Imagine taking a walk in the woods or in a park and these four lads just happen to cross your path, singing away the worries in the world. One can dream.
We once took the transit train from north Atlanta to the airport, at the end of the like. Somewhere along the way, a large group of black women boarded, filling the train. There was a gospel convention in town, and they all started singing. I am neither religious of a fan of gospel, but it was great! Nothing like live music! And of course, against the rules. A few stops later, security came aboard and made them stop. What a jerk!
A buck or doe, believe it so A pheasant or a hare Were set on earth for everyone Quite equally to share So poacher bold as I unfold Keep up your gallant heart And think about those poachers bold That night in Rufford Park They say that forty gallant poachers They were in distress They'd often been attacked when Their number, it was less So poacher bold as I unfold Keep up your gallant heart And think about those poachers bold That night in Rufford Park Among the gorse to settle scores Those forty gathered stones To make a fight for poor men's rights And break the keepers bones So poacher bold as I unfold Keep up your gallant heart And think about those poachers bold That night in Rufford Park The keepers went with flails against The poachers and their cause So no man there again would dare Defy the rich man's laws So poacher bold as I unfold Keep up your gallant heart And think about those poachers bold That night in Rufford Park Upon the ground with mortal wound Head keeper Roberts lay He never will rise up until The final judgment day So poacher bold as I unfold Keep up your gallant heart And think about those poachers bold That night in Rufford Park Of all that band who made a stand To set a net or snare The four men brought before the court Were tried for murder there So poacher bold as I unfold Keep up your gallant heart And think about those poachers bold That night in Rufford Park The Judge he said, "For Robert's death Transported you must be To serve a term of forty years In convict slavery" So poacher bold as I unfold Keep up your gallant heart And think about those poachers bold That night in Rufford Park So poacher bold, your tale is told Keep up your gallant heart And think about those poachers bold That night in Rufford Park A buck or doe, believe it so A pheasant or a hare Were set on earth for everyone Quite equally to share
And now, the lyrics for JD: *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA* (great song lads!)
😲 Wow… just, wow. That’s… amazing. I didn’t know (but maybe should’ve guessed) this song has a legitimate historical basis. It’s been very deeply moving to me before knowing this, but now even more so because of you sharing this. Thank you.
it's not even the length that impresses me but that he just holds it absolutely perfectly, pitch, volume, it's just baffling. JD's bass is just fucking amazing!
No matter what I'm doing, no mater how many times I've listened to this song. I keep coming back, this is such an amazing arrangement and it always makes me super happy to hear it.
TL/DR - We don't actually know who wrote it, Grainger was just the first to record it. It's based on true events and was passed down through word of mouth and singing. Grainger didn't actually write this one, although I really do like his arrangements of folk tunes like this. He was the first to record it however, when he heard it sung by a man called Joseph Taylor in 1908. Before then folk songs like this were passed on through their singing and often changed quite a bit depending on who you learned it from. Even today you can hear a few different versions of Rufford Park Poachers. The coolest thing for me though is that this whole song is based on true events. There is a country house in Nottinghamshire called Rufford Abbey. It's set in 150 acres of parkland - Rufford Park. In 1851, around 40 poachers trespassed in the park, protesting at the landowner monopolising the hunting rights there. They really did get into a brawl with a smaller number of game-keepers and fractured the skull of one of them who died a few days later. He really was called Roberts although we don't know if he actually was head keeper. Four of the poacher ringleaders were convicted of manslaughter and transported, although they were only sentenced to 14 years (not 40). They actually got lucky as if they were found guilty of murder, they would have been sentenced to death and hung. Poaching is a weird one historically. The rights to hunt on the land were (and still are) granted by the landowners, who in the case of Rufford Park had been granted the land by King Henry VII back in the 16th century. However, they often kept the right for themselves or limited the numbers to ensure that there was plenty of game they could hunt for sport. Those who poached were almost always doing so to put enough food on the table to stop their families starving; either keeping the meat themselves or selling it on. There is a sort of counter-culture in the UK around poaching as a way of life, so British folk songs about poachers being convicted of manslaughter or murder are pretty common. I suppose they are part memorial, part protest, and part warning to those who would poach. All passed down through generations in song.
That's me when my choir teacher says I can go low for a song, she makes me sing in a higher register a lot so when I'm allowed to, I milk it for all it's worth
Ahh, I fell in love with this song from seeing Coope, Boyes and Simpson perform this. Glad some younger folks are picking up where the old guys left off.
@@Jennifer_Devote They responded to another comment asking a similar question, they did indeed sing it in double the normal tempo and then slow down the footage, honestly amazing how well it all synced up!
