Men of Harlech - Welsh Patriotic Song

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  • Опубликовано: 24 дек 2024
  • "Men of Harlech" is a song and military march which is traditionally said to describe events during the seven-year siege of Harlech Castle between 1461 and 1468, when the castle was held by the Lancastrians against the Yorkists as part of the Wars of the Roses. Commanded by Constable Dafydd ap Ieuan, the garrison withstood the longest known siege in the history of the British Isles. ("Through Seven Years" is an alternative name for the song.) The song has also been associated with the earlier, briefer siege of Harlech Castle about 1408, which pitted the forces of Owain Glyndŵr against the future Henry V of England.
    "Men of Harlech" is important for Welsh national culture. The song gained international recognition when it was featured in the 1941 movie How Green Was My Valley and the 1964 film Zulu.
    The music was first published without words during 1794 as "Gorhoffedd Gwŷr Harlech-March of the Men of Harlech" in the second edition of The Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards, but it is said to be a much earlier folk song. The earliest version of the tune to appear with lyrics, found thus far, comes from a broadside printed c. 1830. Since then, many different versions of the English lyrics have been published. It was published first with Welsh lyrics in Gems of Welsh Melody, edited by the Welsh poet, John Owen (Owain Alaw), published in London, England and Wrexham, Wales, during 1860. An edition containing Welsh and English lyrics was published in Ruthin, Wales, during 1862. The song was published in Volume II of the 1862 collection Welsh Melodies with the Welsh lyrics by the Welsh poet John Jones (Talhaiarn) and the English lyrics by Thomas Oliphant, President of the Madrigal Society.
    All the clips are from the film Zulu: • Video

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  • @Teddyclaws
    @Teddyclaws Год назад +261

    As a Kiwi I love it when the Welsh rugby fans in Cardiff answer the All Black's haka with a rousing rendition of this song. The Haka is cool but this is better.

    • @Teddyclaws
      @Teddyclaws 7 месяцев назад +11

      @@ImUpYourArse wtf are you talking about? I am neither Maori nor Welsh. There are other ethnicities, you know.

    • @MarkWarburton-bo9ve
      @MarkWarburton-bo9ve 6 месяцев назад

      Haka not Evan traditional

    • @Teddyclaws
      @Teddyclaws 6 месяцев назад +11

      @@MarkWarburton-bo9ve nonsense

    • @MarkWarburton-bo9ve
      @MarkWarburton-bo9ve 6 месяцев назад +1

      We Welsh didn't sing in English we sang different language

    • @Clydesirota
      @Clydesirota 6 месяцев назад +8

      As a neutral American I would not mess with either group. Bad ass warriors. Semper Fi

  • @Rory_Herbert
    @Rory_Herbert 2 года назад +448

    I have a photo of my great-granduncle on parade with John Williams VC of Rorke's Drift fame.

    • @aungzaya5750
      @aungzaya5750 2 года назад +6

      👍👍

    • @rossgeorge245
      @rossgeorge245 2 года назад +11

      That's amazing. My distant none maternal relative lt tiegnmouth melvill as portrayed in zulu dawn by James Faulkner was pomostuasly awarded the vc for saving the 1st 24ths colours at the Battle of Isandlwana. I dread to think what was going through the minds of the 5 companys of 1st 24th and the 1 company of the 2nd battalion that were massacred. To the boys who defended rorkes drift even though the main part of their regiment were dead from the previous battle. One scene I always get a chill from on zulu dawn is when Chelmsford returns to the camp and one of his officers says "I rode a little along the track to rorkes drift the sky is red with fire" I always think of those brave individuals who were at rorkes drift and the gallant resistance they put up for 13 long hours of fighting

    • @leopoldstotch3524
      @leopoldstotch3524 10 месяцев назад +4

      John Williams is from my home town his home is about 1/4 mile from mine .. local legend he has a gravestone in Llantarnam church 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

    • @darrenpendlebery9234
      @darrenpendlebery9234 10 месяцев назад +2

      And a fine pub in Cwmbran named in his honour.

    • @trigger399
      @trigger399 10 месяцев назад +3

      @@leopoldstotch3524Alias John Fielding, born of Irish parents.

  • @SirDrakeFrancis
    @SirDrakeFrancis 2 года назад +568

    That movie scene has a special place in my heart.

    • @bwrak
      @bwrak 2 года назад +5

      hünkarim ne işiniz var burada

    • @patrickmuro5778
      @patrickmuro5778 Год назад +5

      Yes, colonizers invading, slaughtering and taking other people's homes always leaves a lump in my throat.

    • @AndrewSmith-uz8bg
      @AndrewSmith-uz8bg Год назад +14

      @@patrickmuro5778 YES YES YES LOVE ❤️ IT FOR YOUR MODERN DAY LUXURY AND LIFE OF EASE AND PLEASURE!!!

    • @SirDrakeFrancis
      @SirDrakeFrancis Год назад +32

      @@patrickmuro5778 yep, thanks for clearing up what the zulus did.

