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

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  • The Whistlin Donkeys offical music video for their valentines day single ' Sweet Sixteen '.
    A classic Fureys song!
    Find us on Facebook: / thewhistlindonkeys

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  • @holylochlad.4119
    @holylochlad.4119 15 днів тому +6

    Played at my brother Sam,s funeral last week, waterworks for many days later. So beautiful, thank you to his favourite band the Whistling Donkeys.

  • @tenorab
    @tenorab 10 місяців тому +13

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

    • @Pokafalva
      @Pokafalva 4 місяці тому +2

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

  • @vapour_trails8079
    @vapour_trails8079 4 роки тому +44

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

  • @holylochlad.4119
    @holylochlad.4119 Місяць тому +2

    That banjo, just WOW.

  • @unahunt4433
    @unahunt4433 Рік тому +18

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

  • @NSResponder
    @NSResponder 2 роки тому +22

    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
      @sherp2u1 2 роки тому +3

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

    • @SonofCuhulainn
      @SonofCuhulainn Рік тому +6

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

    • @smilingvulture
      @smilingvulture 24 дні тому

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  • @nigelneal5524
    @nigelneal5524 5 місяців тому +2

    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 .

  • @seamus9750
    @seamus9750 3 місяці тому +1

    Saw the Furey's singing this live in 1981 in Cobh when I was 19...takes me right back 😊

  • @anita-qq9iw
    @anita-qq9iw Рік тому +7

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

  • @kevanderson9663
    @kevanderson9663 2 роки тому +7

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

  • @robinmatyjasek7390
    @robinmatyjasek7390 2 роки тому +8

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

  • @whalencow
    @whalencow 4 місяці тому +2

    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
      @Pokafalva 4 місяці тому

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

  • @keithbeardmore530
    @keithbeardmore530 Рік тому +6

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

  • @chrismartin259
    @chrismartin259 3 роки тому +20

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

  • @BoB10
    @BoB10 3 роки тому +25

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

  • @seangrogan3622
    @seangrogan3622 2 місяці тому +1

    My love for the donkeys grows ever deeper

  • @bazmurphy7792
    @bazmurphy7792 8 місяців тому +2

    Such a lovely song, sung by a fantastic voice

  • @martinbeal905
    @martinbeal905 2 роки тому +22

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

  • @stevemanleycbg.5232
    @stevemanleycbg.5232 3 роки тому +12

    Stunning .just beautiful. As good as the original.

  • @tomlindsay5892
    @tomlindsay5892 4 роки тому +27

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

  • @berlindaarmijo9251
    @berlindaarmijo9251 2 роки тому +6

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

  • @baillie677
    @baillie677 3 роки тому +3

    Pure quality.

  • @whozis2
    @whozis2 4 роки тому +21

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

  • @Hollcall
    @Hollcall 4 роки тому +7

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

  • @roddix7230
    @roddix7230 4 роки тому +24

    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
      @DianeD862 4 роки тому +3

      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
      @Pokafalva 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @graemeforssberg3986
    @graemeforssberg3986 4 роки тому +8

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

  • @malcolmbond2419
    @malcolmbond2419 5 років тому +9

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

  • @moogdome2562
    @moogdome2562 3 роки тому +14

    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
      @rjmun580 3 роки тому +4

      James Thornton wrote it in 1898 in Boston USA.

    • @janispownall1348
      @janispownall1348 2 роки тому +2

      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
      @janispownall1348 2 роки тому +1

      It was written by James Thornton in 1898

    • @moogdome2562
      @moogdome2562 2 роки тому

      @@janispownall1348 Thank you Janis. Much appreciated.

  • @nollem41
    @nollem41 10 місяців тому +1

    lovely version of this song!

  • @rachelbrough8160
    @rachelbrough8160 4 роки тому +9

    Amazing rendition. His voice is wonderful.

  • @04051940able
    @04051940able 4 роки тому +7

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

  • @adriandoherty6110
    @adriandoherty6110 7 років тому +41

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

  • @jameskinnin5170
    @jameskinnin5170 2 роки тому +4

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

  • @lorrainecaroll397
    @lorrainecaroll397 7 років тому +31

    Absolutely love this band his voice is unreal ❤️

  • @darrenganderton776
    @darrenganderton776 3 роки тому +5

    Fantastic voice, great cover of a beautiful song,

  • @marymcmullen7765
    @marymcmullen7765 6 років тому +19

    Absolutely Beautiful!

