This guy has obviously experienced every human experience. He sings with such depth and knowledge. If his voice doesn't touch you then you're not alive. What a character, a visionary, god rest.
I was born in Salford my husband and I used to do a duet singing this song do I have tears in my eyes while listening to the great Luke Kelly singing it
Luke would have been 80 today. I was never a musician but had been a Liverpool fan for a while, and after hearing and liking the Virgil van Dijk song I wanted to hear the original. Found this version, liked it so much that I got hooked on the Dubliners and started playing music myself. Too bad I'm about 40 years late because I would have loved to have seen the original Dubliners (Luke, Ronnie, Ciaran/Jim, Barney, and John) in concert...I listen to them every day. RIP Legend.
What a singer he was!!!! I'm only 19 and I'm not an Irish but love him!!! I've started to listen to luke kelly only a mont ago but now can't stop...I'm sure I would have go to all his concerts with the dubs if I were born before!!!!!
@@kellyoneill thanks to you kelly btw darling if you could checkout my super fun reggae take on this classic and raglan road and maybe plug them I'd be ever so grateful x
Don’t worry about it you can make up for it when you get home from work if you are lucky enough to have some and sing your heart out and be transported by the music Make up for all that lost time
Hi from a great German Dubliners Fan who loved this Band since more then 30 Years now. The Video brings back alot of beautyfull Memories and one of the sadest. I saw them in Concert a few Days before Luke died. RiP Luke
We grew up on the Dubliners music (thanks Dad) saw them every time they were here in the north west. Missed our last train home after seeing them in St Helens one night and ended up getting a lift back to Liverpool with them.
Rest in peace luke kelly, ronnie drew, barney mckenna and kieran. May you play in the heavens as well as you did on earth. So sad to see all of the original dubliners passed away. And thank you kellyoneill for the most fantasticly amazing collection of luke and the dubliners i have ever seen god bless you for keeping the dubliners spirit alive. I cant thank you enough really from the bottom of my heart. I have been listening to only your channel when wanting to hear the best irish band the wor
Welcome. You have a lifetime to catch up on. Luke was so much more than just a singer and musician. The great pity of it is you wont ever see the Dubliners live.
An awesome song, Kelly really did have one of the best voices I've ever heard, it's so recongnisable and distinctive aswell. The Dubliners are the best band to drown your sorrows to that's for sure, the passion and emotion is just brought out of you after a few pints, especially when Luke Kelly takes the spotlight.
I wish with all my heart that the great ,Brilliant Luke Kelly had lived to see my Dirty Old Town grow to take over the whole of Manchester ,,,Love you all Dubliners and its people xxx
gifted singer, captured Salford perfectly at the time...and many other Dirty Old Towns also. Remarkable voice. God bless you Luke Kelly, Rony Drew and all of the old brigade. You will be remembered forever.
Only one salford , it was written by euan McCall Kirsty McCalls father who lived in salford for a time a fantastic City not dirty no more but thriving .
i am in my 60s listened to a diet of otis, smokey, dylan, van morrison,small faces and the beatles amongst a few. i only heard luke kelly recently what soul up there with all the great i wish i had seen him years, but it has been a new treat
Lyrics : I met my love by the gas works wall Dreamed a dream by the old canal I kissed my girl by the factory wall Dirty old town Dirty old town Clouds are drifting across the moon Cats are prowling on their beat Spring's a girl from the streets at night Dirty old town Dirty old town I heard a siren from the docks Saw a train set the night on fire I smelled the spring on the smoky wind Dirty old town Dirty old town I'm going to make me a good sharp axe Shining steel tempered in the fire I'll chop you down like an old dead tree Dirty old town Dirty old town I met my love by the gas works wall Dreamed a dream by the old canal I kissed my girl by the factory wall Dirty old town Dirty old town Dirty old town Dirty old town
Love the way Luke always sang through gritted teeth. A great man. RIP. Still to this day singers intentionally or mistakenly try and attribute this Salford song to other towns. Me, family and some mates saw a band last week from Ireland who introduced it as being a Derry song. They got proper stroppy when we all shouted bollocks, that we were from Salford and that the Mrs even went to the same school there as its writer McColl had many years earlier.
There were plenty of dirty old towns to choose from on these islands, and plenty of dreamers too. Great tune. Is there an original recording you know of?
Luke was actually an extremely intelligent person! I only knew him for a few weeks. Lived with him for three weeks and was amazed at the experience!!!!!!!
neither am I Irish but after a few years'..i dont know....pause... I've been listening Luke and the band again for weeks now, finding new treasures everyday Big Thanks to kellyoneill:) and I simply cannot stop
I was making up a list of folk songs for my you tube when I came across Luke Kelly, I am sorry he was before my time, as it be would have been nice to to travel to Ireland and to see him perform live this would have been the icing on the cake for me.Although I am scots I can understand like me how you feel to be Irish.
one of my favorite songs of all time, and just to make it 10000x better its about the town where i was born and grew up and just to state its where i will die (not soon i hope) amazing song by an amazing artist was before my time unfortunately :( RIP Luke Kelly never heard someone so talented would of loved to have seen him preform live :(
I first heard the dubliners in college in 2000. Luke Kelly has been my favorite ever since. My 18 month old son goes to sleep listening to this song. He loves anything Luke Kelly sings but this is his favorite and mine too.
