Sally Brown – Planxty 1980 Abbey Tavern
Christy springs this request for an old Sweeney’s “Sea Shanty” on Andy which results in everyone cracking up!
The banter at the start of this video is an edited version of the original 1980 recording, where after Christy asks “Do you remember how it goes”, Andy goes on at some length to explain how this song was a “Sea Shanty” and that sailors would sing this in unison whilst “Pulling on their Capstans”!!!!!
Donal & Christy found this hilarious and they were obviously in no fit state to continue to play, so to quieten things down, Andy went on to describe how he actually played in The Abbey Tavern, with Sweeney’s Men, and in the middle of a long ballad, Johnny Moynihan leaned over to him and whispered, “Andy, do you know there’s not a single person in the room listening to you”.
He then said that he was “delighted that Sweeney’s Men were popular today (1980) as nobody was interested back in the 60’s.”
After this long introduction, Christy fired back with “OK, Andy, off you go!”, resulting in them all cracking up again!
Duration : 0:3:1
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I really like THIS …
I really like THIS version of the song, BECAUSE they crack up laughing, making me laugh along each time I watch! A lot of fun to listen to and watch them bent over laughin!!
bilko, one of my …
bilko, one of my favorites of your’s
Heh! We learnt this …
Heh! We learnt this song during a weekend on TS Foudroyant in 1968!!
@holyhackjackson8 …
@holyhackjackson8 I’m pretty sure they didn’t sadly:(
great number, but …
great number, but check out Sweeny’s Men performing this – the original performance.
did they do this on …
did they do this on any albums?
Great post! …
Great post! Thoroughly enjoyed this! Many thanks!
You gotta love …
You gotta love Christy’s laugh… Great, great video… Wonderful band..
“… sally brown.”
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“… sally brown.”
- “WHAT???”
XD
Could someone …
Could someone please add the lyrics, I haven’t found them anywhere, thanks.
They haven’t even …
They haven’t even rehearsed this song? O.o
OOOHHHH!!! SEA …
OOOHHHH!!! SEA WHORES!!!!
Bless these lads …
Bless these lads and all the families and friends they ever had!
Fantastic !!!!!
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Fantastic !!!!!
Brilliant musicians having fun, doesn’t get any better than that !!!!
Brilliant. Love …
Brilliant. Love this song and the band.
-jcr
it’s amazing, how …
it’s amazing, how people can pull critical things out of really good stuff. hey, go and become a professional critic… bum!
Top!!
Top!!
Thought it was …
Thought it was pretty obvious
Feck! Is that what …
Feck! Is that what it was? Laughing? – I didn’t notice that – Thanks for pointing that out, I’ll know for again – you can’t expect perfect harmonies and a good chuckle at the same time, you learn something new every day!!
I don’t see what …
I don’t see what you are referring to. I hope you did see they were laughing at the start…?
The harmonies were …
The harmonies were a bit f*cked at the start…Liam Og just wants to f*ckin die in the middle there!!!
That’s the dog’s …
That’s the dog’s bollix!!!
excellent posting …
excellent posting bilko
wat a fantastic …
wat a fantastic tune its a funny one too
the face on Lunny …
the face on Lunny is priceless.. hehehe