  • @JohnSmith-hk9xq
    @JohnSmith-hk9xq 6 місяців тому

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

  • @Tyronebhoy-ks2cv
    @Tyronebhoy-ks2cv 7 років тому +41

    his voice is unreal. top class band.

  • @Paulo.1984
    @Paulo.1984 3 роки тому +8

    Brilliant cover! So heartfelt, so beautiful!

  • @samuelmccormick539
    @samuelmccormick539 5 років тому +7

    Great band and could listen to them all day brilliant

  • @tarahowie4896
    @tarahowie4896 7 років тому +24

    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
      @minir.3182 5 років тому +4

      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

  • @tomlindsay5892
    @tomlindsay5892 4 роки тому +19

    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
      @Pokafalva 2 роки тому

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

  • @charlesduguid4811
    @charlesduguid4811 4 роки тому +7

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

    • @hetrodoxlysonov-wh9oo
      @hetrodoxlysonov-wh9oo 4 роки тому

      It's not Irish.

    • @charlesduguid4811
      @charlesduguid4811 4 роки тому

      @@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
      @hetrodoxlysonov-wh9oo 4 роки тому

      @@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
      @charlesduguid4811 4 роки тому

      @@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
      @hetrodoxlysonov-wh9oo 4 роки тому

      @@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.

  • @alexmorris452
    @alexmorris452 4 роки тому +2

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

  • @johnnymac8680
    @johnnymac8680 4 роки тому +27

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

    • @Lee-nh5bb
      @Lee-nh5bb 3 роки тому +1

      A beautiful man! 🤔 ( Irish please! )

    • @johnnymac8680
      @johnnymac8680 3 роки тому +1

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

    • @amsodoneworkingnow1978
      @amsodoneworkingnow1978 3 роки тому

      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
      @Lee-nh5bb 3 роки тому +2

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

    • @johnnymac8680
      @johnnymac8680 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @saoirset1247
    @saoirset1247 5 років тому +8

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

  • @bbfeign1
    @bbfeign1 3 роки тому +6

    a really fine cover and a beautiful lady

  • @davidtynan190
    @davidtynan190 3 роки тому +1

    Vocals absolutely outstanding has good has you get

  • @stephenmagee701
    @stephenmagee701 6 років тому +19

    Love this version! Well done lads!!

    • @johngibson8088
      @johngibson8088 4 роки тому +1

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

  • @TazConlon
    @TazConlon 4 роки тому +4

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

  • @colinhesketh4710
    @colinhesketh4710 7 років тому +12

    Excellent...and what a very pretty lass!

    • @simon-nb-Betsyray
      @simon-nb-Betsyray 4 роки тому +1

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

  • @woodiethompson526
    @woodiethompson526 4 роки тому +8

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

    • @TheHagaar
      @TheHagaar 4 роки тому +1

      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
      @joannebarker-oh7ee 8 місяців тому

      Or a poet!

  • @clarkerattray6453
    @clarkerattray6453 4 роки тому +2

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

  • @lisamc6500
    @lisamc6500 3 роки тому +3

    Beautiful, gets me every time 😓❣

  • @nicky6334
    @nicky6334 2 роки тому +2

    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

  • @DanPurdy1
    @DanPurdy1 4 роки тому +3

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

  • @williamcole9040
    @williamcole9040 4 роки тому +4

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

  • @maybethistimenow
    @maybethistimenow 4 роки тому +7

    Great music and a very pretty girl...

  • @owenrichardson5213
    @owenrichardson5213 3 роки тому +1

    Amazing song.

  • @matsrosengren208
    @matsrosengren208 4 роки тому +4

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

  • @tinamullan7494
    @tinamullan7494 2 місяці тому

    Lovely voice ❤

  • @ladylaois8184
    @ladylaois8184 6 місяців тому

    Pure talent

  • @SevenRavens007
    @SevenRavens007 3 роки тому +4

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

    • @jamesfrench7299
      @jamesfrench7299 2 роки тому

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

    • @Pokafalva
      @Pokafalva 2 роки тому

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

  • @arienne112
    @arienne112 7 років тому +11

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

  • @jimfling2128
    @jimfling2128 4 роки тому +9

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

  • @Pokafalva
    @Pokafalva 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @bobw7066
    @bobw7066 4 роки тому +4

    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
      @mickoleary7488 4 роки тому +1

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

    • @michaelord988
      @michaelord988 4 роки тому

      Bob W Al Jolson sang it years ago

    • @markdoherty152
      @markdoherty152 3 роки тому +1

      @@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

  • @darrylgilliland1842
    @darrylgilliland1842 4 роки тому +1

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

  • @charlottedowling2241
    @charlottedowling2241 4 роки тому +2

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

  • @davidspencer4713
    @davidspencer4713 2 роки тому +1

    what an amazing voice sung beautiful

  • @latrobe15
    @latrobe15 3 місяці тому

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

  • @paulk1068
    @paulk1068 4 роки тому +2

    Fantastic song and singer, well done

  • @francgrimes1293
    @francgrimes1293 4 роки тому

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

    • @sherp2u1
      @sherp2u1 2 роки тому

      Up the Treaty....

