Rhodesian African Rifles Song - "Sweet Banana"

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    The Rhodesian African Rifles (RAR) were a regiment of the Rhodesian Army. The ranks of the RAR were recruited from the black African population, although officers were generally from the white population. The regiment was formed in May 1940 in the British colony of Southern Rhodesia.
    The RAR were officially declared the successor to the Rhodesia Native Regiment (RNR) which had existed in World War I from 1916 to 1918, and was granted the RNR's battle honours earned fighting in the East African Campaign.
    The RAR were the second-oldest regiment of the Rhodesian Army, after the Rhodesia Regiment which was raised in 1899.
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  • @DeroVolkTV
    @DeroVolkTV  4 года назад +22

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    • @operatorgoose4306
      @operatorgoose4306 3 года назад

      I would like to use this song for a documentary in Italian... no has copyright?

    • @xzavierjacoby721
      @xzavierjacoby721 3 года назад

      i realize I'm quite off topic but do anyone know of a good site to stream newly released tv shows online?

  • @larrapappu3064
    @larrapappu3064 3 года назад +204

    The price of sweet banana in USA is 20dollar
    The price of sweet banana in india is 10 rupee
    The price of sweet banana in Germany is 1 euro
    The price of sweet banana in Rodesia is FREE

    • @REBEL368KSW
      @REBEL368KSW 3 года назад +82

      The price of a Sweet Banana in Zimbabwe is $2,750,000

    • @janlolwitz951
      @janlolwitz951 2 года назад +5

      Priceless

    • @Mr_Fancypants
      @Mr_Fancypants 2 года назад +7

      @@REBEL368KSW what if it is not sweet

    • @REBEL368KSW
      @REBEL368KSW 2 года назад +16

      @@Mr_Fancypants Then you can probably get it for about $2,675,000

    • @thesmithersy
      @thesmithersy Год назад +1

      @@REBEL368KSW Cheers to Mugabe and the other ZANU-PF fools for the drastic increase in price!

  • @jacobsarvathayaparan2337
    @jacobsarvathayaparan2337 5 лет назад +319

    LOL Military marching songs about mundane things is one of my new favourite things this is right up there with that Napoleonic marching song where they talk about how much they love onion rings and how they won't let the Austrians have any.

    • @danielvieira3471
      @danielvieira3471 5 лет назад +7

      That real?

    • @jacobsarvathayaparan2337
      @jacobsarvathayaparan2337 5 лет назад +35

      @@danielvieira3471 LOL Yup, look up "Chant de l'oignon"

    • @notcool2594
      @notcool2594 4 года назад +9

      Jacob Sarvathayaparan
      Wtf it actually exists. Have a like

    • @ELing-ib1ki
      @ELing-ib1ki 3 года назад +13

      and the Yugoslavian one where they sing about wanting to marry their machine gun

    • @krovianclass8772
      @krovianclass8772 2 года назад +3

      one of the CSA's songs is singing about a wife named julie and an entire verse is dedicated to a grasshopper getting eaten by a chicken "Rock the cradle, Julie"

  • @majonas3292
    @majonas3292 5 лет назад +191

    Mugabe isn’t getting a sweet banana anytime soon

    • @SoupSlayer94
      @SoupSlayer94 4 года назад +30

      He's getting the devils banana

    • @TheRealRusDaddy
      @TheRealRusDaddy 4 года назад +16

      Campbell Partridge and it sure as hell aint sweet

    • @laserdottv5872
      @laserdottv5872 4 года назад +7

      @@TheRealRusDaddy Play stupid games, get stupid prizes.

    • @yoda8172
      @yoda8172 3 года назад +2

      He already got a sweet banana by winning the war

    • @Re-2005
      @Re-2005 2 года назад +3

      He'll be getting those green ones

  • @Sealimperialpictures
    @Sealimperialpictures 5 лет назад +548

    Germany: Sing about weapons
    Soviet Union: Sing about the revolution
    United States: Sing about freedom
    Rhodesia: I W I L L B U Y Y O U A S W E E T B A N A N A

    • @alpaka7672
      @alpaka7672 5 лет назад +38

      I literally thought sweet banana would be a synonym for something. So I researched it and no its literally about a sweet banana. It seems to be usual in this culture to buy your loved one a sweet banana

    • @alpaka7672
      @alpaka7672 5 лет назад +5

      @Adler Yup and I love it

    • @valentinius62
      @valentinius62 4 года назад +15

      LOL. To be fair, the Germans also sang about Lili Marlene and Erika.

