Silly Wizard - The Ramblin' Rover

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  • Опубліковано 28 лют 2012
  • Oh, there're sober men in plenty,
    And drunkards barely twenty,
    There are men of over ninety
    That have never yet kissed a girl.
    But gie me a ramblin' rover,
    And fae Orkney down to Dover.
    We will roam the country over
    And together we'll face the world.
    There's many that feign enjoyment
    From merciless employment,
    Their ambition was this deployment
    From the minute they left the school.
    And they save and scrape and ponder
    While the rest go out and squander,
    See the world and rove and wander
    And are happier as a rule.
    I've roamed through all the nations
    Ta'en delight in all creation,
    And I've tried a wee sensation
    Where the company, did prove kind.
    And when partin' was no pleasure,
    I've drunk another measure
    To the good friends that were treasure
    For they always are in our minds.
    If you're bent wi' arth-i-ritis,
    Your bowels have got colitis,
    You've gallopin' with bollockitis
    And you're thinkin' it's time you died,
    If you been a man of action,
    Though you're lying there in traction,
    You will get some satisfaction
    Thinkin', "Jesus, at least I tried."

КОМЕНТАРІ • 104

  • @carenapeterson1296
    @carenapeterson1296 3 роки тому +30

    My dad saying this at my grandfathers funeral yesterday, we all cried

    • @codygerrick9878
      @codygerrick9878 3 роки тому +7

      "You may gain some satisfaction, thinking Jesus at least i tried" my favorite line. Maybe your grandfather was a great man. Maybe he wasn't. I'll never know. Made enough of an impact to be on your mind tho. My condolences for your loss

    • @yoyoyosquiji8716
      @yoyoyosquiji8716 3 роки тому +2

      I’m terribly sorry for your loss

  • @stevendonoghue1370
    @stevendonoghue1370 7 років тому +58

    Andy was a great friend and neighbour who will is sorely missed , what a performer and ambassador for Scottish and Irish folk music .

  • @manthasagittarius1
    @manthasagittarius1 4 роки тому +68

    How can you not love this song? A grand cantering bit of a tune and clever, sharp words stitched together with elegant rhyming grace and precision.

    • @isaacsanders695
      @isaacsanders695 3 роки тому

      nevermind the extensive amounts of misfortune behind each word in the work. Then kin that with the culture lost. The only way to let the world know of what theg lost is to ramble an rover

    • @billcasey9672
      @billcasey9672 3 роки тому +1

      @Mark Dane I started a small war with sweden, and replicated camden new jersey 14 times! What did I do wrong?

  • @SuperPeader
    @SuperPeader 8 років тому +146

    RIP Andy. One of my favorites who blazed a path for Scottish folk music. Great voice, great stage presence and a great performer. This too was a "car fav" sung at the top of our lungs and will continue to be for as long as I have breath!

    • @The_Gallowglass
      @The_Gallowglass 5 років тому +2

      It reminds me a lot of some Cork songs, not just the songs but the way he sings it.

    • @petermckeown
      @petermckeown 3 роки тому +2

      Couldn't have said it better myself sir, doing the same in the car till I'm robbed of the ability to belt this out!

  • @heathercontois4501
    @heathercontois4501 5 років тому +10

    My friend got married this summer and he invited me. They had karoake at the reception and i sang this one. His grooms whole half of the family clapped along and made me feel so much less nervous about singing in front of people.

  • @MrTeabot
    @MrTeabot  8 років тому +58

    That is something great, Andy, thank you very much and rest in peace.

  • @heathercontois4501
    @heathercontois4501 5 років тому +13

    I am 36 and grew up with my parents playing these guys all the time. Now I sing this to my 4yo as a lullaby and the 11yo has latched onto 'if i was a blackbird' when she can't sleep. I hope they are in the afterlife living it up together.

  • @JimmySteller
    @JimmySteller 4 роки тому +12

    Whether he was solo or with Silly Wizard, Andy M Stewart was the first Celtic musician whom I remember loving. His voice is incredible, and is the first I think of when I think of this beautiful genre.

  • @leslieberman1224
    @leslieberman1224 8 років тому +33

    I've loved his singing, and am so sad he's gone too soon. Andy's songs always sounded in the tradition from which he came. This one makes a perfect epitaph.

  • @jessicapalmer8242
    @jessicapalmer8242 7 років тому +16

    RIP Andy. Really great guy with an even better tune. Love this song, always brings me to tears

  • @aseerose5684
    @aseerose5684 5 років тому +8

    I love this song. It was my first introduction to Silly Wizard, many many years ago. RIP Andy, and Johnny too.

  • @00Recoil
    @00Recoil Рік тому +6

    This is a surprisingly gentle treatment of this standard. The warmth of the voices is captivating.

