The Wind that Shakes the Barley - LYRICS

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  • Опубліковано 28 лют 2018
  • The song is written from the perspective of a doomed young Wexford rebel who is about to sacrifice his relationship with his loved one and plunge into the cauldron of violence associated with the 1798 rebellion in Ireland. The references to barley in the song derive from the fact that the rebels often carried barley oats in their pockets as provisions for when on the march. This gave rise to the post-rebellion phenomenon of barley growing and marking the "croppy-holes", mass unmarked graves which slain rebels were thrown into, symbolising the regenerative nature of Irish resistance to British rule.
    As requested by Aidan & Tomás :)
    Author: Robert Dwyer Joyce (1836 - 1883) - a poet and professor of English Literature born in Limerick, Ireland
    Album: "Irish Roses: Women of Celtic Song"
    Performed by: Rowena Taheny, Carlyle Fraser, Laurel MacDonald & Eleanor McCain
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  • @m.mairenishuilleabhain6298
    @m.mairenishuilleabhain6298  5 років тому +153

    3:13 typo: where I feel soon may follow

    • @wintersking4290
      @wintersking4290 5 років тому +14

      Isn't it supposed to be full soon like quickly

    • @Steampunkfox143
      @Steampunkfox143 4 роки тому +10

      @Winter's King no it's "Where I full soon will follow"

    • @rebfurr3554
      @rebfurr3554 Рік тому

      full soon is what I hear

    • @johnfortune3432
      @johnfortune3432 11 місяців тому

      "Where I full soon will follow " is the original lyrics.
      Also, where's the 4th verse?

    • @bearynice4784
      @bearynice4784 7 місяців тому

      I think it is where I fear soon may follow

  • @arielstrong1229
    @arielstrong1229 Рік тому +60

    Something about Irish and Nordic folk music makes my heart ache for a home I've never had

    • @puurnoesje4815
      @puurnoesje4815 Рік тому +1

      Maybe your soul... Is calling u home ✨

    • @bearynice4784
      @bearynice4784 7 місяців тому +3

      pick one, or both, we would welcome you...and make you cake

    • @yesiam4610
      @yesiam4610 4 місяці тому +1

      Home is family, family is home… Talk to someone brother, even a stranger.

    • @stepanuseduart
      @stepanuseduart 6 днів тому

      Halloween party is stories in the Celtic. 1:09

  • @windyellis8292
    @windyellis8292 4 роки тому +136

    Irish, Russian, and Scandinavian music has so much emotion and passion and feeling-it kills me.

  • @aliyah85
    @aliyah85 5 років тому +398

    Oh man irish music is a whole new level..it always makes me so nostalgic and emotional.. Love the country, the culture, the people and the music !! Greetings from germany!

    • @cmk1309
      @cmk1309 3 роки тому +9

      I´m from Germany as well and I think the country, the culture, the people, the music and the language are so much more beautiful than ours. Even though Germandy has beautiful nature as well...

    • @user-ys5yv2nz6w
      @user-ys5yv2nz6w 3 роки тому +10

      @@cmk1309 Germany is just as great as Ireland, no culture is better than anyone elses. 👍🇩🇪

    • @loupitchachacha8707
      @loupitchachacha8707 3 роки тому +4

      @@user-ys5yv2nz6w I think so! I am French and Swiss, I love both Germany and Ireland!

    • @caolangordon8167
      @caolangordon8167 3 роки тому +6

      Love to Germany from Ireland 🇮🇪 ❤️🇩🇪

    • @johnmcgurk1690
      @johnmcgurk1690 3 роки тому +6

      @@cmk1309 I'm from Ireland and lived in Germany when I was younger. I love the country, the music, the food and beer (Bergkirchweih!) And always wish we had that type of festival here. As I get older I just learn to appreciate every country for what it is / what it has and respect them for it

  • @eyllengul
    @eyllengul 4 роки тому +266

    '' But harder still to bear the shame of foreign chains around us... ''

  • @brioche8123
    @brioche8123 4 роки тому +124

    Idk too much about Irish history but this song is definitely going to make me do a deep dive into their history. Very sad and melancholic. Very moving.

