This is actually a live stream - they've been sitting there doing this since 1982. There was a full choir originally but over the years most of them sadly doodly-died.
When I was a child, lilting was normal in the Irish Loop, Newfoundland...and once the Dubliners arrived, local musicians would learn lyrics by lilting, until they got the full lyrics and melody. Here's a televised version on CBC, from the late John White....the lilting comes in at around 2:54 minutes
This is excellent, it brings back to my mind of times when I was a young boy, I often had to climb tall mountain sides looking after my grandmothers sheep, Imade of music and tunes on my head and diddled or lilted for hour on end, the time would pass so quickly, The was a young boy in our village and his specialty was commentary on imaginary football and hurling matches he would copy the voice of Michael O'Hare, during his imaginary matches, there will fights during the matches, fowls of all kinds, the crowds breaking onto the playing field and challenging the referee. Those are the most exciting matches that I ever attended, Far better than any real footballer hurling match.
I recall with pleasure a very similar 'commentary' in Emmet's bar in Camlough, co. Armagh about 30 years ago. It was about 2am in a seriously boozy lock in, and everyone was reduced to tears of laughter - never to be forgotten.
This is Irish/Celtic soul music, the people had soul and a great feeling for their music, Many people could not afford musical instruments so they had musical sounds with their voices.
I think that you may require a history lesson. I would like to explain one of the main reasons that this form of mouth music was introduced. When England invaded, occupied and ruled over Ireland, they introduced draconian and brutal laws against Irish people known as ' The Penal Laws '. These were laws were designed to prevent any status, progression or prosperity gained by the Irish people by banning them from doing many things. These laws were a deliberate attempt to subjugate them, demoralise them, make them destitute and break their spirit. The English knew of how connected Irish people were to their native culture. One of the things they banned were musical instruments. To ultimately defeat Irish people, the English tried to destroy Irish culture and one of the many ways they thought they could succeed, was by not allowing them play musical instruments and enjoy their cultural music. Frequently, breaking such draconian and brutal laws could result in a summary execution of that person, with the local community being forced to watch. The Irish resisted, determined to keep their culture alive and created musical sounds and rhythms with their mouths, substituting for musical instruments., for people to sing along to and dance to. These men in the video are honouring a very important and immensely proud part of our cultural history.
I was so lucky that I got to hear Michael doing this himself but thought his brother was better. To me Mike Rafferty is the greatest and I will always miss him as he shores up my heart strength lucky me. RIP Mike
Lilting, the sounds used by Irish to communicate coded messages to one another. Used primarily during the War of Independence and the historic victory over England in Stuttgart in Euro '88, unfortunately only a small portion of the team understood the coded sounds so the margin of victory was minimal.
Not really. An awful lot of Irish tunes for whistle, fiddle, accordion etc. , in fact hundreds of of them, have NO words, just music. Lilting or "mouth music" is using your mouth as the instrument for the tune. That's what most poor Irish people did who could not afford instruments. It was a way of keeping the tunes alive.
I don't think so; actually, the occasional thirds we hear are due to the facts that 1-They have learned the song from different sources, which is common with traditionnal tunes and/or 2-they improvise on the melody...
+Roger everyone can doodle, try it, but naked, yeah as naked as the day you were born, you don't have to smother your self in yoghurt but hey fuck it! Who gives a shit?
It was a traditional way of carrying the music around the country if you couldn’t play a musical instrument. Without it our musical heritage would have suffered. Bad enough the British were killing our ancestors for playing Irish music.
Great! Anyone ever hear of Fay or Kilduff.......Lilting had an audience appeal that few or no instrumentalist had. Maybe those who play lost a lot through the instrumental communication, or lack of it . It is worth noting that these guys were not loud and did not lilt quikly or with any percussive help. Any views??
This is actually a live stream - they've been sitting there doing this since 1982. There was a full choir originally but over the years most of them sadly doodly-died.
LOOOOOOOOOOL
🤣
This had me cackling
😂😂😂😂
Doodly-died lmfao
Well, I just learned something new, my Irish grandfather did this all the time, I didn't realize there was a name for it.
Mine too 😢 I didn't even know we were Irish 😅
same
When I was a child, lilting was normal in the Irish Loop, Newfoundland...and once the Dubliners arrived, local musicians would learn lyrics by lilting, until they got the full lyrics and melody. Here's a televised version on CBC, from the late John White....the lilting comes in at around 2:54 minutes
This is excellent, it brings back to my mind of times when I was a young boy, I often had to climb tall mountain sides looking after my grandmothers sheep, Imade of music and tunes on my head and diddled or lilted for hour on end, the time would pass so quickly, The was a young boy in our village and his specialty was commentary on imaginary football and hurling matches he would copy the voice of Michael O'Hare, during his imaginary matches, there will fights during the matches, fowls of all kinds, the crowds breaking onto the playing field and challenging the referee. Those are the most exciting matches that I ever attended, Far better than any real footballer hurling match.
