The great Franz Schubert wrote: "I have composed many wonderful things, the Octet, the Ninth Symphony, the Rosamunde music, the Death and the Maiden Quartet, as well as innumerable songs for voice and piano; yet when I compare myself with the composer of My Lovely Horse I desire only to throw my own work on the fire."
Ireland really need to send this song as their Eurovision entry soon, they've failed to make the final 3 years running now and I don't want them to suffer any longer. "My Lovely Horse" 3 minute version can still happen, especially in memory of Dermot and Frank.
I am from Germany and my friend who lives in ireland near dublin, introduced me to this ingenious show. We watched all episodes together. We had a great time watching it. :D
ivythefairy the politicians didnt like it and didnt think anyone was talented enough to do it i read? lol, really dont understand the talented comment.
GatecrasherSlim True. Heck this is the second year in a row Ireland didn't qualify for the euro vision and this is a country that won the euro vision quite a few times in the past >.< lol
Neil Hannon of the Devine Comedy, who wrote/performs the song, is the patron of a charity called My Lovely Horse Rescue. This just adds another layer of excellence to the song ❤️ 🐎
What I love about this is that even when he's writing something as silly as this, Neil Hannon's fingerprints are still all over it. I've always thought that the countermelody in the second verse was rather lovely and just quintessential Hannon.
Went to see The Divine Comedy 4 days ago and Neil actually sang this. Feckin hilarious and he said we should count ourselves lucky because he doesn't sing it very often. I love him and his music so much. My favourite singer/songwriter ever. 💕
I'm supposed to be studying for an exam, but I had to come back and hear that beautiful sax solo again. Just ten more times, then I promise I'll continue studying. ;)
This is really taking the piss out of the Eurovision song contest with its sickly sweetness.Very funny indeed.I love father Ted,the humour is so quintessentially Irish.
Just noticed Dougal singing 'I love youuuu, anyway' right before that sax solo lol Dougal, Dougal, stop there! We want to keep out of the whole area of actually being in love with the horse.
Jack Lammy you could just give us whisky and if you're american say how you're like .7% irish so we can roll our eyes and go "fuckin yanks" when you leave
I think Father Ted is one of the few programs anywhere in the world (and of all time) that did not have a single bad episode. As for this.... GENIUS! I think this is a hidden track on one of the Divine comedy's albums (or possibly a B-Side). R.I.P. Dermot Morgan
The single greatest moment in Father Ted. Genius. Absolute genius. "We have to lose that sax solo." Just brilliant. Hope everyone is staying safe, and your family does that same. Coronavirus is a c**t. Love from Ireland 🇮🇪✌
WHY IS EVERYONE JUST PUTTING RANDOM REMARKS ABOUT CORONAVIRUS- I MEAN BASIC FLU (BECAUSE IT IS BASIC FLU AND BILL GATES TOLD EVERYONE IN AUTHORITY TO TELL YOU IT WAS DEADLY SO HE COULD MAKE MORE MONEY OVER YOU STAYING HOME AND USING HIS TECH)- IN THEIR BLOODY COMMENTS?!
I've watched a lot of television in my day and this, the "My Lovely Horse" music video, remains, without a doubt, one of the funniest scenes that I have ever witnessed. As another poster noted, it is absolutely legendary.
I saw The Divine Comedy last week in Ipswich and they played this even though it wasn't in the setlist 😄 Neil Hannon said to the audience afterwards "count yourselves very, very lucky" 😄
Moments before father ted has this dream. He talks about the song "vienna" making it to number 1 in England. Also, as he holds up his newspaper in bed, you can clearly see the word "vox" printed on the back. Long story short, ultra vox was the band who sung the song vienna ...Theres got to be more than just a passing coincidence here ...
I dream of the day when Ireland decides to actually troll Eurovision and enter this song (that is, if Mr Neil Hannon, the blessed genius who wrote it, is cool with that.) I would go to all possible lengths to hep get it voted up.
I remember desperately trying to buy this song after seeing the episode. I bought Divine Comedy CDs hoping it was tucked away under a different name. At least the internet has made that kind of thing easier!
Absolutely brilliant , one of the best telly/light entertainment songs ever ... if Dougal and Ted actually got to Eurovision they'd have won by a mile ... in my humble opinion 😁🐎
I am from Canada, my parents and extended family are from England. I realise this is from Ireland, but when I was younger my parents were watching this on PBS and I use to watch it too and have always loved it ever since! SO FUNNY! FECK! My folks have every season in box set. I love you Dermit Morgan, you were so funny! May your soul rest in everlasting glory and peace!