    • @kittydream_4717
      @kittydream_4717 3 роки тому +8

      Pretty much all of irish history is really sad, funny thing is it was never taken over by the romans like old Britain used to be. I think i herd some irish UA-camrs say they didn't colonize it because the land and weather was shit. Then they can issues trying to control the irish waters later on

    • @mrowepat
      @mrowepat Рік тому +6

      The brits have tried to claim Ireland since 1169. A very sad story.

    • @brioche8123
      @brioche8123 Рік тому +3

      @@mrowepat seems to be a pattern with them…

  • @GermanicJennifer
    @GermanicJennifer 4 роки тому +54

    This is the most tenderly beautiful version of the song I’ve heard

  • @boodle4960
    @boodle4960 Рік тому +10

    Gave all 3 of my kids Irish names and I’m not even Irish. Just love it. Greetings from Texas

  • @shouvikghosh8946
    @shouvikghosh8946 3 роки тому +14

    Such a beautiful song.........
    - from a non-Irish..!!

  • @Machihekamake
    @Machihekamake 3 роки тому +10

    So timelessness in her voice and strings. Beautiful is not enough to describe.

  • @louisiananlord17
    @louisiananlord17 4 роки тому +24

    Love this song so much! Love it more when my wife sings it to me! Irish strong! 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🍀🍀

  • @MsNinabm
    @MsNinabm 6 років тому +139

    Beautiful song, might translate it into Icelandic to sing in Irish days held in my hometown Akranes in July

    • @subinsabu1543
      @subinsabu1543 5 років тому

      Hi

    • @patrickbyrne3017
      @patrickbyrne3017 4 роки тому

      What is "Irish days" if you don't mind me asking?

    • @MsNinabm
      @MsNinabm 4 роки тому +10

      @@patrickbyrne3017 irish settlement is said to have taken place in my home town Akranes, Iceland. We celebrate that every year with a little festival.

    • @patrickbyrne3017
      @patrickbyrne3017 4 роки тому

      @@MsNinabm oh OK then

    • @dd1607
      @dd1607 4 роки тому +1

      @@MsNinabm Thats cool af

  • @jameskelly8782
    @jameskelly8782 4 роки тому +23

    Also read the Seamus Heaney poem "Requiem for the Croppies" included in the collection "Door into the Dark" (Pub. 1969)

    • @melrosemiss
      @melrosemiss 4 роки тому +1

      And listen to the long version of Tommy Makem and Liam Clancy’s Four Hreen Fields, prefaced by Heaney’s poem.

  • @macedonian
    @macedonian 4 роки тому +42

    Freedom to Ireland!!

  • @heikkijhautanen4576
    @heikkijhautanen4576 Рік тому +5

    Love to my celtic brethren from Finland!!!

  • @coccinelle3723
    @coccinelle3723 6 років тому +34

    Touch the soul this song....

  • @fightback397
    @fightback397 Рік тому +5

    First time i hear it .
    It made cry . So much tenderness and such a piercing pain .
    Love it .

    • @bearynice4784
      @bearynice4784 7 місяців тому

      she is using a version of keening,it's a way to express grief,that is why you felt sad or cried...you were moved to grief by it because that is t's purpose and the sad music helps...

  • @Japanthewoman
    @Japanthewoman 4 роки тому +53

    I was enjoying this until she died 😭 Why does Irish folk music always have to be so beautiful *and* depressing!?

    • @Rikki0
      @Rikki0 4 роки тому +32

      Ireland is sometimes referred to as "the land of happy wars and sad songs".

    • @joshuamusick1787
      @joshuamusick1787 4 роки тому +47

      @@Rikki0 "For they are the race that God made mad, for all their wars are merry, and all their songs are sad."
      -G.K. Chesterton

    • @Rikki0
      @Rikki0 4 роки тому +7

      @@joshuamusick1787 Thank you, Joshua. I never knew where that came from. Salute.

    • @mollyr.goates8097
      @mollyr.goates8097 4 роки тому +17

      Ireland has dealt with a lot in history.

    • @The_Republic_of_Ireland
      @The_Republic_of_Ireland 3 роки тому +5

      @Shadow Raven Studios the singers other half. She was shot and died in his arms

  • @megamega362
    @megamega362 3 роки тому +11

    So beautiful so poignant makes my hairs stand on end, thank you.

