We want to break free! Touching moment a nine-year-old boy and his grandfather sing along to Queen on a video call as they are kept apart during lock-down
- Footage of a nine-year-old singing with his grandfather has gone viral on Twitter
- Caroline Gallagher from Dublin, filmed James, nine, and Paul Browne, 73
- Viewers admitted that the footage touched them as they watched from isolation
- Coronavirus symptoms: what are they and should you see a doctor?
A school boy who teamed up with his grandfather for a cover of Queen’s ‘I Want To Break Free’ has gone viral on Twitter, as the ongoing coronavirus pandemic keeps families away from their elderly relatives.
Caroline Gallagher from Dublin, filmed her son James Gallagher, nine, playing the guitar as her father Paul Browne, 73, sang along using video call on Saturday.
She posted the footage on Twitter where many quickly gushed that the duo had brought a smile to their face.
Footage of James Gallagher, nine and his grandfather Paul Browne, 73, performing Queen’s I Want To Break Free has gone viral on Twitter. Pictured: James and Paul covering the hit song
James’s mother Caroline posted the duet on Twitter, alongside the hashtags #SocialDistancing #Virtualjam #Queen
Posting the video Caroline wrote: ‘Grandson and Grandad want to break free in Dublin #SocialDistancing #VirtualJam #Queen’.
Fans of the British rock band thanked Caroline for sharing footage of the power ballad.
‘So beautiful! What a wonderful young fellow! God bless them both!,’ wrote one.
Another said: ‘Awesome sweetheart! Keep going, you’re going to be a star someday!’
A third commented: ‘Adorable. Thank you! It put a smile on my face’.
James and Paul’s cover of the Queen power ballad has been viewed more than 35,000 times
A stream of responses to the footage have thanked Caroline for sharing as they reveal it made them smile
The footage has racked up over 35,000 views, despite Caroline having just 53 followers on the social media platform.
Last night in his historic address to the nation, Boris Johnson ordered the public to stay at home unless travelling to work was ‘absolutely necessary’.
It was wrapped into an emergency package of draconian measures to keep people indoors to stem the tide of coronavirus infection, which threatens to overwhelm the NHS.
One person told Caroline the clip is the best thing they’ve seen all week, amid ongoing social distancing due to the coronavirus