Thank you Sips for sending me here! I've never met anyone else who knows what Father Ted is and it's one of my favourite shows, seeing that so many other people like it makes me happy :)
*Lyrics:* My lovely horse Running through the field Where are you going With your fetlocks blowing In the wind? I want to shower you with sugar lumps And ride you over fences Polish your hooves every single day And bring you to the horse dentist My lovely horse You're a pony no more Running around With a man on your back Like a train in the night, yeah Like a train in the night...
I spent new years eve watching a Father Ted marathon instead of going to a party like everyone else... I consider myself a winner for making that choice.
Weirdly enough Dermot had to go to England to do this show before he got the recognition he deserved. He was a comic genius. A lot of his humour was satirical and particularly critical of the church. Back then Ireland was still very devout. It didn't really go down well with the likes of the scratch Saturday show he did. He and the producers took the father Ted scripts to rte our national broadcaster and it was rejected as a show couldn't be seen to make fun of the clergy. Huge mistake. The saddest thing is that Dermot Morgan had just cracked it and then sadly died of a heart attack. He was going to make it huge and had become one of the most popular people in Ireland.
The great Franz Schubert wrote: "I have composed many wonderful things, the Octet, the Ninth Symphony, the Rosamunde music, the Death and the Maiden Quartet, as well as innumerable songs for voice and piano; yet when I compare myself with the composer of My Lovely Horse I desire only to throw my own work on the fire."
Lol
ketmaniac Neil Hannon From The Divine Comedy Composed This-The Mans a Genius.
Just before he remarked "we have to lose that sax solo!". The Divine Comedy is/are a thing of great and gifted goodness.
Best song Neil hannon ever wrote 🤣
Bach, Mozart, Chopin, all amateurs compared to the composers of "My Lovely Horse"! 😄😄😄
i cry everytime
Hello younger Sips
Same
Yes same😂
SIPS
Sips ya bastard sup
Running around with a man on your back, like a train in the night. Poetry.
Cuuzizydidudduduyssiusyxyciussixuusiussiysskus
Is that spelt correctly?
🎶yeah, like a train in the night🎶
📣🎷🎷🎷😱
🤯"We have to lose that Sax solo!"🤯
@@joanneolivia7367 you may have had a keyboard malfunction... or you had a stroke 😂
(I love you anyway)
'hold it right there doughal,we want to stay away from the whole idea of actually being in love with the horse'
Dougal
take this lump of sugar baby, you know you want it
Dougal*
My mum's complete fav comedy!
My sis loves Divine Comedy too.
Double whammy!
It's more like we're friends with the horse
that psychedelic sax solo with the horses head is hilariously random
Pure genius moment
I wonder if it inspired the "Maynard's says Chew" advert? Similar energy.
No,this is playing outside post-bop style!
my favourite bit
I watch this with my 6 year old daughter...even adult comedies have stuff that's so random that even a child would love it
18 years ago, father ted died. And yesterday we lost father Jack. RIP guys, you are missed already.
ikr!! its so sad!!!
May both rest in peace.
Thanks for their great attribution to this great show.
R.I.P to them both. Such a great show.
Thank god
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Ireland really need to send this song as their Eurovision entry soon, they've failed to make the final 3 years running now and I don't want them to suffer any longer. "My Lovely Horse" 3 minute version can still happen, especially in memory of Dermot and Frank.
It would be the most wonderfully redeeming thing that ever happened at Eurovision. Please make it happen!
Although the full-on Swedish sign-language man from a couple of years ago was doing his part!
Jack Walker if you look at southDublin libraries on Facebook there is a little skit they made with this song about the Eurovision for this year 😂😂
When The divine comedy did that song, (yeah. It was not vin hoogan and the hoogan notes) it was for the episode.
We sent a turkey instead.
"Just play the f***ing note. The first one, no not the f***ing first one"
'' so i'll just ... '' just play the f**king note you we're just playing there ''
@shutup2751 "We have the fcuking first one! I've been playing the first one! Just play the fcuking note you were playing earlier!!"
This was the first dance at our wedding! Love it, especially the sax solo!🤣🤣🤣🤣
Oh good one
You are a legend :D
Shame they had to lose that sax solo!
What's the point in getting married if you still have to have sax solo? 🤔
(I imagined that joke in Dougal's voice). 😂
You let Dougal do a wedding?!?!
I am from Germany and my friend who lives in ireland near dublin, introduced me to this ingenious show.