I come back to this song once in a while. I come back tonight for my sister, Star. She has OD'ed again. On life support. She is a warm soul, in her own way. But my sis, she may not live through this one. She would love this song - if she could remember it. We shared so much before. I give my whole heart and prayers to her and I pray that she makes it this time. Our love to Ireland- and our family- and our friends and the world during this time of confusion and troubles. . . Star still shines. Believe it or not.
This guy has obviously experienced every human experience. He sings with such depth and knowledge. If his voice doesn't touch you then you're not alive. What a character, a visionary, god rest.
Draíocht
two words: *"Raglan Road"* 💪☘️🎶
i used to sing this when i was homeless, (and Drunk), i regret nothing, kept me warm haha
Always good times ahead brother respect 👍🏽
Why lie?
73 and still singing it !
You sound like an interesting person. 😂😂😂
Love u my brother
Luke Kelly was one of the finest irish folk singer in Ireland. Rest In Peace
No! The absolute best ever!
The greatest ever .
2023 anyone else listening to the late great Luke Kelly and the Dubliners.🇮🇪
I listen to them all the time they were brilliant then & still today
2024
Mé today😂
When Luke Kelly sings it gives me goosebumps
Why?
Defo
Is that before or after you murder dozens of innocent people?
Me too. Especially when he goes up on the words “train” and “steel”
Like your name
What a voice ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Luke,gone but not forgotten.🍀
Tony Farrell true
thank Christ!
Hahahaha
Haha hes dead
☘🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
I was born in Salford my husband and I used to do a duet singing this song do I have tears in my eyes while listening to the great Luke Kelly singing it
I’m a fellow salfordian ❤️👍🏻
Luke Kelly will never be forgotten.
Luke would have been 80 today. I was never a musician but had been a Liverpool fan for a while, and after hearing and liking the Virgil van Dijk song I wanted to hear the original. Found this version, liked it so much that I got hooked on the Dubliners and started playing music myself. Too bad I'm about 40 years late because I would have loved to have seen the original Dubliners (Luke, Ronnie, Ciaran/Jim, Barney, and John) in concert...I listen to them every day. RIP Legend.
They don't come like that anymore. brilliant voice.
Oro oro fureys
A one an only, gift to this world so pure and raw 😊❤️🍀
Spot on, Babs
what a singer ,would love to have seen him live RIP luke kelly, I must have listened to this over 300 times gets better every time
What a singer he was!!!! I'm only 19 and I'm not an Irish but love him!!! I've started to listen to luke kelly only a mont ago but now can't stop...I'm sure I would have go to all his concerts with the dubs if I were born before!!!!!
When you discover Luke Kelly at age 50 and realize you've lived your entire life incorrectly.
Welcome to the world of Luke :) x
@@kellyoneill thanks to you kelly btw darling if you could checkout my super fun reggae take on this classic and raglan road and maybe plug them I'd be ever so grateful x
@Neil Benjamin I've just found him myself, at first thought it was Jim Davidson with a wig and beard.
Don’t worry about it you can make up for it when you get home from work if you are lucky enough to have some and sing your heart out and be transported by the music Make up for all that lost time
Alun Davies wait until he hears Black Velvet Band.
never in my 22 years have I had a voice that moves me like Luke Kelly's
Probably the best version of this song. Luke has more soul in this then any other version I've ever heard. That tenor banjo is on point too. RIP Luke
Ah, Luke, we still miss you, but you will alway's be with us. You were the Best.
a couple of pints of Guinness and the Dubliners heaven 👌🍻
Chris Tiller
That voice is hypnotising ,what a singer would love to see him live , RIP Luke Kelly the best
Hi from a great German Dubliners Fan who loved this Band since more then 30 Years now.
The Video brings back alot of beautyfull Memories and one of the sadest.
I saw them in Concert a few Days before Luke died.
RiP Luke
Luke Kelly, this a greatest man can bewitch us till today with his enchanted voice! Never forgotten! We love You too much!!! Sing, sing, sing!!!
We grew up on the Dubliners music (thanks Dad) saw them every time they were here in the north west. Missed our last train home after seeing them in St Helens one night and ended up getting a lift back to Liverpool with them.
How lucky are you!
My grandfather had a barbers shop in Salford by the docks and this song always reminds me of him ❤️ R.I.P Luke Kelly a true legend!
