Christy Moore - Beeswing (Official Live Video)
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- Опубліковано 11 тра 2021
- Recorded in 2006 at The Point Theatre, Dublin.
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Lyrics
I was 18 when I came to town
They called it the summer of love
Burning babies, burning flags
The hawks against the doves
I took a job at the steaming way
Down on Caltrim St
Fell in love with a laundry girl
That was workin' next to me
Brown hair zig zagged across her face
And a look of half surprise
Like a fox caught in the headlights
There was animal in her eyes
She said to me
"Can't you see I'm not the factory kind?
If you don't take me out of here
I'll surely lose my mind"
She was a rare thing, fine as a bee's wing
So fine, a breath of wind might blow her away
She was a lost child, she was runnin' wild
(She said)
"So long as there's no price on love, I'll stay
You wouldn't want me any other way"
We busked around the market towns
Fruit pickin' down in Kent
We could tinker pots and pans
Or knives, wherever we went
We were campin' down the Gower one time
The work was mighty good
She wouldn't wait for the harvest
I thought we should
I said to her we'll settle down
Get a few acres dug
A fire burning in the hearth
And babies on the rug
She said, "Oh man, you foolish man
That surely sounds like hell
You might be lord of half the world
You'll not own me as well"
She was a rare thing, fine as a bee's wing
So fine, a breath of wind might blow her away
She was a lost child, she was runnin' wild
(She said)
"So long as there's no price on love, I'll stay
You wouldn't want me any other way"
We were drinking more in those days
Our tempers reached a pitch
Like a fool I let her run away
When she took the rambling itch
Last I heard she was living rough
Back on the Derby beat
A bottle of White Horse in her pocket
A Wolfhound at her feet
They say that she got married once
To a man called Romany Brown
Even a gypsy caravan
Was too much like settlin' down
They say her rose has faded
Rough weather and hard booze
Maybe that's the price you pay
For the chains that you refuse
She was a rare thing, fine as a bee's wing
I miss her more than ever, words can say
If I could just taste all of her wildness now
If I could hold her in my arms today
I wouldn't want her any other way
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No matter how many times I listen to Christy sing Beeswing it sounds amazing and tugs at my heart.
It is a rare thing, fine as a beeswing
The brilliant Declan Sinnott is quite extraordinary in the way he enhances everything Christy does, with a minimalist approach, no unnecessary notes and perfect in every way. Listen to him playing behind Christy - the man is a consummate musician.
😂
77th brigade mate, don't like truth or love ❤
Declan is an extremely talented guitarist 🎸🎸🎸🇮🇪
Frankl was declan brother
Beautifully said sir... So right!
One of the most beautiful songs ever written
I’d never heard it before today and it makes me cry
@@sugarski very powerful song
Easily.
Yes, and written by Richard Thompson.
@@sugarskiListen to the original by Richard Thompson, who wrote it.
I cannot understand why 65 people gave this the thumbs down....??? Its Christy Moores version of a great Richard Thompson song... and with Declan Sinnotts amazing guitar playing and backing vocals it is a masterpiece...
Most likely their english “huns” haha…….
Lonely, lonely people disliked this
English
Fuck em all.
You wouldn't want me any other way.
A Boy Christy
You wouldn't want me any other way.. 1 of the best lines I've ever used to build myself up
I read through all the comments and nowhere did I see any mention of the man who wrote the song Richard Thompson - fair play to Christy but let's not forget RT!😃
This man made my life pause for a moment this morning.
Dear Christy Moore this is exceptional and I’ve only just discovered this song today on my mother’s birthday. Thank you for being well just grand!.
Christy, mate so awesome to hear you again.
I’m from Western Australia and used to see an Irish girl fromTrim.
Hitched around Ireland and loved the Country,people,pubs and the music.
Thank you Ireland and Christy for tunes and memories
Gav WA 👍
Check out the Broken Pokers band from Perth area, irish man is one of the duo and the other is Australian
A good trim woman. Your welcome any time
I just got back from ireland after 5 months with family,this was played many time .i all so live near trim,and now in wa last 13 years .good to hear you enjoyed ireland ☘️
Why did you go to Australia ? Your not Irish.