    • @indieschutzstaffel1945
      @indieschutzstaffel1945 4 года назад +13

      I like Rhodesian i hate Mungabe😈😈😠

    • @TheRealRusDaddy
      @TheRealRusDaddy 4 года назад +17

      Imperial germans sailors have a song about getting rejected by Polynesian chicks in Honolulu

  • @bill4all782
    @bill4all782 4 года назад +186

    The RAR was largely our black brothers singing here, they too believed in Rhodesia.

    • @glendodds3824
      @glendodds3824 4 года назад +33

      No disrespect intended, but as a Rhodesian born and bred I didn't view any of the blacks as my brothers. Nevertheless, there were many fine black troops in the RAR etc.

    • @hellsing507
      @hellsing507 3 года назад +85

      @@glendodds3824 When men fight and die alongside you, when they sacrifice their lives against Marxism, it matters not the color of their skin only the intentions in their heart,

    • @choppergunner8650
      @choppergunner8650 3 года назад +22

      @@hellsing507 ZANLA and ZIPRA were cowards, going on a genocide spree against the blacks who didn't buy their communist narrative.

    • @terrynaude284
      @terrynaude284 3 года назад +46

      @@hellsing507 actually I fought alongside with the RAR and yeah, we were brothers.

    • @bielik_2
      @bielik_2 3 года назад +14

      @@glendodds3824 what do you mean? If I was born in Rhodesia I'd have as many natives as brothers as much as I could.

  • @DeroVolkTV
    @DeroVolkTV  5 лет назад +210

    Yo, this song is pure 🔥🔥🔥...

    • @nirad8026
      @nirad8026 5 лет назад +5

      Wholesome

    • @juancarlosdegoya2757
      @juancarlosdegoya2757 5 лет назад +8

      For a minute I thought it was a parody of Rule britannia like Sweet Banana! Banana rules the waves?

    • @youngminkwon616
      @youngminkwon616 5 лет назад +3

      Juan Carlos De Goya LMFAO

    • @animeneweablet
      @animeneweablet 5 лет назад +6

      Buy me a Sweet Banana, then, in the Philippines, I will Banana Q it.

    • @wdavis6814
      @wdavis6814 5 лет назад +1

      More Rhodesia, boss

  • @MrAmazingJuice
    @MrAmazingJuice 4 года назад +91

    her: what music do you like?
    me: it's complicated

  • @Sideonedummy2
    @Sideonedummy2 5 лет назад +89

    Cheers guys, mugabe is gone! I will buy you all a sweet banana!

    • @2394Joseph
      @2394Joseph 3 года назад +8

      @Katherine Sparkes Many citizens of Zimbabwe can afford to pay a trillion dollars for a banana, and some days that's cheap.

    • @CantoniaCustoms
      @CantoniaCustoms 2 года назад +8

      Good news, mugabe is gone
      Bad News, Ian Smith is still nowhere to be seen.

  • @motorcop505
    @motorcop505 2 года назад +30

    History of the RAR Regimental March:
    Though it is not known who created "Sweet Banana", it is known it was created around 1942 during the Second World War. It reportedly came about after Rhodesian African Rifles soldiers were escorting Italian prisoners of war off a boat in Durban, Natal Province, Union of South Africa. Due to the large amount of bananas being sold there, the soldiers stopped to buy some and composed a march about it. Upon the end of the war, the RAR were located in Egypt and when they were told their Commanding Officer was returning via the Suez Canal, the soldiers lined the banks to salute him and sang him in to "Sweet Banana". At the 1946 Victory Parade in London, the RAR represented Southern Rhodesia and the band played "Sweet Banana" as they approached the parade dais.
    Traditionally when it was performed, the soldiers would sing as they marched. When the RAR was disbanded in 1981 following the establishment of Zimbabwe, "Sweet Banana" was performed for the last time as they marched through the streets of Bulawayo towards the ceremony where their colours were laid up. They had originally marched in silence and only performed it in response to hearing a young boy ask his father why the soldiers were not singing.
    Be sure to check out John Edmonds’ version. He made covers of many of the Rhodesian Regimental Marches in tribute to them.

  • @islamicschoolofmemestudies
    @islamicschoolofmemestudies 3 года назад +50

    Communism : 👎
    Banana :👍

  • @kingfoxclaw8698
    @kingfoxclaw8698 4 года назад +48

    The one dislike is Mugabe before he died

  • @kailasb2086
    @kailasb2086 5 лет назад +56

    Clearly ZANLA is firmly against bananas

  • @Mujangga
    @Mujangga 5 лет назад +33

    Bananas did nothing wrong!

  • @DerekSlater-ut5ps
    @DerekSlater-ut5ps Год назад +7

    Oh Rhodesia! I weep for my lost Country and all the wonderful contradictions such as the RAR that made it so wonderful. 5:38

    • @valentinius62
      @valentinius62 8 месяцев назад

      Now the same types are trying to do to Europe, Canada, US, Australia and New Zealand what they did to Rhodesia and South Africa. The masses are so effing dumb.