Rest in peace luke kelly, ronnie drew, barney mckenna and kieran. May you play in the heavens as well as you did on earth. So sad to see all of the original dubliners passed away. And thank you kellyoneill for the most fantasticly amazing collection of luke and the dubliners i have ever seen god bless you for keeping the dubliners spirit alive. I cant thank you enough really from the bottom of my heart. I have been listening to only your channel when wanting to hear the best irish band the wor
the way Luke lets the crowd know whos in charge but at the same way brings them in brilliant.
Barney Mckenna what a serious talent you will be missed sir R.I.P
That banjo playing it the second and third verse is sensational 👌👏
Luke Kelly -you still gte my blood boiling when I hear you sing -God rest your wonderful Irish blood & voice...moving stuff indeed!
You can hear tru emotion in Luke Kellys voice, he is a legend!!
Remember Luke! 32 years he goes 31/01/1984! The best minstrel of Ireland in the last century!
Never heard.of Luke Kelly till today. I'm hooked.
Welcome. You have a lifetime to catch up on. Luke was so much more than just a singer and musician. The great pity of it is you wont ever see the Dubliners live.
An awesome song, Kelly really did have one of the best voices I've ever heard, it's so recongnisable and distinctive aswell.
The Dubliners are the best band to drown your sorrows to that's for sure, the passion and emotion is just brought out of you after a few pints, especially when Luke Kelly takes the spotlight.
Having a Guinness and listening to Luke Kelly is the best!
Grew up in Ireland. Every time I listen to any music of Luke’s it takes me straight back. It’s an overpowering feeling. Truly an insane voice..
this song is about my home town , and means so much to the people of my city ,
Absolutely, Fantastic, Mesmerising, Brilliant,The late Luke Kelly at his best.
I wish with all my heart that the great ,Brilliant Luke Kelly had lived to see my Dirty Old Town grow to take over the whole of Manchester ,,,Love you all Dubliners and its people xxx
I too am a salfordian a wonderful city with strong Irish links .
gifted singer, captured Salford perfectly at the time...and many other Dirty Old Towns also. Remarkable voice. God bless you Luke Kelly, Rony Drew and all of the old brigade. You will be remembered forever.
Only one salford , it was written by euan McCall Kirsty McCalls father who lived in salford for a time a fantastic City not dirty no more but thriving .
goosebumps, goosebumps and even more bloody goosebumps, my body can only take so much, love ya luke, R.I.P. bonny lad
Love Luke's voice and he plays so well memories never forgotten SueX
ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC WHAT A MAN WHAT A LEGEND THE MOST POWERFUL HEART AND SOUL VOICE OF " LUKE KELLY " 💜☺☘
Luke Kelly - no one better before or since . R.I.P.
Amazing rendition!!!!!!!! We miss you Luke!
He worked with my Dad in Jacobs Biscuits in Bishop Street back in the day, but had to leave when the The Dubliners took off..
nice one
Jacobs loss was definitely our gain
That's how the cookie crumbles I suppose.
that takes the biscuit!
@@Ligerpride 😂😂😂Brilliant!!! Sound out too ray mc
That’s my kind of music great to hear them playing along with the great Luke Kelly
They will always be one of the top Irish bands ever!!!!
I saw them live in England once....absolutely amazing !!!
The man is a genius, his voice is something else xxxx
i am in my 60s listened to a diet of otis, smokey, dylan, van morrison,small faces and the beatles amongst a few. i only heard luke kelly recently what soul up there with all the great i wish i had seen him years, but it has been a new treat
Lyrics :
I met my love by the gas works wall
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
I kissed my girl by the factory wall
Dirty old town
Dirty old town
Clouds are drifting across the moon
Cats are prowling on their beat
Spring's a girl from the streets at night
Dirty old town
Dirty old town
I heard a siren from the docks
Saw a train set the night on fire
I smelled the spring on the smoky wind
Dirty old town
Dirty old town
I'm going to make me a good sharp axe
Shining steel tempered in the fire
I'll chop you down like an old dead tree
Dirty old town
Dirty old town
I met my love by the gas works wall
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
I kissed my girl by the factory wall
Dirty old town
Dirty old town
Dirty old town
Dirty old town
'I met my love by the gasworks croft' - if you sing the right words.
This Man is a truly Irish Man, a greatest bard!!!
Sat in a Irish bar pint of Guinness in hand listening Luke singing this record I'm in Heaven
Lovely song beautiful singer Luke Rip God bless
He just adored promoting his thoughts via singing and music! Fantastic guy!
what a voice!! beautiful. love luke and anything he sings. r.i.p. legend
God rest your soul Luke-for I could listen to you all day.A true legend.
I could sing the song every day.
Luke is amazing. He is able to take this song and make it come alive. He was truly a gifted singer.