    • @Archangelm127
      @Archangelm127 Рік тому +3

      If I'm not mistaken, this is the original.

    • @00Recoil
      @00Recoil Рік тому +2

      @@Archangelm127 Thank you. This is lovely.

  • @EssSixxt8
    @EssSixxt8 6 років тому +10

    Love it,I was an original member of 1RCHA pipes and drums way back in the 80's,and we'd finish many an informal session not on the pipes,but by singing this.

  • @mooselodgerebecca
    @mooselodgerebecca 4 роки тому +6

    This day is the first I've heard this song. I'm in LOVE. My favorite.

  • @fionawynn1674
    @fionawynn1674 6 років тому +4

    Jesus at least I tried - a great motto! RIP Andy a great singer

  • @appalachiamamaws
    @appalachiamamaws 6 місяців тому +1

    I give them the respect they deserve!😊

  • @deathbat87
    @deathbat87 6 років тому +12

    I always throw on this song and sit back with a glass of scotch I want to remember better times

  • @motodro1d621
    @motodro1d621 6 років тому +6

    Omg its been 4 years that i had a part of the lyrics stuck in my head and on my facebook. I always thought it was just some rambling someone wrote on a wall in a hostel in Florence that i stayed at to come and find out its a song....all this time it was a song...wow...thanks so much...

  • @MrCritterKiller
    @MrCritterKiller 7 років тому +16

    I'll have this sung at me wake!

  • @joesmith6199
    @joesmith6199 2 роки тому +2

    Silly wizard ws one of the greatest Celtic bands ever. God bless them! or Goddess, as the case may be.

    • @user-td4do3op2d
      @user-td4do3op2d Рік тому +1

      Celtic..? Sound Germanic to me. They’re singing in English, not Gallic.

  • @kristinered-hair7982
    @kristinered-hair7982 9 років тому +12

    Such a free-spirit song, I love it!

  • @SerBarristanSelmy
    @SerBarristanSelmy 2 роки тому +2

    Thank you Andy and the rest of Silly Wizard. Big part of my childhood right here

  • @DanielElwell
    @DanielElwell 8 років тому +6

    One of my favorite Silly Wizard songs!

  • @fionawynn1674
    @fionawynn1674 6 років тому +2

    RIP Andy M Stewart - a man o' action!

  • @lilymuscu9997
    @lilymuscu9997 Рік тому +1

    Rest in peace buddy

  • @lmtt123
    @lmtt123 9 місяців тому +1

    It's interesting that he wrote the Queen of Argyll based on this old classic and people mistakenly think it's an old song

  • @yaboysigma7282
    @yaboysigma7282 2 роки тому

    I miss you dad, what I wouldn’t give for everyone to be around the kitchen table singing this together just one more time!

  • @USSRockStaR
    @USSRockStaR 11 років тому +2

    Just may be my favorite song of all time.

  • @matthewbrowning7884
    @matthewbrowning7884 Рік тому +1

    Beautiful song with a lot of meaning to it

  • @mrknowie
    @mrknowie 11 років тому +8

    One thumb down? Must be one of those sober men.

  • @laurenrichardson2829
    @laurenrichardson2829 5 років тому +2

    Such a great song... the best to spend scottish high games in washington

  • @MrRandy494
    @MrRandy494 9 років тому +7

    This is in my blood.

  • @ripvanwinkle3334
    @ripvanwinkle3334 9 років тому +1

    Love this song

  • @Furiousa96
    @Furiousa96 6 років тому

    such beautiful harmonies

  • @thomjander65
    @thomjander65 11 років тому

    Fantastic!

  • @robertflint2549
    @robertflint2549 2 роки тому

    Outstanding song, excellent version.

  • @konstantineguruli
    @konstantineguruli 6 місяців тому

    Thank you uploading and for the lyrics! Beautiful performance ♥

  • @jimmynyarlathotep6857
    @jimmynyarlathotep6857 5 років тому +4

    31 people feign enjoyment from merciless employment

  • @brandypollock9684
    @brandypollock9684 11 років тому

    I love this song!

  • @CatalinaThePirate
    @CatalinaThePirate 3 роки тому +2

    😃 Oh, I *LOVE* this - the best of all the recordings. You can hear the joy and affection he has for the song. Magical! 💕 *MAGICAL!* 💐
    Thank you for posting. 😌 May we *all* have a merry, happy, safe and healthy, peaceful and *PROSPEROUS* new year! Blessings! 💕

  • @jamessheehan2161
    @jamessheehan2161 8 років тому +4

    RIP Andy.

  • @thomasbernecky2078
    @thomasbernecky2078 6 років тому

    Thanks for the lyrics to a grrrreat chune...