I recall with pleasure a very similar 'commentary' in Emmet's bar in Camlough, co. Armagh about 30 years ago. It was about 2am in a seriously boozy lock in, and everyone was reduced to tears of laughter - never to be forgotten.
The Irish imagination is both a blessing and a curse.
But when it is a blessing it is marvelous.
When no musical instrument was available they danced to the lilting
Still do!
The British confiscated the instruments during the famine we said "fuck this" 😄
@Liam Rodden twas actually pre-famine during the when plantations were taking place and during Cromwell's time.
And the gaelic irish was banned.
This is Irish/Celtic soul music, the people had soul and a great feeling for their music, Many people could not afford musical instruments so they had musical sounds with their voices.
This is the soundtrack to my life. I've heard it for as long as I can remember.
Brother !
You are blessed!
This is my new ringtone
This made me laugh out loud for the first time in weeks 😂
New morning alarm
rise out of bed on clouds of die doodly
@@johnpatterson8697 I feel like if I wake up to this every morning I'd never have a bad day again.
Play it backwards and you get a long list of how the English screwed them over.
I think that you may require a history lesson. I would like to explain one of the main reasons that this form of mouth music was introduced.
When England invaded, occupied and ruled over Ireland, they introduced draconian and brutal laws against Irish people known as ' The Penal Laws '. These were laws were designed to prevent any status, progression or prosperity gained by the Irish people by banning them from doing many things. These laws were a deliberate attempt to subjugate them, demoralise them, make them destitute and break their spirit. The English knew of how connected Irish people were to their native culture. One of the things they banned were musical instruments. To ultimately defeat Irish people, the English tried to destroy Irish culture and one of the many ways they thought they could succeed, was by not allowing them play musical instruments and enjoy their cultural music. Frequently, breaking such draconian and brutal laws could result in a summary execution of that person, with the local community being forced to watch. The Irish resisted, determined to keep their culture alive and created musical sounds and rhythms with their mouths, substituting for musical instruments., for people to sing along to and dance to. These men in the video are honouring a very important and immensely proud part of our cultural history.
@@ItsmeeSaoirse lol he was making a joke, wtf is the "you need a lesson" shite for? well done on remembering your junior cert history btw
@@yessidolemerchant5143 perhaps it is the aforementioned backwards lyrics, written out. 😛
I'll drink to that !
@UCGe54fLhlKsSl9hE4r9JAkw ah yes so our suffering and oppression is a joke? Fuck off
I like the part where they said didley doodley
Beeg. Yoshi.
This party is LIT! I really wish I was there.
It's lilt
This is actually quite satisfying to listen to.
It's hypnotic and barely understood by many of the people commenting on the video.
@@brianfarrell3987 interesting
Try to sing along and see how long you last, it takes quite a breath. And will hear no nonsense from Idjits, Thank you very much.
I was so lucky that I got to hear Michael doing this himself but thought his brother was better. To me Mike Rafferty is the greatest and I will always miss him as he shores up my heart strength lucky me. RIP Mike
Easily the best music video on UA-cam
When you find out there's a name for what you've been doing fror years when no ones listening.
I was the only one in the u15 lilting competition in the Dublin fléadh wish there were more lilters :)
Lilting, the sounds used by Irish to communicate coded messages to one another.
Used primarily during the War of Independence and the historic victory over England in Stuttgart in Euro '88, unfortunately only a small portion of the team understood the coded sounds so the margin of victory was minimal.
genius
Celtic soul music. Awesome!
Yes they had soul and a great feeling for the music, they had no musical instruments so they had musical sounds with their voices
Saw them in Pete Crehan's in Loughrea sometime in the 70's Pure Ballinakill.
What are their names?
gonna be doing this with the boys when we're 80 on discord
Прекрасная манера извлечения звука, вводящая в трансовое состояние по типу многоголосья многих народов.
I found my new ringtone
I love any good Irish jam has an accompaniment of foot stomps and woos.
Ah the great poetry of Ireland. gotta love it. Yeats would be so proud:)
The rambling pitchfork in the corner
I love it!
I doodled all over the shop in so-called posh Chelsea with my nan and we sang the old songs together ... SUCH SUCH FUN
favourite video
So it's singing without the words.
Not really. An awful lot of Irish tunes for whistle, fiddle, accordion etc. , in fact hundreds of of them, have NO words, just music. Lilting or "mouth music" is using your mouth as the instrument for the tune. That's what most poor Irish people did who could not afford instruments. It was a way of keeping the tunes alive.
Apparently the key to lilting is to not have teeth.