  • @emmamayo9154
    @emmamayo9154 6 років тому +39

    Such a sad song...

  • @Gwenobbie
    @Gwenobbie 6 років тому +16

    Thanks for all those video i'm hugely enjoying them!

  • @isathebell
    @isathebell Рік тому +3

    Wow! I didn't know this version, and I loved it. The version I know is the one that Lisa Gerrard used to sing acapella. And some of the words were different as well as some parts of the melody. Both are beautiful!! Thanks for posting this one!

  • @lydian1230
    @lydian1230 4 роки тому +6

    "Life's young spring so early.." hits difderent

  • @elisecollierr
    @elisecollierr 4 роки тому +7

    i’m doing the dan davison choral arrangement with my school choir and it’s just beautiful i love this song so much

  • @kadella
    @kadella 2 роки тому +2

    this is an incredibly beatiful version and i was brought here listening to Lisa Gerrard's singing which i had thought had no compare

  • @primrose4514
    @primrose4514 Рік тому +3

    Now thats a really heartbreaking song, even if one is interested about the history and the circumstances, how these verses came to life

  • @The_Republic_of_Ireland
    @The_Republic_of_Ireland 3 роки тому +9

    Celtic Woman never disappoints

    • @cathalodiubhain5739
      @cathalodiubhain5739 3 роки тому

      Gaelic, Celtic connection is linguistic we are no longer Celts according to historians and scholars. We actually have more Norse DNA than Celtic. We also have more Roman artifacts than Celtic. We also know that during the time of the Celts supposedly arriving in Ireland there is no change in culture before, during or after that time period.

    • @Skyebright1
      @Skyebright1 Рік тому

      @@cathalodiubhain5739 no the musical group is called Celtic Woman

  • @tullyfisher
    @tullyfisher 2 роки тому +3

    Very nice. Thanks.

  • @christineelizabethhorner5829
    @christineelizabethhorner5829 5 років тому +6

    I love this song

  • @bocklinskitten4335
    @bocklinskitten4335 3 роки тому +1

    thanx sooooo much , I need to sing whenever I listen to this, and thanx for the information, too

  • @lynnabao6082
    @lynnabao6082 4 роки тому +3

    sooooo beautiful...

  • @uschiklee
    @uschiklee 2 роки тому +1

    just wonderful

  • @Louis-yp8pv
    @Louis-yp8pv 3 роки тому +4

    Vraiment bonne musique à étudié en cours

  • @TheFolkRevivalProject
    @TheFolkRevivalProject 3 роки тому +8

    In case anyone's interested, all of these popular versions are probably based on this recording of the traditional singer Sarah Makem:
    ua-cam.com/video/agfoR_ffT-Y/v-deo.html

  • @kuzzbillington6392
    @kuzzbillington6392 2 роки тому +3

    One of my absolute favourite folk songs. I only wish I had the insight to understand it's meaning without reading the description. I guess I would have to have lived back then, and well, that's difficult I guess 🙄

    • @bearynice4784
      @bearynice4784 7 місяців тому +1

      what?you need it explained to you?some guy is in love but also loves his country and wants to free it more than ever because he is in love to give her a better future but she is killed and he keeps fighting knowing he will follow her soon anyway becaue he wan't's a better future for her?... it was probably a poem originally and not a song anyway

  • @jayb7775
    @jayb7775 3 роки тому +4

    this is not "The Wind that Shapes the Land"
    but I'm totally in.....

  • @kontoculai6301
    @kontoculai6301 4 роки тому +6

    The Windsor that shakes the barley

    • @ajrwilde14
      @ajrwilde14 4 роки тому +2

      the Vatican controlled corporation that is the City of London that shakes the Barley

  • @user-ld1bq1qo5g
    @user-ld1bq1qo5g 5 років тому +6

    This song matches nicely with Ken Loach's movie.

  • @erika7674
    @erika7674 6 років тому +70

    That's wheat!

    • @pandoratonks4429
      @pandoratonks4429 5 років тому +1

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @m.mairenishuilleabhain6298
      @m.mairenishuilleabhain6298  5 років тому +35

      that was an intentional (ehm...) easter egg for all undercover culchies (like myself) 🙈

    • @pandoratonks4429
      @pandoratonks4429 5 років тому +4

      @@m.mairenishuilleabhain6298 😂😂

    • @harrietlyall1991
      @harrietlyall1991 5 років тому +9

      👍Correct. Barley is often referred to poetically as "the bearded barley" because it has long whiskers growing from between the individual grains. Very distinctive and ummistakable. No whiskers = it's wheat, just as you say.