We watched all episodes together. We had a great time watching it. :D
Do yiz have any lovely lovely horses in germany?
We should've sent this to the Eurovision this year
Crea Louise It was, although it didn't go through sadly.
DoctorEdiz Really? Damns! Why not? We could have won this year xD
ivythefairy the politicians didnt like it and didnt think anyone was talented enough to do it i read? lol, really dont understand the talented comment.
GatecrasherSlim True. Heck this is the second year in a row Ireland didn't qualify for the euro vision and this is a country that won the euro vision quite a few times in the past >.< lol
Crea Louise and every year, til they feckin' listened!
The good news is, people are actually campaigning to make this the official Irish entrant in the next Eurovision.
they can;t... the eurovision rules state it has to be an original entry can't have already been released
Has this been released though?
Yes
Welp...
It’s taken twenty years but I’ve just realized...
*the sax solo is the first few notes of Father Ted’s theme tune*
Morgan Freeman Voice: Well I'll be damned.
😳. Oh wow, good observation!
I give you my King/Queen of the Borrowed-Riff & Sample-Spotter crown.
I bow down to your greatness.
Wait, So it is
I just realised that now after reading your comment.
This should be the new national anthem of Ireland!
Everyone knows that the national anthem of Ireland is 'Ghost Town' by The Specials.
Vermillion 303 Or it the national anthem of Craggy Island? 😂
Stephen Murphy
Is it not?
Ya like how that men at work song is the anthem for australia
Stephen Murphy lol
Dougal's facial expressions are priceless!!!
0:43 😂😂😂😂
I'm happy that my childhood had TV like Father Ted instead of Mrs Brown's Boys.
Oh, amen to that. Could not have said it better.
ProjectFlashlight612 well said :)
Can't understand how Brown's Boys won TV awards recently... it's puerile inane drivel... and that's being kind to it! FT rulez :)
Bramble Bluu It attracts the mentality of the children today.
i grow up watching father ted i love it but Mrs.Brown Boys is so funny love can not wait to go see it at Christmas
Neil Hannon of the Devine Comedy, who wrote/performs the song, is the patron of a charity called My Lovely Horse Rescue. This just adds another layer of excellence to the song ❤️ 🐎
Of course, They're ALL lovely horses
Future Venom Zone which one makes the best sandwich though? 🤔
More water.
What I love about this is that even when he's writing something as silly as this, Neil Hannon's fingerprints are still all over it. I've always thought that the countermelody in the second verse was rather lovely and just quintessential Hannon.
This entire episode had me in tears from laughter. This and father Dick Bryne's performance were gut busters!
Went to see The Divine Comedy 4 days ago and Neil actually sang this. Feckin hilarious and he said we should count ourselves lucky because he doesn't sing it very often. I love him and his music so much. My favourite singer/songwriter ever. 💕
"Oh god Dougle, the song!''
''What'd you mean there, Ted''
''They're playing the song in the bloody elevator''
''Time for plan B''
The look on Dougal's face during the ping-pong :D
I'm supposed to be studying for an exam, but I had to come back and hear that beautiful sax solo again. Just ten more times, then I promise I'll continue studying. ;)
Did you finish studying?
@@leemsvg did she ever stop listening to the sax solo ?
...still listening to the sax solo..?
This is really taking the piss out of the Eurovision song contest with its sickly sweetness.Very funny indeed.I love father Ted,the humour is so quintessentially Irish.
Just noticed Dougal singing 'I love youuuu, anyway' right before that sax solo lol
Dougal, Dougal, stop there! We want to keep out of the whole area of actually being in love with the horse.
'Take this lump of sugar baby you know you want it.'
We can forget about them Charleen Shadows we can forget about ICT or Scooby Scooby dog dog. They're no help to us now.
We want to get away from the whole idea of actually being in love with the horse.
“ Just play the f***ing note”
Reddit just informed me that if I ever pissed off an Irishman, singing this song will immediately lower the tension.
Can confirm. Can't help but relax after a good rendition of My Lovely Horse.
I second that
Jack Lammy you could just give us whisky and if you're american say how you're like .7% irish so we can roll our eyes and go "fuckin yanks" when you leave
Nothing soothes the head like a lovely horse
@@danielyoung6778 Ya giving whiskey to already pissed off Irishman. Great idea
Still one of the best sitcoms ever.
"hold on, I can get this part!"
Nnniiiiiiight!
The sax solo bit always makes me cry laughing 😂 Father Ted is one of the funniest sitcoms to ever exist. 🤣🤣
God bless them. Still hilarious after all these years. Wiping tears of laughter away.