I love how for once, it's the woman who rather than the man is footloose and fancy free, it's the woman who fiercely resists the chains of commitment, of marriage and settling down. Not everyone want's the same things right or wrong and won't let their society/culture dictate to them how to live right or wrong.
It's that wouldn't settle even a jypsy life wouldn't settle her lol 😂
Yeah but the woman in the song ends up homeless and drinking cheap cider on the street. She wouldn't settle down and thus ruined her life.
@@theblackirishofmontserrat6540 Yet that's how she prefered to live her life rather than be tied down to a marriage would be my reply and I'm not trying to be sarcastic in case it may come across that way.
So well put
In the west it’s usually like that but we still love em
I heard this song for the very first time last week... I'm 56. I can't believe I've never heard this until now. This version of Richard Thompson's song is so good too. It's beautiful song.
ME TOO !!
Me three!!
28 before I heard it and even i think I was robbed of a good song lol. God bless yours 🇮🇪💚
What a tune🇮🇪songs with a story, history, social realities, love and honesty, what a man.
Been listening to this song for a couple of years now and after we lost two children in early pregnancy I have got great comfort from it but find myself a very lucky man to have an amazing wife and 3 beautiful children. such a very touching song
Being listening to songs since the loss of Sinead.
This song could have been written for her.
Rest in Peace beautiful beeswing.
Anne Briggs ❤
This particular recording of Christy and Declan is just pure magic. Christie’s phrasing is gorgeous and Declan’s guitar playing sublime. It blows me away that Christy didn’t write this song because it seems so quintessentially him. How lucky we are that they captured this for us to enjoy 🙏🏻
Much as I love Richard Thompson's version of Beeswing, Christy' version is sublime. I must have played it a hundred times but I always come back to Christy's version. It brings me to tears.
Christy moore is brilliant, been listening to him since 1996, an Irish lad introduced me to his music🙂
Ride on Christy, ride on!
Every single day this song is played, Christy is an absolute legend 💪
Christy just makes every song his own. He’s a National Treasure. What an absolute Legend 👏🇮🇪
Christy love you so much
It's not his own. It's Richard Thompson's. Disappointing that he neglected to mention it
@@boogieeck he didn’t need to
@@boogieeckI was thinking the same thing. Give a bit of credit to the writer of this fantastic song. This version is pretty good, but doesn't compare to when Thompson performs it.
When this covid situation fucks off I need to see this man live
If we lived in any other country we could
Best live act. So beautifully simple.
Same definitely. I'll be asking for this one!! Such a lovely song, full of emotion, lament, sadness and regret.
Please see him my friend. Almost spiritual!
Best birthday gift EVER, night of my 40th birthday I went to see him at the Sage in Gateshead. I’d posted on a forum a few weeks before that it was my birthday and that I loved Reel in the flickering light. Halfway through Christy goes “this next song is a gift, where’s Beth?” I was lucky enough to be in the front row so I waved n he went “it’s Beth’s 40th birthday and this is my gift to you” and sang Reel in the flickering light. I cried all the way through at his kindness. The fact he’d bothered to make a note and do something so special blew me away. Still get goosebumps thinking of it. Utter LEGEND
I was 18 when I came to town they called it the Summer of Love
Burning babies, burning flags, the hawks against the dove
I took a job at the Steaming way down on Caltrim Street
And they fell in love with a laundry girl, that was working next to me
Brown hair, zigzagged all round face, a look of half surprise
Like a fox caught in the headlights, there was animal in her eyes
She said to me, "Can't you see I'm not the factory kind?"