    • @mvl6827
      @mvl6827 4 роки тому +1

      Yes, reflects the intellect of the video makers and possibly the movie...

  • @dominusempyreus2383
    @dominusempyreus2383 5 років тому +21

    this version almost sounds like the background music to a noir film at some parts
    it's vaguely jazzy

  • @prcelt
    @prcelt 6 місяців тому

    Wish this was on Spotify

  • @Eponagirl0810
    @Eponagirl0810 4 роки тому +1

    ❤️

  • @user-uz1mx2fl8z
    @user-uz1mx2fl8z 5 років тому +3

    😔😭

  • @ahmedfarrag9006
    @ahmedfarrag9006 20 днів тому

    I remember the historical movie with the same name.
    All love to the freedom fighters. 🇮🇪 🇵🇸🍉

  • @davidredshaw448
    @davidredshaw448 3 роки тому +1

    Does this story have any connection with that other folk song about the wind that shakes the barley which is also known as Elsie Marley?

  • @Nadinesen28
    @Nadinesen28 24 дні тому

    Think about it ,its from the 19th century. Very old but very… Lovely.

  • @meeb2733
    @meeb2733 6 років тому +25

    Can you translate Tir Na Nog? Please.

    • @m.mairenishuilleabhain6298
      @m.mairenishuilleabhain6298  6 років тому +23

      I wouldn't know where to start, I'm sorry! In fact apart from the words "Tir na nÓg" there is no Irish in the lyrics. It's probably a phonetic transcription of Quenya or Sindarin (or whatever language Oonagh usually sings in!)

    • @meeb2733
      @meeb2733 6 років тому +2

      Ok. Thanks for your answer.

    • @patrickmcfadden1149
      @patrickmcfadden1149 6 років тому +23

      Tir Nan Og.. is Irish for "land of the young". A mythical blessed place untouched by death or aging. Somewhere to the west of Erin.

    • @pandoratonks4429
      @pandoratonks4429 5 років тому +3

      I asked about that on my other account (S.K.B) as I love Celtic Woman too. Oonagh sings in German and Quenya (Tolkien's Elvish). I taught myself Sindarin and bits of Quenya a while back, but I didn't understand anything from Tír na nÓg. It means 'Land of Youth' (and several variations of that) and is also an Irish tale. One of my favourite tales actually. It's quite sad, but I'd definitely recommend looking it up. If I can remember any Elvish related to the song, I'll come back to this post and tell you.

    • @williambrightman9970
      @williambrightman9970 5 років тому +3

      @@m.mairenishuilleabhain6298 probably a Celtic language still.

  • @cheekybob1971
    @cheekybob1971 4 роки тому +3

    I'm here after reading One Day In My Life.

  • @bobbyleahy9136
    @bobbyleahy9136 Рік тому

    Just asking if this is available on Spotify as I can’t seem to find it?

  • @yannsteunou-murray9401
    @yannsteunou-murray9401 6 років тому +7

    Can you please do Ar Soudared ar Gwisket ar Ruz or another breton song?

    • @m.mairenishuilleabhain6298
      @m.mairenishuilleabhain6298  6 років тому +6

      Yann Steunou-Murray I'd love to, Breton folk music is beautiful! I don't speak Breton though, I would need someone to help me!

    • @yannsteunou-murray9401
      @yannsteunou-murray9401 6 років тому +1

      lyricstranslate.com/en/ar-soudarded-zo-gwisket-e-ruz-soldiers-are-dressed-red.html this is a great translation!

    • @m.mairenishuilleabhain6298
      @m.mairenishuilleabhain6298  6 років тому +4

      Yann Steunou-Murray thanks :)

    • @pandoratonks4429
      @pandoratonks4429 5 років тому

      I just came from that song 😂. I'm currently teaching myself Gaeilge and Scottish Gaelic, but I'd love to learn Breton too. Any idea of any good dictionaries/books/DvD's? I'm currently just using the internet.