Written and performed by Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy, who also wrote the Father Ted and I.T. Crowd theme tunes.
I think Father Ted is one of the few programs anywhere in the world (and of all time) that did not have a single bad episode. As for this.... GENIUS! I think this is a hidden track on one of the Divine comedy's albums (or possibly a B-Side).
R.I.P. Dermot Morgan
So loved, so missed. Fond memories of the wonderful Dermot, the man who was Father Ted. 💕
Sunny Days
The brilliance of this still makes me cry
20 years I've had this song in my head. I swear I can't get in a lift without humming "my lovely lovely lovely horse hmm hmm hmm hmm"
*"OH GOD!!!!"*
Still a better song than 99% of the crap we get in the charts today!
Dougal is just confused the whole time and I love it
Dougal's confusion and our love of the show applies to many of the episodes of Father Ted.
I SWEAR THIS SHOW NEVER GET'S OLD 😁😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
How cute is Dougal with the horse? I love this show :)
Noir does this song
I do, unfortunatly. Gettin' older.!
Still watchin' it though. Can't get far (or near) without a bit of Father Ted.
Watching in 2022 and fully agree!
This scene still tickles me to this day, shame all good things have to come to a end.
RIP DERMOT & FRANK
The single greatest moment in Father Ted. Genius. Absolute genius.
"We have to lose that sax solo." Just brilliant.
Hope everyone is staying safe, and your family does that same. Coronavirus is a c**t.
Love from Ireland 🇮🇪✌
WHY IS EVERYONE JUST PUTTING RANDOM REMARKS ABOUT CORONAVIRUS- I MEAN BASIC FLU (BECAUSE IT IS BASIC FLU AND BILL GATES TOLD EVERYONE IN AUTHORITY TO TELL YOU IT WAS DEADLY SO HE COULD MAKE MORE MONEY OVER YOU STAYING HOME AND USING HIS TECH)- IN THEIR BLOODY COMMENTS?!
Still the best Eurovision entry I've ever heard
"JUST PLAY THE FUCKING NOTE!"
* Feckin'
+hazode it was fucking, just bleeped out
hazode right yer are, father Hazode
+Denilson24 No it wasn't. It's feckin', typed as they say it in their Craggy accent
hazode it's f***ing in my version, censored
I play in a band with a sax player and I quote the last line here after pretty much every song we play
That sax solo gets me EVERY time...
If this was entered into the Eurovision this year, I seriously think it would win.
is there a 10 hour version?
TheRight HonorableGentleman maybe.
If only!
Is there a version by Icey T or Scooby Scooby dog dog?
AERI no
I wish!
I've watched a lot of television in my day and this, the "My Lovely Horse" music video, remains, without a doubt, one of the funniest scenes that I have ever witnessed. As another poster noted, it is absolutely legendary.
this show should have been about me
NOOOOPE
I really hate Father Dick Byrne
Wasn't it Rugged Island?
I MADE THE BBC!
1. it's "your side"
2. it's rugged island
Im from Bangladesh, my one IRISH friend asked me to listen the song. now im enjoying this song.
I saw The Divine Comedy last week in Ipswich and they played this even though it wasn't in the setlist 😄 Neil Hannon said to the audience afterwards "count yourselves very, very lucky" 😄
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Graham Linehan is a comedic GENIUS and I desperately need another sitcom from him
Moments before father ted has this dream. He talks about the song "vienna" making it to number 1 in England. Also, as he holds up his newspaper in bed, you can clearly see the word "vox" printed on the back. Long story short, ultra vox was the band who sung the song vienna ...Theres got to be more than just a passing coincidence here ...
I dream of the day when Ireland decides to actually troll Eurovision and enter this song (that is, if Mr Neil Hannon, the blessed genius who wrote it, is cool with that.) I would go to all possible lengths to hep get it voted up.
(of course I know it's against the rules to enter a song which has already been published but... dream I shall)
It would get the twelve points from britain anyway
Sadly they can’t use unoriginal songs this wasn’t actually created but the show producers it was made by a band in England.
You have my vote!!!
I think Ireland entering Dustin the Turkey was our peak trolling effort.
I remember desperately trying to buy this song after seeing the episode. I bought Divine Comedy CDs hoping it was tucked away under a different name. At least the internet has made that kind of thing easier!