  • @derekvile1124
    @derekvile1124 4 роки тому +4

    never heard you guys before! absolutely brilliant!

  • @davereynolds9797
    @davereynolds9797 4 роки тому

    Lovely. Thanks so much

  • @user-pi2wb2lo4j
    @user-pi2wb2lo4j 4 роки тому +7

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

  • @Munkfish-TV
    @Munkfish-TV 3 роки тому +1

    She is an absolute dolly

  • @eddiebirch2067
    @eddiebirch2067 4 роки тому +2

    Beautiful version

  • @henryd.machon9598
    @henryd.machon9598 7 років тому +10

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

  • @seafax
    @seafax 4 роки тому +3

    Beautiful.

  • @samrichards9015
    @samrichards9015 3 роки тому

    soo beautiful thank you

  • @petergrossett6763
    @petergrossett6763 4 роки тому +1

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

    • @NC-zy7mo
      @NC-zy7mo 4 роки тому +1

      He most definitely would

    • @petergrossett6763
      @petergrossett6763 4 роки тому +1

      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
      @petergrossett6763 4 роки тому +1

      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
      @petergrossett6763 4 роки тому

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

  • @davidmarshall6436
    @davidmarshall6436 4 роки тому +1

    Nice version sweet sixteen by whistlin donkeys.

  • @NC-zy7mo
    @NC-zy7mo 5 років тому +4

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

  • @auldyin7939
    @auldyin7939 2 роки тому

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

    • @Pokafalva
      @Pokafalva 2 роки тому

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

  • @mrsteel9026
    @mrsteel9026 Рік тому

    Great cover, quality.

  • @jameskinnin5170
    @jameskinnin5170 2 роки тому +1

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

    • @Pokafalva
      @Pokafalva 2 роки тому

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

  • @Yaketyyak21
    @Yaketyyak21 4 роки тому +4

    I was waiting for her to sing😏

  • @porourke1
    @porourke1 4 роки тому +12

    Who is the young lady in the video. My god she is beautiful

    • @noamfinnegan8663
      @noamfinnegan8663 2 роки тому +1

      I'm against the whole idea of God and Oh my Gosh she looks like hard work and not a drop of kindness in her eyes. Isn't it amazing how beauty is certainly in the mind of the beholder.
      Merry Christmas ☘️💚🦄💚☘️

    • @101mossie
      @101mossie 2 роки тому

      Perv

    • @thomasdelaney8207
      @thomasdelaney8207 2 роки тому

      She’s a beautiful girl

  • @adriandoocey4382
    @adriandoocey4382 4 роки тому +3

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

  • @MrPendevour1
    @MrPendevour1 5 років тому +7

    The absolute best version of this song I’ve heard.

    • @1916pp
      @1916pp 3 роки тому

      Great version but nothing can beat finbar furey with this song, just saying

    • @1916pp
      @1916pp 3 роки тому

      Finbar Furey owns this tune, good version but

  • @johnmoriarty131
    @johnmoriarty131 7 років тому +8

    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
      @JM-jr4pr 5 років тому +1

      Nothing beats the fureys version

    • @02887727356
      @02887727356 3 роки тому +1

      damn close

  • @neilcolley25
    @neilcolley25 Рік тому

    just great

  • @carolthornton9087
    @carolthornton9087 6 місяців тому

    Fabulous

  • @gregorycollins5693
    @gregorycollins5693 4 роки тому

    The whistlin donkeys are a great band loves there song

  • @howardhynes1894
    @howardhynes1894 4 роки тому +2

    Perfect, job

  • @nharalhashemi7484
    @nharalhashemi7484 20 днів тому

    Class

  • @paulk1068
    @paulk1068 4 роки тому +1

    Brilliant version and love the video x

  • @dopamine-z5z
    @dopamine-z5z 5 років тому

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

  • @Kitiwake
    @Kitiwake 4 роки тому +1

    John Mc Cormack...God bless the days.