And if you don't take me out of here, I'll lose me mind
She was a rare thing, fine as a beeswing
So fine, a breath of wind might blow her away
And she was a lost child, she was running wild
She said, "So long as there's no price on love, I'll stay
You wouldn't want me any other way"
We busked around the market towns, fruit picking down in Kent
We could tinker pots and pans or knives wherever we went
We were campin' down the Gower, but the work was mighty good
She wouldn't wait for the harvest and I thought we should
I said to her, "We'll settle down and get a few acres dug"
With a fire burning in the heart and babies on the rug
She said, "Oh man, you foolish man, that surely sounds like Hell
You might be Lord of half the world, you'll not own me as well"
But she was a rare thing, fine as a beeswing
So fine, a breath of wind might blow her away
And she was a lost child, she was running wild
She said, "So long as there's no price on love, I'll stay
You wouldn't want me any other way"
We were drinking more in those days, our tempers reached a pitch
Like a fool, I let her run away when she took the rambling itch
And the last I heard, she is living rough back on the Derby beach
With a bottle of white horse in her pocket, a wolfhound at her feet
They say that she got married once to a man called Romany Brown
Even a gypsy caravan was too much to settling down
They say her rose has faded, rough weather and hard booze
Maybe that's the price you pay for the chains that you refuse
Oh, she was a rare thing, fine as a beeswing
And I miss her more than ever words can say
If I could just taste all of her wildness now
If I could hold her in my arms today
I wouldn't want her any other way
If I could hold her in my arms today
I wouldn't want her any other way
Love Christy, but Declan Synott,is pure musical magic,in what he brings to the party,
Yes his guitar mastery beautifully compliments Christys singing surely.
His solo at the end makes me shiver every time I listen. Pure class
Enjoying after only now discovering this beautiful music. Love from Wales
Have a loved one ?.... the voyage.
...thank me later
@@davidharkin8554 thank you
Beautiful.
"my wife said oh not Christy Moore, you've seen him tons of time before " .... Sums up how many times I've seen him over the years from the 80s to 2011.
Always brilliant.
Christy doesn’t just sing this song, he brings it to life. With his clear and sharp pronunciation, yet sung gently, almost like a whisper, he cuts these words to sound like his own story. As if he is aware of the fragile wings of a bee and doesn’t want to crush them under the intense nostalgia of the narrator, but cherish them for what they were then by softly laying the words in the listener’s ear. Christy is dedicated to the song, not pleasing the audience but bringing forth his best rendition. Expressive emotions battle with the responsibility of telling a story objectively. Amazing interpretation, very well performed and beautifully accompanied!
Declan sinnott is superb
@@jeanannecrowley5810 It's such a great synergy!
perfect synopsis thank you
ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL X
Maybe the second best rendition. Not a criticism of Moore. Just impossible to match Richard Thompson performing his own song.
Saw Christy in Cork that year - such a beautiful memory! Beautiful!
Touches the soul this, shivers even. Think Richard Thompson wrote it. (?) ..a superb performance from Christy and Declan. Magical
My daughter loves this song 🎵 ❤️
I used to live close to the village of Beeswing in S/W Scotland. This is such a gorgeous song.
Many’s the day I drove through it ,on my way to the ferry.
Near Locharthur?
Its just the way he pronounces words for me, his voice is so crisp
One of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard
technically known as the canines testicals
Ireland's greatest musician and that's saying something.
P s Gilmore
Luke Kelly will always be better, but Christy Moore is an icon I have to agree
@@kaileejohnson101 I should have said that Christy is the greatest living musician. I agree Luke Kelly will never be bettered or forgotten 👍
You're right there. That is saying something.
Fíorghael atá ann. He is a true Irishman.
I often think of the bands and performers who are no longer with us, and it makes me sad when I think about how I’ll never hear them live. Well I feel very lucky and appreciative to have heard these two perform this very song in this exact way. Back in Buncranna many moons ago.
As a Newfoundlander with Irish heritage this song warms my soul everytime i hear beeswing ❤️❤️❤️
So weird, I overheard a Newfoundland chap at an airport in south America a few years back and he had a strange Irish twang to his accent. I'm Irish myself so I had to ask him. It was fascinating to listen to him and to hear that there's was still that trace in the accent. It was completely genuine too as that's the way he was talking before I approached him so he wasn't putting it on for my benefit. :D
@@musashidanmcgrath each part of the island everyone has a different type of twang but you can always hear the Irish amongst the jumble of words , people who live on the southern shore ( BayBulls- Trepassey ) sounds 75% Irish 25% Newfoundlander its pretty cool to live on this island of newfoundland and my Irish history is thick I want say my last but it's on the top 10 of famous Irish lastnames .