I know nothing about you guys and only happen to come across this song because someone donated to a Mediashare stream I was watching with this song.. I love this song already
Terrific stuff. Came to it via Grainger's 'Lincolnshire Posy'. PS--the sentence was fourteen, not "forty" years. I wonder if they were transported to Van Dieman's Land (Tasmania) or Swan River (Western Australia) ? Perhaps somebody may care to answer.
Please put this song on your Spotify channel I adore it and it totally deserves to be in the cures what ails ya playlist. I dread not being able to listen to it while my phone is off.
Was this modelled on the Coope, Boyes & Simpson version? I love it, but hope you'll release a slower version some day. Gives it more drama and gives more room for the lyrics to settle in.
"And here we spot the Johns in their natural habitat, Andy, Robbie and Dave singing. The rare JDSquatch going "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"
As JD says, " AAAAAAAAAAA. RUFFORD PAAAAAARRRRRKKKK. AAAAAA"
When you forget the lyrics...
🤣🤣🤣 Oh man.... I've been absolutely losing it at all of the comments talking about JD's long bass note. TLJ's fans have the best senses of humor!
Imagine you're singing through the forest with the boys and some random dude is like: *UHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH* behind you
after you're finished he resumes: "uhh, mate, you lost your wallet, didn't wanna interrupt; here you go"
I still don't know how JD was able to hold that note for that long... Phew! That was impressive!
*3 men singing pleasantly*
*4th man joins* : ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
AHHHHHHHHHHH
“Everyone know what song we’re singing?”
JD: *“Uuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh”*
:D
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Imagine taking a walk in the woods or in a park and these four lads just happen to cross your path, singing away the worries in the world.
One can dream.
Kaido Vesternin These guys are like a random encounter in RDR
I'd fucking join them instantly, at this point I know about half their songs by heart and yt didn't show them to me until a month ago 😂
I'd join them with a liter of rum in my hand
I can join in with the ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
We once took the transit train from north Atlanta to the airport, at the end of the like. Somewhere along the way, a large group of black women boarded, filling the train. There was a gospel convention in town, and they all started singing. I am neither religious of a fan of gospel, but it was great! Nothing like live music!
And of course, against the rules. A few stops later, security came aboard and made them stop. What a jerk!
When JD's enter it's like my last braincell on exam
"Hey where's JD?"
[INCEPTION BWAAAAAAAAAAARM]
"Ah, there we go"
another gorgeous video well done :D
A buck or doe, believe it so
A pheasant or a hare
Were set on earth for everyone
Quite equally to share
So poacher bold as I unfold
Keep up your gallant heart
And think about those poachers bold
That night in Rufford Park
They say that forty gallant poachers
They were in distress
They'd often been attacked when
Their number, it was less
So poacher bold as I unfold
Keep up your gallant heart
And think about those poachers bold
That night in Rufford Park
Among the gorse to settle scores
Those forty gathered stones
To make a fight for poor men's rights
And break the keepers bones
So poacher bold as I unfold
Keep up your gallant heart
And think about those poachers bold
That night in Rufford Park
The keepers went with flails against
The poachers and their cause
So no man there again would dare
Defy the rich man's laws
So poacher bold as I unfold
Keep up your gallant heart
And think about those poachers bold
That night in Rufford Park
Upon the ground with mortal wound
Head keeper Roberts lay
He never will rise up until
The final judgment day
So poacher bold as I unfold
Keep up your gallant heart
And think about those poachers bold
That night in Rufford Park
Of all that band who made a stand
To set a net or snare
The four men brought before the court
Were tried for murder there
So poacher bold as I unfold
Keep up your gallant heart
And think about those poachers bold
That night in Rufford Park
The Judge he said, "For Robert's death
Transported you must be
To serve a term of forty years
In convict slavery"
So poacher bold as I unfold
Keep up your gallant heart
And think about those poachers bold
That night in Rufford Park
So poacher bold, your tale is told
Keep up your gallant heart
And think about those poachers bold
That night in Rufford Park
A buck or doe, believe it so
A pheasant or a hare
Were set on earth for everyone
Quite equally to share
And now, the lyrics for JD:
*AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA*
(great song lads!)
Thanks
Everybody talking about JD and his "AAAAAAAAAAAAAH"
But what about Robbie's epic hat-
JD creeping in like a serial killer
and beautiful singing as always.
😂
I initially thought of "Night of the Living Dead", but it's daytime. 🤣
Brilliant & there's JD' S famous "note" 😁😁😁 😶
Yepppp I believe its about E or E Flat
It still makes me happy every time I hear him sing it. :)
Every time I’m hunting it gets ruined by a band of folk singers marching through the forest!