    • @esthersalle9456
      @esthersalle9456 4 роки тому +1

      @@pandoratonks4429 Brezhoneg, Buan Hag Aes might be a good book. Otherwise you have the music...
      Also, I've spoken to a bunch of people in south bretange who speak breton as a first language.
      I'm learning breton and Scottish Gaelic because that's where my ancestors come from.

  • @billsikes1149
    @billsikes1149 3 роки тому +1

    im wondering if anyone to help me if they know alot about irish folk music. A few years ago i found this song on youtube of a male singer i have never heard of and his name was not in the description but all i can tell you is that the picture for the youtube video was of an old IRA poster from the 70's/80's (i think) and he was pointing an arma-lite gun towards the right and the background was red withe the title word at the top that said "resistance". i know its abit of a random thing to ask but i have know choice now but to ask the youtube public if anyone could send me in the right direction, i've literally been pulling my hair out for ages now searching the internet to find but i cant. Please some one help!.
    Kindest Regards,
    Jake.

    • @ajrwilde14
      @ajrwilde14 3 роки тому +1

      why don't you search through your previously viewed videos on youtube until you find it

    • @billsikes1149
      @billsikes1149 3 роки тому +2

      @@ajrwilde14 i thought that but the video has been removed

  • @ginraiii
    @ginraiii 2 роки тому

    Nobody here from the raven cycle?
    The dream thieves chapter 20
    Blue mentioned it really randomly
    Thanks blue.

  • @atk28oman70
    @atk28oman70 4 роки тому

    🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉💕💕💕

  • @ConejoZing
    @ConejoZing 3 роки тому +1

    Gae Dearg, the spear of Dia.

  • @invhest77
    @invhest77 6 років тому +6

    Who’s the artist?

  • @sophiatalksmusic3588
    @sophiatalksmusic3588 5 років тому +2

    I've heard a fiddle tune with the same name but a different melody; is anyone familiar with it?

    • @NiennaFan1
      @NiennaFan1 5 років тому

      "The Maid Who Sold Her Barley" has the same melody?

    • @eoinnofallamhain8936
      @eoinnofallamhain8936 4 роки тому

      Yes i know the piece, i could send it to you if you would like @ocareening

  • @stefcrystalscrystals5930
    @stefcrystalscrystals5930 3 роки тому +1

    Who is the artist singing please. Its a gorgeous voice

  • @marcroigcebrian
    @marcroigcebrian 3 роки тому

    🇨🇮👍

  • @seanboyd2898
    @seanboyd2898 6 років тому +16

    While it would involve changing the gender in last verses, listening to this version had me picturing a two part song with a male voice singing the first part, switching to a female voice at "a bullet peirced my true love's side."

    • @win_cole
      @win_cole 6 років тому +5

      isn't the lady the one supposed to die? And then her lover avenges her...?

    • @seanboyd2898
      @seanboyd2898 6 років тому +2

      Yes. It is why I mentioned that you would have to switch the gender references in the last few verses.
      This really has nothing to do with "political agenda" and everything to do with the mental image conjured with listening to a female singer sing the song. Without changing the song at all, listening to the song with this singer as the narrator makes it two women.
      Once again, this is more of the image conjured by listening to this version of the song, nothing to do with changing the song for the sake of change.

    • @jackdaw6095
      @jackdaw6095 3 роки тому

      @@seanboyd2898 I hear it more as some bastard hearing a baby cry and shooting it in the mother’s arms

    • @Skyebright1
      @Skyebright1 Рік тому

      @@seanboyd2898 love could be family, she could have a daughter

  • @cathalodiubhain5739
    @cathalodiubhain5739 6 років тому +13

    Go hiontach ar fad....Cumhachtach

    • @NiennaFan1
      @NiennaFan1 5 років тому +3

      ....I thought this said Cumberbatch at first

    • @cathalodiubhain5739
      @cathalodiubhain5739 4 роки тому +3

      @@NiennaFan1 Cumhachtach means powerful as in the words of the song...

  • @nucderpuck
    @nucderpuck 4 роки тому +6

    Sorry to be a stickler, but that's a wheat field... Barley has a more lyrical shape, just like the sound of the word.