Or to practice until your teeth fall out.
I'll keep that one for some pupils! :D
Something else to thank Tony for (and whoever was producing)
This is is an old school Air Guitar Competition.... dil de dooo!!!
To this day I'm still convinced the man on the left is Odo from Deep Space Nine, and nothing anyone says will ever change my mind.
Lyrics, please?
Doodly diddly x100
It's mouth music. No lyrics
Die-a-la-doodle-ey
The fact they harmonize means that the song is actually charted in some way and they learned it. whoa
I don't think so; actually, the occasional thirds we hear are due to the facts that 1-They have learned the song from different sources, which is common with traditionnal tunes and/or 2-they improvise on the melody...
Why would it mean that?
Not so.
@@bobdexter9175 i know that was you on the like. What kinda foolishness was that statement? Must not know how musicians roll
Them Irish are something else!
Amazing.
they broke up a bit later ... musical differences ...
I love it! Daithi
This is so cool
very impressive !
looooooovvvvveeeeeeee!!!!!!!
Fantastic stuff fair play to them thats the rale lally daly
You have successfully reached the end of the internet ! Well done
Hoots Mon love this it's excellent ! thank you for sharing
Take off, eh!
Upppaaa boiis 🇮🇪
A place where everyone is Rene Auberjonois from Star Trek
A treasure...
I wish I could do this.
+Roger everyone can doodle, try it, but naked, yeah as naked as the day you were born, you don't have to smother your self in yoghurt but hey fuck it! Who gives a shit?
The great thing is, the are nearly singing the same tune.
This is great.
Ned Flanders favorite song
doodiddllydaidaidaidoodlyda
Not original
Why does Google translate this to "debating the opposition"?
Popeye did this all the time too ... ! Anyone know around what year this would be? Great stuff. Thanks for putting it up.
1982 ☺️
@@fermageehamilton1402 Thanks!
comment is from 10 years ago, i guess its the library of alexandria
Give any man enough Jamison and this will automatically start happening at some point
We have something like that in Québec. We call it "turlute".
Anyone knows of recommended CDs with traditional lilters like these?
This feels Two Hours long
I presume you know by now but Seamus Fay from Cavan has a lilting cd out, great recording
Dial a doodle a diddly dah ❤
some tune boy,,,get up outa that!
Look up the Miracle of the Sun footage.
love it
HOLY WOW.
that's like the lilting version of dueling banjos
it definitely is not
It was a traditional way of carrying the music around the country if you couldn’t play a musical instrument. Without it our musical heritage would have suffered. Bad enough the British were killing our ancestors for playing Irish music.
brill
Skiddleeyedledoodleyedoodleeyedleyedleday
il die if i do diddly do this again
Good man Blake!
Welcome to the World of Zelda.
Flanders' ancestors
Up Ballakille
When the British take all your instruments
2:36 in the morning and here I am on You Tube listening to Lilting and not with a drop of beer in me, Ohh here time for bed.......laters Bitches
Hehe me too
lovely jig :)
So ... that's how it's done!
Hi - no, I didn't - but thanks to you know I do! I saw it is available on iTunes so I just bought it! Thanks for the tip!
Ned flanders would love this one dy doodely
Brlint
Me when the bar has Guinness on tap
Great! Anyone ever hear of Fay or Kilduff.......Lilting had an audience appeal that few or no instrumentalist had. Maybe those who play lost a lot through the instrumental communication, or lack of it . It is worth noting that these guys were not loud and did not lilt quikly or with any percussive help. Any views??
One thing I want to do before I die is to learn how to lilt!
I wouldn't have the breath for that Gaz
Hey guys, does anyone know where i can find the lyrics?
Why am I suddenly overcome with a craving for Guinness?
Weeeeell....now that ye mention it...same Guinness craving is wreaking havoc with me throat at the moment....
Play at 1.25x
big fan here. whats the lyrics?
At the very beginning, is that Daithi Sproule from Skara Brae/Altan on the right??
In England, millions pay their respects to the late Queen Elizabeth II
Meanwhile in Ireland..........
Ned Flanders? Is that you?
Wow! their accent is so THICCC!
Any idea where I can find the lyrics for this song?
Bradley cooper?
old = good! especially if irish.
my grandfather used to say "the old are like old electronics: the older they are,the more connection to the earth they got"
Amazing that they had a reputation for not being a clever nation.
Is this darude - sandstorm?
of course not it's the dy dooodly song lol how the hell do they remember all those doodles ?
+david davids I think they just wing it. Haha
Jacob Kuchavik lol
no, but that needs to be a thing.
How'd you know man?
Up u2
Lyrics please!
Doodley doodle doodlededooley doodley day.
I am learning Irish the only thing is I couldn’t do that