Absolutely brilliant , one of the best telly/light entertainment songs ever ... if Dougal and Ted actually got to Eurovision they'd have won by a mile ... in my humble opinion 😁🐎
'Polish your hooves every single day and bring you to the horse dentist' I mean how can you get better than that.
I love that in the video neither Dermot or Ardal was willing to get on that horse
Still to this day brilliant
I am from Canada, my parents and extended family are from England. I realise this is from Ireland, but when I was younger my parents were watching this on PBS and I use to watch it too and have always loved it ever since! SO FUNNY! FECK! My folks have every season in box set. I love you Dermit Morgan, you were so funny! May your soul rest in everlasting glory and peace!
This song is so nostalgic for me. When life becomes a bit too complicated and I'm having a bad time, I go back to this short clip and laugh for a bit.
one of my favourite things about this song is Dougles backing vocal "I love you anyway" at the end
We have to lose that sax solo!
This has been stuck in my head all day 😂
Sarah Cooney you must be tired because you have been running around my mind all-day 😍😍
"We have to lose that sax solo!" LOL
Thank you Sips for sending me here! I've never met anyone else who knows what Father Ted is and it's one of my favourite shows, seeing that so many other people like it makes me happy :)
The faces Dougal made gets me very single time.🤣
Good thing it got you only once.
This was the first episode of Father Ted I saw, around 2013.
I was a brony back then, so for me this was extra hilarious.
seriously Ted even if you don't win the contest i really think your song's a really good one.
"Do you?!!"
"NO!!!"
r.i.p father ted :'(
This song never gets old neither does Father Ted
I came here to ask if you all had seen the video of the acapello group singing this song in front of the Father Ted house!! Wonderful stuff.
Having a laugh with two random birds, playing beachball at the local swimming pool.
Class
😂
That horse would be in the great horse stable in the sky by now.
Best popstars to come out the priesthood since that fella who had a no 1 in England with a song called Vienna or something
He was Scottish.
Never get tired of hearing and watching this.
Sometimes out of nowhere I start singing it.
😂😂😂
This is one of the best shows I've ever watched, never get's old
“And bring you to the horse dentist”. Lovely Irish phraseology!
*Lyrics:*
My lovely horse
Running through the field
Where are you going
With your fetlocks blowing
In the wind?
I want to shower you with sugar lumps
And ride you over fences
Polish your hooves every single day
And bring you to the horse dentist
My lovely horse
You're a pony no more
Running around
With a man on your back
Like a train in the night, yeah
Like a train in the night...
Why would people give this a thumbs down?🤔..there is some strange folk out there.
Foreigners who hate Irish culture
@@WakaWaka2468 people who don't like the horse
With Eurovision coming up, I think Ireland is guaranteed a win
What a show ! Will always be loved ❤ RIP TED. ❤💚
Almost as funny as this masterpiece is the fact that it now has more views than most Eurovision winnners. :D
It’s Douglas face at the ping pong table 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Hilarious! I watch this every time I feel down.
The Sax solo is hilarious, but the fact that they're both having the same dream!🤣
I'm wearing my lovely horse T-shirt from Father Ted whilst listening to this
I spent new years eve watching a Father Ted marathon instead of going to a party like everyone else... I consider myself a winner for making that choice.
We have to loose that sax solo..😂
LOL great lyrics, this song never gets old!
Father Ted makes me laugh so hard! This song is genius!
This song has actually inspired me to splash out and buy a horse of my own! So Happy. I will sing him this song every day!
I was watching father Ted the night before frank Kelly died (father jack) . It's so sad that two of the cast have died now
Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant. These guys must be national treasures in Ireland.
Weirdly enough Dermot had to go to England to do this show before he got the recognition he deserved. He was a comic genius. A lot of his humour was satirical and particularly critical of the church. Back then Ireland was still very devout. It didn't really go down well with the likes of the scratch Saturday show he did. He and the producers took the father Ted scripts to rte our national broadcaster and it was rejected as a show couldn't be seen to make fun of the clergy. Huge mistake. The saddest thing is that Dermot Morgan had just cracked it and then sadly died of a heart attack. He was going to make it huge and had become one of the most popular people in Ireland.
i have seen this 100's of times and i still cant help but to laugh, such an amazing show :)
This has my vote for the Eurovision song of 2024.💖
At the time, they should have not only released this for charity but also sent it to Eurovision!
Adam Warren Agreed!...Mainly Agree because I am you..but on a diff account.. It's a small world isnt it? xD
I agree
Adam Warren absolutely. especially given how big charity releases were back then...how this escaped the light is beyond me.
@@chubbylilloser85 Yes I agree