    • @jackdaw6095
      @jackdaw6095 3 роки тому

      I think they mentioned it was an Easter egg or something done intentionally in a reply

  • @ethanhawkins165
    @ethanhawkins165 11 місяців тому

    Is this on spotify?

  • @unyaelzemim2138
    @unyaelzemim2138 3 роки тому

    Andrew❤❤❤❤❤💋💋💋💋💋💋

  • @merrituber1
    @merrituber1 4 роки тому +3

    Patty Gurdy should ye find this

  • @alexburks860
    @alexburks860 4 роки тому +4

    I prefer the more simple Clancy Brother's rendition, but a beautiful performance nonetheless!

  • @gbeverly0002
    @gbeverly0002 6 років тому +3

    if you want a better version, look for Dead Can Dance

    • @minbee5849
      @minbee5849 4 роки тому

      Thanks for the reference. Went to ua-cam.com/video/FkBQggRBqEY/v-deo.html and singer's voice has more depth.

  • @williamwallace234
    @williamwallace234 5 років тому +2

    Not sure I get it, first he’s leaving to fight the English, and leaving her home but then how did she get shot and not him?

    • @win_cole
      @win_cole 5 років тому +14

      the English were everywhere. He leaves to join the rebels, who had to hide away in order to fight, but the English fought 'legally' on Irish soil, anywhere they liked.

    • @lafkalaf6374
      @lafkalaf6374 5 років тому +13

      He hadn't left yet, he was sitting with her to tell her he would be leaving on the next morning when she was shot.

    • @win_cole
      @win_cole 4 роки тому

      @Michael Halligan yeah, you're right, poor choice of words

  • @jasonlopez6062
    @jasonlopez6062 2 місяці тому

    I know I gotta be the only one who found his way here from killarmy lol.

  • @ajrwilde14
    @ajrwilde14 4 роки тому

    saddest song ever

  • @ayyuh2200
    @ayyuh2200 3 роки тому +1

    My house ................ it's made out of barely

  • @Rr-sn7hp
    @Rr-sn7hp 2 роки тому +2

    Why is isn’t this version on Spotify

  • @vivek5420
    @vivek5420 3 роки тому

    Singer?? aka Who is singing this song?

    • @Kaadilac
      @Kaadilac 3 роки тому +1

      Look at the description, where the artist is usually listed.

  • @traceybracy270
    @traceybracy270 2 роки тому +3

    Just watched the movie. So unbelievably sad. The British back then really sucked!!

  • @jackfletcher1000
    @jackfletcher1000 4 роки тому +3

    The Yeomans not the foemans

  • @ayyuh2200
    @ayyuh2200 3 роки тому

    Órthcraft song

  • @angelitadavila118
    @angelitadavila118 5 років тому +10

    I shouldn’t be laughing at being the 666th like but it’s late and I should be more mature then this but oh well 😂
    Absolutely Gorgeous song though 💖

  • @nazwaaml9364
    @nazwaaml9364 2 роки тому

    Nyasar dari lagu chenle

  • @madmesh978
    @madmesh978 Рік тому

    Dna 153

  • @xxliebhott2932
    @xxliebhott2932 5 років тому +1

    Could you do a cover of kukushka but in your style i think it could be so beautiful

  • @peter_-pd4mh
    @peter_-pd4mh Рік тому

    History info:The civil war in Ireland.

    • @lad8802
      @lad8802 Рік тому

      This is about the 1798 Rebellion not the Irish Civil War

    • @Skyebright1
      @Skyebright1 Рік тому

      The civil war was in 1922

  • @lydian5688
    @lydian5688 4 місяці тому

    I sure hope this doesn’t awaken anything in me,,

  • @stonewing3119
    @stonewing3119 3 роки тому +3

    The fact that it's a female singer who is singing about her female lover makes my little gay heart happy lmao

    • @jackdaw6095
      @jackdaw6095 3 роки тому +2

      It’s about her baby daughter “love” is a kinda broad term

  • @thewinterjule
    @thewinterjule 3 роки тому +3

    I like hat there aren't pronouns for the narrator but there are for the lover so with a female singer its a lesbian couple

    • @bearynice4784
      @bearynice4784 7 місяців тому

      seriously?it's a song about freedom from being ruled and enslaved by another Country not sexuality or gayness🙄 this is why support for you people is dwindling fecking pronouns and shite like your comment