@@musashidanmcgrath Accents are crazy, i used to play games online and one of the guys in our team sounded more Scottish than me, so i asked where he was from in Scotland. Turns out it was some small village in the North of Denmark lol. according to him everyone in his village had that accent, he had never met anyone from Scotland before.
The only Irish thing about this song is the singer. Written by the magnificent Richard Thompson an English singer, about Ann Briggs, an English folk singer. I prefer Thompson version as he has better diction and superior singing voice to Christy. Not a popular view but hey.
I wish so much I could find a concert in Ireland I could fly to from America. LOVE his music.
What a national treasure you are Christy! We should do a lot more to acknowledge it.
Just makes me cry 😢, beautiful ❤️❤️❤️
Ever since I heard this song I cant stop coming back to it. There is Truth in these words.
Everyone has their 'rare thing'. The dude just said it out loud.
You should try the original by Richard Thompson (he write it). Thompson's version makes me cry every time I hear it.
I agree mate one of my favourites
Love christy
For those who don’t understand ~ Christy - at the beginnin’ - sayin ar ais aris means ‘back again’.
I reaĺly love the way people comment on this and give Declan his due credit too.
When you realise its the best lesson in life. He had his ideas, she had hers, they weren't suited as young loves. Shes had a rare time and never gave a thought to the price for the chains she refused.
Then settled down with a wolf hound. Id love to meet her
The song is partly inspired by Anne Briggs, an English folksinger of the 1960"s. She now lives in the northern isles of Scotland.
Had the privilege of seeing Christy several times, including at Warwick University twice he was amazing a storyteller of the first order, remember him in Coventry in the late 60s in the Bear High street in his early days, still as good as ever.
Christy Moore is probably the best person I've ever seen in concert, seen him at least 5 times, keep up the good work christy
Years ago i was given uppertunity to enjoy live concert of Mr.Moore in Port Leaoise, such a treat for a sences.Thank you.
Christie Moore and company diserves more recognition.
This man i mean irish legend just heart strings he hit 😊
Love this tune ever since I came to Ireland!
Excellent
I can almost feel my heart breaking when I listen to this song.. I mean LITERALLY breaking.. it's THAT moving.
Brilliant Christy!
I went to the village of Beeswing today in Dumfries and Galloway and I’m from the Gower; lovely synchronicity!
Highest quality by these two great men.
10 years ago this enchanting song was all about Eire… now embroidering bees and butterflies, the song came back to me… 🐣🙃
You may not know the song is by Richard Thompson - an Englishman; Cauldrum Street laundry ("steamie") is in Dundee; the Gower in Wales; Derby is in England. But certainly Christy is a fine singer.
@@davidmatthew4358 Thanks for getting those memories right. Yes, of course. Richard Thompson. All this music was for me unknown until I moved to Ireland and started participating in singers' circles. But I had to leave Ireland and under pressure I lost the music, the link with Ireland and with the enchantment.
Pure emotion in your songs Christy. National treasure!
U couldn't thumb this down christey was some man out there on he's Owen just a 6 string and a mic he will light up the darkest room in the world he is just the best of the best
Christy moore is a gem
A truly remarkable version of of an iconic Richard Thompson penned song, there will never exist a better cover of this, Christy's interpretation and feeling that is put into this is sublime.....
Christy..a national treasure.
A truly beautiful song ❤
Brilliant song have to learn the words for this
Yeah I lose my mind yeah I love you songs Christy Moore
It translate to "back again"
Christy's version the best...lovely gentle flow to it..
its the version i heard first, so its the one for me. I love RT's version of course, but this is the one for me
@@TheIkaraCult hear hear
The acoustic version by Richard Thomson is the best, just listen to the guitar work, but I am just so happy there are two beautiful versions of this wonderful song in my CD collection.