  • @supersonictv8916
    @supersonictv8916 5 лет назад +46

    Zero dislikes from Mugabe's fanboys. Perfect.

  • @theherbman2101
    @theherbman2101 4 года назад +43

    Some of the finest warriors a nation could have

  • @xp_studios7804
    @xp_studios7804 4 года назад +25

    Ironically the President of Zimbabwe Rhodesia was named Canan Banana

    • @newy2242
      @newy2242 3 года назад +5

      His Name was the Reverand Cane and sunrise Bannana He came from Plumtree and i knew him when i was a child

  • @j.d.peppmeier9041
    @j.d.peppmeier9041 3 года назад +23

    We salute the RAR and the RLI !!

  • @Doofdoof0
    @Doofdoof0 2 года назад +7

    Essentially the African version of "la chanson de l'oignon"

  • @tthkkkkk
    @tthkkkkk 4 года назад +24

    Defending federation and Rhodesia!

  • @gabrielcortes5638
    @gabrielcortes5638 4 года назад +25

    GO RHODESIA!!!!! GREETINDS FROM BUENOS AIRES!!!!!

  • @rhauwgeycoorney55
    @rhauwgeycoorney55 4 года назад +29

    The song is about the bravery of the RAR and its wins in the overseas battles it was involved and it would defeat and defend Rhodesia

  • @samy7013
    @samy7013 2 года назад +12

    Easily the best Rhodesian march, bar none!

  • @wdavis6814
    @wdavis6814 5 лет назад +27

    This and "Die Grenzerkompanie" are the biggest bops in town imo

  • @johntr.9657
    @johntr.9657 5 лет назад +21

    *BANANAHEID*

  • @ColonelHax
    @ColonelHax Год назад +6

    Banana > Politics

  • @daman1999
    @daman1999 3 года назад +13

    #FreeRhodesia
    #EndSovietOccupation

  • @goodpc3538
    @goodpc3538 3 года назад +73

    show this to people who call Rhodesia "racist"

    • @Coltycolt88
      @Coltycolt88 3 года назад +6

      @@locobacano9462 and ?

    • @yanmew
      @yanmew 3 года назад +15

      @@locobacano9462 you're racist by saying that they should be officers just because they are black

    • @juhomalmi
      @juhomalmi 3 года назад

      @@yanmew Thats not what he was saying though. He meant that for most of the bush war and all of the unit's prior history, the rar was not allowed to have black officers.

    • @Re-2005
      @Re-2005 2 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/-SqmYYNH6rA/видео.html here one of the early Black Officers graduates

    • @dastealthoperator4138
      @dastealthoperator4138 2 года назад +10

      I mean its not like Rhodesia was not racist, it certainly was. But the government recognized the need for manpower as white Rhodesians began to emigrate out of the country. RLI, Rhodesia Regiment were segregated and Rhodesia was under an apartheid government anyways.
      I think Rhodesia if it had not fallen, it would have followed the South African example of their own fall of apartheid. How well the country would have done after that who knows.

  • @randomradek5284
    @randomradek5284 5 лет назад +51

    I miss the country.

