому

    Yeah♈️the bloaks, they got mei tu, none other but bye my rues & the Heather flowers

  • @Lottie_Mia_ticktock
    @Lottie_Mia_ticktock 8 років тому +3

    great song and voice Qq

  • @Lottie_Mia_ticktock
    @Lottie_Mia_ticktock 8 років тому +3

    kenneth mckeller is a really good singer

  • @666invader666nim666
    @666invader666nim666 2 місяці тому

    Thank you David H., my amazing tour guide from the Hairy Coo company in Edinburgh for showing me this funny song. 😂

  • @sweetieplays7864
    @sweetieplays7864 6 років тому +7

    yur lucky yer in seattle because here in Scotland a cannay get away fae the midges

  • @WilmaSteele-r5t
    @WilmaSteele-r5t Рік тому

    Im dcottish born and i love this song😊

  • @Jimgib1988
    @Jimgib1988 3 роки тому +2

    Pumped England there in the Euros.

  • @philipnorris6542
    @philipnorris6542 Рік тому

    I haven't heard this one before (and it might, all things considered, be for the best if I hadn't heard it now).

  • @davidbuchanan6943
    @davidbuchanan6943 3 роки тому

    Love this song.

  • @jaymzjack-bryce1205
    @jaymzjack-bryce1205 8 років тому +3

    I love this video

  • @Lottie_Mia_ticktock
    @Lottie_Mia_ticktock 8 років тому +3

    RIP kenneth mckeller

  • @jaymzjack-bryce1205
    @jaymzjack-bryce1205 8 років тому +3

    I Love THIS
    VIDEO

  • @StephenHunter-yx9wn
    @StephenHunter-yx9wn Рік тому +1

    Great music

  • @Lottie_Mia_ticktock
    @Lottie_Mia_ticktock 8 років тому +1

    I wish I had this song for scotish song

  • @davidbell6028
    @davidbell6028 12 років тому +3

    classic .used to work glentrool forestry commision the little b!!!!!!s used to drive me crazy

  • @Smurfioooo
    @Smurfioooo 8 місяців тому +2

    Peak song

  • @jstringfellow1961
    @jstringfellow1961 3 роки тому

    LOVE it.

  • @Lottie_Mia_ticktock
    @Lottie_Mia_ticktock 8 років тому +6

    oh the midges the midges am no gonnia kid yees the midges are really the limit teeth like paranas theyl drive y banana's if ya let them get under your simmit

  • @modestfangirl
    @modestfangirl 13 років тому +3

    deserves more view

  • @johnmcmicking395
    @johnmcmicking395 Рік тому

    What, might I inquire, is a "simmit" ? I cannot find the word in any Scots dictionary.

    • @AngieSmith-bt5in
      @AngieSmith-bt5in 8 місяців тому +1

      Simmit is a vest.

    • @sueswamp
      @sueswamp 2 місяці тому

      Thanks! I've always wondered that!

  • @edwardmckenzie8121
    @edwardmckenzie8121 12 років тому +4

    Try some Mortein Kenny, great stuff, or chew a wee bit o' garlick!

  • @niallloughery2195
    @niallloughery2195 5 років тому +1

    I am doing this song at school but I can't get the tune right 🐕

  • @stephenfarthing3819
    @stephenfarthing3819 Рік тому

    Not quite Andy Stewart, but a very amusing story about midges. I know the worst time is from June to September for these.

  • @fallonhamilton9500
    @fallonhamilton9500 9 років тому +1

    I have to sing this

    • @chief5030
      @chief5030 8 років тому +1

      Fallon Hamilton yea same :'(

    • @chief5030
      @chief5030 3 роки тому +1

      broooo i remember this

  • @Lottie_Mia_ticktock
    @Lottie_Mia_ticktock 8 років тому

    I go nuts with theidges

  • @briancarbray957
    @briancarbray957 8 років тому +2

    the midge is funny

  • @rangersboygaming6201
    @rangersboygaming6201 8 років тому +2

    at my football there torcher

  • @lucascruzes42
    @lucascruzes42 4 роки тому +2

    THE MIDGES
    Chorus
    The midges, the midges, I'm no gonnae kid ye's,
    The midges is really the limit,
    Wi teeth like pirhanas, they drive ye bananas,
    If ye let them get under yer simmit!
    1. The Lord put the Garden of Eden on earth,
    And it's north of the Tweed, we believe,
    Aye, Scotland's the place, and the whole human race,
    Started of with MacAdam and Eve!
    In six days or under, he finished this wonder,
    Except for the Forth and Tay Bridges,
    Then always a bloke for a practical joke,
    He made Scotland the home of the midges!
    2. Back in 1314, proud Edward was keen,
    To take Scotland into his care,
    But he made a U-turn when he reached Bannockburn,
    Just a few weeks before Glasgow Fair!
    The midges let loose by King Robert the Bruce,
    Straight into the English they tore,
    So they ran off in tears, and for six hundred long years,
    They've been blocking the A74!
    3. Now never forget, when the sun's going to set,
    And the midges arise on Loch Eck,
    Like the vampires you see, played by Christopher Lee,
    They'll give you a pain in the neck!
    You can smack them and whack them; in vain you'll attack them,
    They know every move that you make,
    If you manage to kill yin, another half million,
    Are ready tae come tae the wake!
    4. Now Torquil the piper's a giant of a man,
    With a sporran as long as your arm,
    And in Oban he's known, for the sound of his drone,
    And a pibroch of real highland charm!
    But they're sighing and sobbing, the ladies of Oban,
    Torquil is not what he was,
    Since a midge in Glenbranter, got hold of his chanter,
    And carried it off in its jaws!

  • @_mrmeeseeks_0342
    @_mrmeeseeks_0342 8 років тому

    mi compleanios quàtal???

  • @u112279
    @u112279 12 років тому +3

    Great Voice, great song. Bad midges lol!

  • @californiagal3000
    @californiagal3000 12 років тому +4

    I hate the midgies..they eat you alive!!! (But I love this song!)

  • @adventuremonkey
    @adventuremonkey 5 років тому +2

    What a very camp song! Everything fae Scotland generally is!

  • @poppetdash8379
    @poppetdash8379 4 роки тому

    2020 ppl

  • @jaymzjack-bryce1205
    @jaymzjack-bryce1205 8 років тому +2

    !!!!

  • @jaymzjack-bryce1205
    @jaymzjack-bryce1205 8 років тому +2

    Hi

  • @user-bo5yp6tg7t
    @user-bo5yp6tg7t 9 років тому +4

    I had to sing this too
    I hate Midges

  • @margaretkerr7920
    @margaretkerr7920 2 роки тому

    😂funny song but midges are no laughing matter!

  • @Lottie_Mia_ticktock
    @Lottie_Mia_ticktock 8 років тому +1

    that's a picture of my sister I'm a boy

  • @cedriclovesaaron
    @cedriclovesaaron 14 років тому +2

    sex sells!