Just beautiful lads .. that’s it … beautiful
Simply sublime storytelling and singing.
Saw him in MA back in the mid-nineties. What a show! Great all 'round!
Beautiful voice....😁
Since the day I first saw you as a singer no one had heard of at Hyde Utd folk club when you first came over the water, your performances have been mesmerising. This one is no exception.
Love you Christy xxx
Thank You listen to You makes life worth living. When memories comes over me I listen to You. It makes me happy. Keep on play and make the World a
little more worth living in. Stay put and ride on!
Wasn't familiar with this song until tonight at INEC Killarney ... lovely! ❤
Love this song ❤ love christy Moore brilliant ❤ beeswing beautiful ❤👋👋👋👋
Amazing singer
Beautiful chanters
Lovely. Check out Richard Thomson. He wrote this masterpiece.
DECLAN IS A PRINCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As a gen z irish person,my mum introduced me to this song and i think its just so extremley beautiful,and an amazing portayal of how love may fall apart but it will always be with you 💓
Gen z are so lame. Sorry
Best thing I've ever heard. Absolutely the most amazing folk song ever penned.
Penned by Richard Thompson.
What a tune! Gonna play it at my next gig 😊
Link us up
Top class man I seen him in the landsdown pub in the bronx in the early 90 s
I seen everything. You done me wrong but I’ll never forget you. I love u with all my heart. Til we meet again squish x
Are you kidding me?.this must be a joke?….if you “loved” her you would leave her alone and stop leaving comments and shit for her to come across
Extraordinary. Thanks so much.
I'm not Irish but what a song
Thank you Richard Thompson and let us not forget Anne Briggs and of course that old tramp Ted and his dreams that were Richard’s inspiration.
Proper music playin
2:27 Ireland v England
😂😂
he's and absolutely brilliant artist
Of course this is a song written by the Brillant Richard Thompson.
Great song 🎉🎉
Tune 🍀
a beautiful song a great line "you woulnt want ma any other way "
Me and my Dad watched Christy in Bundoran last year, the most unbelievable voice I have ever heard. The emotion he puts into every single one of his words really makes the song come alive. My first memory of Ireland was being at Bunratty castle in County Clare, and watching the Rugby World Cup Ireland Vs England in dirty nellies I see to remember with my head being dunked in Guinness . Fortunately the Irish won. Despite being born and raised in England I have always had a strong love and connection for Ireland. As well as Dad being a jockey he loved being around the Irish. I have got my Mum to thank for introducing us all to Christy and since I have listened to him most days since a young age until the age I am now, 24!!! And as I have grown older and older I have understood what a bunch of ***** the English have been. Apologies for the life story but I just wanted to say my bit as I have all the love for Ireland but I understand this is not reciprocated for reasons I understand. Big love to all you Irish. You have big hearts and are loyal to the cause. Apologies for the essay!!
Music brings us together, politics divide us.
It is great to enjoy travelling through each other's country and enjoy the company and culture of each other. I am Irish and have enjoyed living in England and the people there, the countryside, the old villages and pubs and the music, especially the folk music - great artists like Martin Carty, Ralf McTell, Kate Rusby and Sandy Denny etc. It's good we can all value and respect others and their culture and be enriched by it all. It enhances all our lives.
Lovely job
A perfect performance ❤❤❤
my favorite song in the world xoxo christy moore loves you baby girl
Magical
The words to this are class
My favourite version
eternal gratitude must be expressed...go raibh mile mile maith agat Christy.....the minute your voice is heard...it equates to a smile
Heard this for the first time a few weeks ago and can't get the tune out of my head, Love it
You need to check Richard Thompson's original then!
Derry couple of years back ...crowded bar . Guy sings this , my mate says to this young girl standing next to us , this is his ( my ) favourite song...and it is ..we should dance says she ..we did .
My brother and I love this ❤
Thanks Christy lovely greetings from West Cork,
Christy is a buetiful man, last off and dieing bread, our world/ country are full week plp/ soft touches???? Comment won't be understood 🙌good luck kids