Love the way Luke always sang through gritted teeth. A great man. RIP. Still to this day singers intentionally or mistakenly try and attribute this Salford song to other towns. Me, family and some mates saw a band last week from Ireland who introduced it as being a Derry song. They got proper stroppy when we all shouted bollocks, that we were from Salford and that the Mrs even went to the same school there as its writer McColl had many years earlier.
Thank you. Got called a cnut in Sale for highlighting thisone night lol. Amblehust Hotel is fun tbf
There were plenty of dirty old towns to choose from on these islands, and plenty of dreamers too. Great tune. Is there an original recording you know of?
One of the most beautiful song by our Luke. Rest in peace, my boy ! May God bless your very special voice.
Luke and the Lads bring back only great memories to me when we had sing songs every Saturday night at 59 Collins park..
So much passion. My mum and dad recall many a night in Belfast and Edinburgh in the 90s listening to The Dubliners. RIP Luke Kelly.
Luke was actually an extremely intelligent person! I only knew him for a few weeks. Lived with him for three weeks and was amazed at the experience!!!!!!!
One of my all time favourites!
neither am I Irish but after a few years'..i dont know....pause...
I've been listening Luke and the band again for weeks now, finding new treasures everyday Big Thanks to kellyoneill:) and I simply cannot stop
one of the greatest songs ever written, I remember feeling envy as a young man that this song was not written about my town of stoke-on -trent.
Was brought up with these lads ..Miss you all
listening again brill Luke Kelly superb
Give it up for Luke Kelly amazing vocalist musician and performer ! Sadly missed x
I can't ever hear this without feeling a strange mix of sadness and elation. Simply beautiful.
the best irish musician!!!!!!!!!!!
R.I.P Luke Kelly
greetings from Spain
The one and only Luke Kelly (God rest your wonderful voice & soul ) and his Dubliner friends...
Best ever! This is my very best ever favourite irish song ❤️❤️❤️
Elliot Vernon you’re right of course. A language technicality. Written about Salford I believe? By the great Ewan MacColl.
As a Salfordian, I tip my hat to this man. This is a great song.
Luke is a sole singer in so much as his voice seems to emanate from the sole of his shoes. Just brilliant.
just like medicine i have to take every day , stunning hypnotic heart wrenching sweet just goes on and on , thank you
Barneys banjo here is a work of genius its worth listening to just for that again Luke at his best
Great song best singer ever ☺
Barnie McKinney plays a fabulous banjo
+Mark Spalding it´s Barney McKenna for fuck´s sake
@@KCRyder whoa.... easy there, rude one....
Memories come flooding back to me I'm a 13 year old visiting my dars family in Belfast and derry
Four men who aswell as been musicians had IMO the talent to be actors as well
I was making up a list of folk songs for my you tube when I came across Luke Kelly, I am sorry he was before my time, as it be would have been nice to to travel to Ireland and to see him perform live this would have been the icing on the cake for me.Although I am scots I can understand like me how you feel to be Irish.
Luke; a pure force of nature. Eile deartháir éasca.
Mammy, i love you so much. Your brothers put you through the mill, but in true Irish spirit you stuck by them!!!!
voice of an angel
Pure passion and talent. Thank god for UA-cam so that we can enjoy these performances at the touch of a button
one of my favorite songs of all time, and just to make it 10000x better its about the town where i was born and grew up and just to state its where i will die (not soon i hope) amazing song by an amazing artist was before my time unfortunately :( RIP Luke Kelly never heard someone so talented would of loved to have seen him preform live :(
luke kelly such a singer respect , rest in peace, from north ireland
Adored this tune when younger and more now 💕💕🤣🤣🤣
Lovely to listen to, brings back many memories !
Best version out there.. that Banjo pluck is savage
The voice is the best ever
I always listen to this when i get out jail😢
I first heard the dubliners in college in 2000. Luke Kelly has been my favorite ever since. My 18 month old son goes to sleep listening to this song. He loves anything Luke Kelly sings but this is his favorite and mine too.
I come back to this song once in a while. I come back tonight for my sister, Star. She has OD'ed again. On life support. She is a warm soul, in her own way. But my sis, she may not live through this one. She would love this song - if she could remember it. We shared so much before. I give my whole heart and prayers to her and I pray that she makes it this time. Our love to Ireland- and our family- and our friends and the world during this time of confusion and troubles. . . Star still shines. Believe it or not.
Aw thank you so much. ♥ Bless.
I'll pray for your sister listening to this song, my friend.
shinning steeeeeel brilliant
RIP Luke, Ronnie & Barney - Your music will always Live on.......
Every time I see this I begin to cry. Greetings from Germany.
A song dear to my heart...love it or hate it...cheers Luke ..the traveller spirit runs deep be my lad!!
pure gold,luke kelly
Here's to a great St Paddy's Day and another trip down memory lane!
luke and this band are dublin forever.