Nowhere is safe
Can't tell you how many times that's happened to me, but this is Western Pennsylvania so they're usually polka bands
Can't believe we are getting videos weekly! I will be sure to spread the word.
George Dunlop my 4th great grandad was involved in the poaching and sentence
😲 Wow… just, wow. That’s… amazing. I didn’t know (but maybe should’ve guessed) this song has a legitimate historical basis. It’s been very deeply moving to me before knowing this, but now even more so because of you sharing this. Thank you.
Great video! and really good sound too! That moment when JD joins the party and every one goes "how big are his lungs?" XD
it's not even the length that impresses me but that he just holds it absolutely perfectly, pitch, volume, it's just baffling.
JD's bass is just fucking amazing!
His entire torso is one giant lung
🤣🤣💀🤣🤣
@@oyblech8671I know. He's so good. They're all so good. Some of the best voices I've ever heard. 👌👌
So accurate! 😆😆 I had a good long belly laugh after reading your comment.
Hang on, did you sing this at double tempo then slow the video down? Because you're moving slow but the lips sync up!
You are correct :)
@@thelongestjohns Well it worked!
Wow, that's incredible planning!
It's funny. If you watch the video at double speed, the walking looks natural but God damn my ears.
1.75 actually looks the most natural to me, and I can imagine singing this song at that speed, which 2x sounds more Oingo Boingo "Goodbye" style
JD, you've got the best bass I've ever heard. I think all of the voices in the band mix great
No matter what I'm doing, no mater how many times I've listened to this song. I keep coming back, this is such an amazing arrangement and it always makes me super happy to hear it.
The Lincolnshire Posy band arrangement of this folk song is really worth a listen.
The rhythmic structure of this song is so weird and I really dig it. Grainger really was incredible.
TL/DR - We don't actually know who wrote it, Grainger was just the first to record it. It's based on true events and was passed down through word of mouth and singing.
Grainger didn't actually write this one, although I really do like his arrangements of folk tunes like this. He was the first to record it however, when he heard it sung by a man called Joseph Taylor in 1908. Before then folk songs like this were passed on through their singing and often changed quite a bit depending on who you learned it from. Even today you can hear a few different versions of Rufford Park Poachers.
The coolest thing for me though is that this whole song is based on true events. There is a country house in Nottinghamshire called Rufford Abbey. It's set in 150 acres of parkland - Rufford Park. In 1851, around 40 poachers trespassed in the park, protesting at the landowner monopolising the hunting rights there. They really did get into a brawl with a smaller number of game-keepers and fractured the skull of one of them who died a few days later. He really was called Roberts although we don't know if he actually was head keeper. Four of the poacher ringleaders were convicted of manslaughter and transported, although they were only sentenced to 14 years (not 40). They actually got lucky as if they were found guilty of murder, they would have been sentenced to death and hung.
Poaching is a weird one historically. The rights to hunt on the land were (and still are) granted by the landowners, who in the case of Rufford Park had been granted the land by King Henry VII back in the 16th century. However, they often kept the right for themselves or limited the numbers to ensure that there was plenty of game they could hunt for sport. Those who poached were almost always doing so to put enough food on the table to stop their families starving; either keeping the meat themselves or selling it on.
There is a sort of counter-culture in the UK around poaching as a way of life, so British folk songs about poachers being convicted of manslaughter or murder are pretty common. I suppose they are part memorial, part protest, and part warning to those who would poach. All passed down through generations in song.
@@Eoin15Connolly This was a fascinating read. Thank you so much for the info, both on the song and it's inspiration!
Holy snap, that was fantastic.
Many thanks mate :)
The Longest Johns: yes! A creator that actually looks through the comments! :)
Love this song, and only live a few miles from Rufford Park.
that damn low note man... holy crap!
Year late to the party but man I *never* get tired of JD just absolutely flexing on those bass notes. Dude's a beast!
Id have done choir in school if they had a "deep voiced dude in jeans going *aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh"* role
🙂 Me, too. It’s like a beautiful a cappela bagpipe drone.
That's me when my choir teacher says I can go low for a song, she makes me sing in a higher register a lot so when I'm allowed to, I milk it for all it's worth
I bequeath unto you two thumbs up and an okay-hand, you lovely folks. 👌👍👍
That is such an unusual harmony
Ahh, I fell in love with this song from seeing Coope, Boyes and Simpson perform this.
Glad some younger folks are picking up where the old guys left off.
Listen to this a lot while sitting in a deer stand hunting
did you guys film that whole video singing the song faster? The slow mo effect was well worth it. Love the artsy shit, keep doing more plz
Damn, didn't even realize that they must have done that. The lip-sync is so good I kind of ignored the slow-mo effect.
No they just moved in slowmo and sung normal the whole time 😁
Lest I hope.