    • @pepsi-cola2791
      @pepsi-cola2791 3 года назад +5

      ok dixiecrat

    • @goulven05
      @goulven05 3 года назад +2

      @@pepsi-cola2791 Ok Unionist

    • @newy2242
      @newy2242 3 года назад +6

      Rhosdesian never die , i miss it also

    • @juhomalmi
      @juhomalmi 3 года назад +5

      @@pepsi-cola2791 bro this has fuck all to do with the USA

    • @heccno
      @heccno 2 года назад +3

      @@juhomalmi probably the csa coat of arms pfp

  • @galactic2728
    @galactic2728 Год назад +2

    English-only version of the lyrics:
    A, B, C, D, E! Headquarters
    I will buy you a Sweet Banana!
    A, B, C, D, E! Headquarters
    I will buy you a Sweet Banana!
    Banana! Banana! Banana!
    I will buy you a Sweet Banana!
    Banana! Banana! Banana!
    I will buy you a Sweet Banana!
    Banana! Banana! Banana!
    Bravery and courage,
    That's the RAR-O
    War and peace we fought,
    I will buy you a Sweet Banana!
    Burma, Egypt and Malaya!
    It was there that we fought and won!
    Defending Federation and Rhodesia!
    It was there that we fought and won!
    War! War! War!
    Fighting and winning!
    War! War! War!
    Fighting and winning!
    Shield spear and knobkerrie,
    Soldiers in war and peace!
    Shield spear and knobkerrie,
    I will buy you a Sweet Banana!
    One! Two! Depot RAR-O!
    I will finish all the wars!
    One! Two! Depot RAR-O!
    I will finish all the wars!
    Banana! Banana! Banana!
    I will buy you a Sweet Banana!
    Banana! Banana! Banana!
    I will buy you a Sweet Banana!
    Bravery and courage,
    That's the RAR-O
    War and peace we fought,
    I will buy you a Sweet Banana!
    A, B, C, D! Support the Headquarters!
    I will buy you a Sweet Banana!
    A, B, C, D! Support the Headquarters!
    I will buy you a Sweet Banana!
    Banana! Banana! Banana!
    I will buy you a Sweet Banana!
    Banana! Banana! Banana!
    I will buy you a Sweet Banana!
    Bravery and courage,
    That's the RAR-O
    War and peace we fought,
    I will buy you a Sweet Banana!

  • @capa006
    @capa006 2 года назад +5

    A French mercenary born to late.
    Respect and hope for the remaining.

  • @monkofdarktimes
    @monkofdarktimes 5 лет назад +10

    Sweet banana for everyone here

  • @stjanscrabeck7423
    @stjanscrabeck7423 5 лет назад +13

    These are some pretty cool bananas!

  • @animeneweablet
    @animeneweablet 5 лет назад +15

    Ah yes! My favorite military song!

  • @nirad8026
    @nirad8026 5 лет назад +14

    Sit fucking Nomine Digna ❤

  • @modables
    @modables 3 года назад +3

    "Children's music" yeah ok RUclips

  • @absbrah38
    @absbrah38 5 лет назад +30

    Nobody:
    Not a single soul:
    Rhodesia: *SWEET BANANA*

  • @creakychair9387
    @creakychair9387 5 лет назад +10

    RUclips is definitely gonna hit this one my friend.

  • @tryomama
    @tryomama 5 лет назад +28

    For any Malaysians who found out that we were kind of mentioned. Here's the repeat button. 2:22

  • @Wilson2005WAW
    @Wilson2005WAW 4 года назад +8

    Thank God, I found this song in Spotify, by John Edmond.

  • @max__pain
    @max__pain 5 лет назад +10

    Canaan Banana

  • @animeneweablet
    @animeneweablet 3 года назад +7

    This song is my workout marching song.

  • @freemenownrifles8814
    @freemenownrifles8814 5 лет назад +8

    Once a column.... came a marching.....

  • @rolandhynd4908
    @rolandhynd4908 2 месяца назад

    Haven't heard that since 1976 at the last parade I attended before leaving Rhodesia, brought tears to my eyes. Will have to dig out all the recordings of african music my father made in the 1960's!

  • @kenifyeung9364
    @kenifyeung9364 4 года назад +4

    A very Sweet Banana.

  • @ArsenalBall76
    @ArsenalBall76 Год назад +1

    It's like the Rhodesian version of Song of the onion

  • @milliewood3817
    @milliewood3817 Год назад +1

    wonderful Rhodesia

  • @canbera1201
    @canbera1201 4 года назад +2

    Check out john edmonds version😁

  • @goransevic6545
    @goransevic6545 4 года назад +4

    Respekt to RAR

  • @ihateslovakians
    @ihateslovakians 2 года назад +1

    b a n a n a

  • @saxophonist874
    @saxophonist874 2 года назад

    This is Good....were can I find this song sheet music PDF.... Please any information about it

  • @pparisps5141
    @pparisps5141 3 года назад +1

    Yiga clan members be like

  • @ATIMELINEOFAVIATION
    @ATIMELINEOFAVIATION 7 месяцев назад +1

    Canaan Banana moment

  • @ghandithesupremeleader9740
    @ghandithesupremeleader9740 4 года назад +2

    🍌🍌🍌

  • @platbear9103
    @platbear9103 5 лет назад +1

    Thanks for reuploading!

  • @_ZimZam
    @_ZimZam 3 года назад +1

    Awesome

  • @goldenvrpca7962
    @goldenvrpca7962 3 года назад +4

    White folks, read Harold Covington. It's the only advice I can give in this dark times.

  • @thegoofyy
    @thegoofyy Год назад

    W song

  • @carnivore_caveman
    @carnivore_caveman 3 года назад

    Ba na na

  • @PaoloCavestro-ey9bb
    @PaoloCavestro-ey9bb Месяц назад

    Zimbabwe belongs to Black Zimbabweans not to White Anglosaxons.

  • @ชลกรณ์อินทร์สุวรรณ

    Rhodonesia (1938-1962)