  • @roadwarrior8560
    @roadwarrior8560 2 роки тому

    Brilliant

  • @maelleffo1574
    @maelleffo1574 4 роки тому +1

    What a beautiful Flag !!!

  • @NotAFanAnymore
    @NotAFanAnymore 2 роки тому

    Legend

  • @davidrivera9743
    @davidrivera9743 7 років тому +2

    Taken back to a faire troupe with this, Almost fifteen years gone since that summer. With this tune.

  • @Wentland4life
    @Wentland4life 5 років тому

    Bad ass!!!!!!

  • @user-rx3hu9mw7r
    @user-rx3hu9mw7r 5 років тому +1

    прекрасно

  • @NotAFanAnymore
    @NotAFanAnymore 2 роки тому

    My jam

  • @NotAFanAnymore
    @NotAFanAnymore 2 роки тому

    This chune. Yeah

  • @sassycassgames3158
    @sassycassgames3158 9 років тому +60

    5 men are men of over 90 who have never yet kissed a girl.

  • @maggoli67
    @maggoli67 8 років тому

    woop!

  • @trawgdoorthebrninatr
    @trawgdoorthebrninatr 11 років тому +4

    probably 3 people who havent been men of action and cant think jesus at least i tried

  • @CasperTheRamKnight
    @CasperTheRamKnight Рік тому

    🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @LstCowboy
    @LstCowboy 8 років тому +27

    8 dislikes - some people just don't get it do they ;-)

    • @danhazing3832
      @danhazing3832 8 років тому +10

      +LstCowboy They probably have galloping bollockitis

    • @LstCowboy
      @LstCowboy 8 років тому +3

      +Dan Hazing precisely ;-)

    • @punchster289
      @punchster289 8 років тому

      Well I mean, never have I seen such an overwhelmingly high majority of likes.

    • @paulsmith5752
      @paulsmith5752 7 років тому +1

      14 people are Wee Frees.

  • @peterderiemer3854
    @peterderiemer3854 4 роки тому +1

    Mindicus where are you? 💖💓💞💞❤️💞💖💓💞❤️💞💖

  • @syntheticsandwich190
    @syntheticsandwich190 3 роки тому +1

    0:30 when farting was no pleasure

  • @carlandnancymetzgar1324
    @carlandnancymetzgar1324 4 роки тому +1

    I miss Andy M. Stewart.

  • @jackfletcher1000
    @jackfletcher1000 4 роки тому

    The Scottish equivalent of Planxty and I mean that in the best possible sense.

  • @42FrostWolf
    @42FrostWolf 11 років тому

    3. 1 sober. What drunk at 20. And one 90 year old who's a tad bit shy.

  • @gyongyverjankov7389
    @gyongyverjankov7389 9 років тому +4

    It is a folk song?

  • @Erin_C1010
    @Erin_C1010 7 місяців тому

    Here because of Lenni and Margot (sigh) anyone else?😢

  • @WilliamMoirSCOT
    @WilliamMoirSCOT 8 років тому

    Its a song.

  • @SamuraiBatgirl
    @SamuraiBatgirl 8 років тому

    Is this from any of their albums, or did they just do this live only?

    • @LstCowboy
      @LstCowboy 8 років тому +2

      Live Wizardry, not sure if it appears on other albums.

    • @SamuraiBatgirl
      @SamuraiBatgirl 8 років тому

      LstCowboy Thanks.

  • @urabampot
    @urabampot 4 роки тому

    44 people disliked.... wow, give yer head a shake....

  • @TheSpazmatic08
    @TheSpazmatic08 9 років тому +2

    Wonderful song. I've been looking for this particular version and had little luck until now.
    One thing, though - your verses are in the wrong order. Nothing other than that. Thanks for uploading!

    • @sassycassgames3158
      @sassycassgames3158 9 років тому +2

      How does the writer of the original song get the order of his own song wrong? Silly Wizard wrote it... or at least was the guy who sung it first...

    • @karinhighfield5619
      @karinhighfield5619 9 років тому +3

      CrackedLogic Productions I'm pretty sure Spaz meant the printed lyrics at the top of the page, lol. ;)

    • @adamschmierer63
      @adamschmierer63 4 роки тому +1

      Jesus, at least he tried! ;)

  • @shehcollins1698
    @shehcollins1698 5 років тому

    Try not to clap along I dare you

  • @freeztimestudio2022
    @freeztimestudio2022 Рік тому

    Титры.... Введите имя здесь)....

  • @jasonmccain9544
    @jasonmccain9544 5 років тому

    Mccalmans did it better

  • @user-kp7gq6ou7u
    @user-kp7gq6ou7u 3 місяці тому

    I love this song and i'm proud to be Scottish! Posted by Michael McCall 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿☺️

  • @4everugly
    @4everugly 10 років тому

    Love this song