@@Jennifer_Devote They responded to another comment asking a similar question, they did indeed sing it in double the normal tempo and then slow down the footage, honestly amazing how well it all synced up!
i like the bass
Wow... Haven't heard this one before. NEAT. 🤩
🎵 So Longest Johns, keep up your brilliant work! 🎵
Moment of silence for the greatest poacher of them all. Danny the Champion of the World
I know nothing about you guys and only happen to come across this song because someone donated to a Mediashare stream I was watching with this song.. I love this song already
You know JD's oral hygenist has to love him. "OK my man, you know the routine." "*AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH*
Thank you!
1:58 that moment Is amazing just because there are four of them 💙 I've been listening to this song a lot lately and I love it
Hot damn I love that bass
rufford park itself is now open to the public, you could have filmed this on the property the song is based upon
Good stuff! (Totally didn't just chuckle at the prospect of 3 individual people joining in the walking in the woods with a different other person)
Yes!
Cool song. Thanks for sharing.
Fab.
This lovely song is really missing on spotify lads, please think of including it some day!
2 years later, and still not added :(
@@forbiddengod1a further 2 years and still missing
Was singing this while doing a piss at work earlier, good echo in the toilets! Amazing as always guys
nice
I’ve already watched this 3 times
This needs to get on iTunes so I can listen to it off of RUclips.
Yes! Love your voices!!!!!!!
this was not only a well done video, but you guys sound ridiculously amazing!
Equal to Grainger’s Wind Band arrangements from Lincolnshire Posy. Well done, sirs!
Terrific stuff. Came to it via Grainger's 'Lincolnshire Posy'. PS--the sentence was fourteen, not "forty" years. I wonder if they were transported to Van Dieman's Land (Tasmania) or Swan River (Western Australia) ? Perhaps somebody may care to answer.
I love the song, and the video! Thanks Longest Johns!
These videos area great - I love the simplicity of just walking through the park. Beautiful sound as always
Brilliant!
Is this the real words for the arrangement? This is wait more epic than I could have ever imagined. Good for you guys I enjoyed it much.
Can you guys release this as a single? We've listened to the rest of your albums on spotify and miss listening to this song on there! LOVE THIS SONG!
That's some high quality content folks
Can't stop listening!
That was so Cool how you filmed it had a great effect!! I’d wanna see the behind the scenes and singing it double time 😂
Some will be appearing in an upcoming vlog. Was a bizarre experience but lots of fun :)
The Longest Johns awesome I can’t wait!!
So happy you recorded this and added a beautiful video! Such a effective song, deceptively simple!
Four Dudes singing in the woods about poachers in a Park. Classy.
Beautiful!
YES!!! KEEP ROCKIN BOYS!!!
learned of this tune through the tv series sharpe thanks to john tams as rifleman dan hagman
Just keep going in this way you guys are gonna be much more popular
Dope guys
imagine taking a piss in the forrest and you hear this, feet behind you
The moment in which you have the realization that this is a Navy cadence... it is a surreal moment.
Wow, I'm so happy I found your channel ;) Thank you young folk.
Amazing camera work and even better singing. Well done!
This song is the one I always come back to, good job!
The recording on this is actually amazing, nice work again guys
Great video and singing. Looking forward to the next one now.
*is already sharing the vid*
I loved this!
Awesome! Loved the way you all walked in and joined each other. Great stuff
This is amazing, I’ve loved this song since I heard you guys sing in on a live-stream 💕
Great Stuff! 👍
Fantastic as always.
Grand one lads, keep em'comin x
Please put this song on your Spotify channel I adore it and it totally deserves to be in the cures what ails ya playlist. I dread not being able to listen to it while my phone is off.
Damn, this songs needs fire and drums and cider (at least the last one's in progress)
Fantastic arrangement and great video too!
Imagine walking late at night in the woods and you're humming to yourself, and right behind you you suddenly hear AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH
You did wonderfully on this arrangement! Keep up the great work! ^v^
This is so cool I’m so hype for more videos to come
This is so good
There are bells ringing throughout this how did I never notice it before
from bard to rogue, 10/10
nicee
*Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh*
Farking dope!
Went on a genuine ragga tip when that bassline dropped.
This looks like an Otava Yo video only with fewer instruments. And fewer ... Russians. I love you guys.
listen to Lincolnshire posy movement 3
LOVE THIS!!! But I can’t find this on iTunes. :(
Was this modelled on the Coope, Boyes & Simpson version? I love it, but hope you'll release a slower version some day. Gives it more drama and gives more room for the lyrics to settle in.
Them 4 people who disliked the video so far. I don't know who you are but there is a special spot in hell for you.
Lol what if it's one of the band🤔