    • @turipipipip3209
      @turipipipip3209 Год назад +3

      @@patrickmuro5778 True but it was a last stand 0:53

  • @Hesopod-w3b
    @Hesopod-w3b 8 месяцев назад +73

    Surprising fact, the zulus who played in this absolutely loved it! They were so happy with the effort the director put into keeping both sides morally equal. Some of the white men who played and produced in this film became strong friends with the locals.
    Edit: as an Irishman this makes me uncannily patriotic

    • @alynwillams4297
      @alynwillams4297 6 месяцев назад +6

      Did you know at the time they had to pay the zulus in cattle as they weren’t allowed to pay them in anything else.

    • @mrmason23
      @mrmason23 Месяц назад +1

      ​​@@alynwillams4297 I heard they had to pay in Cattle since the Zulus doesn't have/see value in the SA money.
      This was from another comment section years ago, so take it with a grain of salt.

    • @ChristopherShaskin
      @ChristopherShaskin 29 дней назад +4

      As a Ukrainian, this movie inspired me. Men in mortal conflict, learning to admire each other.

    • @carlarthur4442
      @carlarthur4442 17 дней назад +1

      Well done Sir 👏 Why not .

    • @kdog3908
      @kdog3908 9 часов назад

      These little islands have produced some extraordinary people. Let's not forget it.

  • @CountvonCount33
    @CountvonCount33 10 месяцев назад +144

    I never realised until recently that Michael Caine had faced a similar real life experience during the Korean war, probably why he sounds so convincing when he shouts "Volley Fire" 👍

    • @floriangeyer3454
      @floriangeyer3454 6 дней назад

      he never received proper acknowledgement for the action. At least a MM would be appropriate. Charlie 3, copy that ?

  • @gordonbergslien30
    @gordonbergslien30 Год назад +67

    "Who do you think is coming to wipe out your little band, the Genadier Guards?" One of the great lines in movie history! Love this film!

  • @tenburywellsmartin7576
    @tenburywellsmartin7576 Год назад +269

    If this does not bring a lump to your throat and a tear to your eye,you are not human.!!...Such pride..!!

    • @averylividmoose3599
      @averylividmoose3599 Год назад +6

      it brings a tear to my throat and a lump to my eye i think there may be something wrong

    • @davidmitchell1391
      @davidmitchell1391 Год назад

      If you are a Zulu it might not!@@averylividmoose3599

    • @philipdawes2661
      @philipdawes2661 Год назад +2

      You forgot the goosebumps :)

  • @forlorn8575
    @forlorn8575 2 года назад +1645

    They’d never make a film like this today

    • @jamesshannon2090
      @jamesshannon2090 Год назад +117

      That's just sad

    • @costanvaarwel8932
      @costanvaarwel8932 Год назад +395

      The world is just so woke to the point anything that is historically accurate will be perceived as racist

    • @joethorne5777
      @joethorne5777 Год назад +330

      This film actually presents the zulus as valiant and capable warriors, but even then, a film like it would still be attacked nowadays

    • @PrivateMcPrivate
      @PrivateMcPrivate Год назад +40

      ​@@costanvaarwel8932 that's so sad :(

    • @KohanKilletz
      @KohanKilletz Год назад +125

      I think it wouldn't work because modern audiences would be more sympathetic to the natives due to portrayals like in this movie. This movie is nuetral, today it would be polarized

  • @DavidWills-v6l
    @DavidWills-v6l 10 месяцев назад +16

    When Britain was great now we have people in this country trying to make us ashamed of the uk well sod them I very proud to be born and brought up here this country is is fantastic because everyone wants to come here and it's our forefathers who made it great god bless them.

  • @youngbess1
    @youngbess1 4 месяца назад +26

    My grandmother was born in wales and instilled in me the love of welsh choirs and their beautiful voices.

  • @andrewwaldock
    @andrewwaldock Год назад +367

    What an incredibly stirring rendition of this mighty ballad. Zulu is a tremendous film and this may well be my favorite compilation of scenes from the movie, as well as my favorite version of Men of Harlech. From this Scots Irish man to my Welsh Celtic kinsmen: you are of such strength in song & story. I salute you.

    • @davidperry7128
      @davidperry7128 Год назад +13

      Except it is complete nonsense, The largest group in the 2nd Warwickshire Regiment were English.

    • @grantoldfield3790
      @grantoldfield3790 Год назад +8

      The English had no baritones. Enjoy it for the great movie it was instead of criticising. We all know it was the English colonisation that dragooned the mighty Scots Irish and Welsh without whom no empire would have been achieved

    • @andrewwaldock
      @andrewwaldock Год назад +17

      @penderyn8794 Tell me, are you and your fellow zoomer intellectuals happier now being overrun by hordes very similar in appearance to the Zulus, whilst still ostensibly being under colonial rule?

    • @WookJnr
      @WookJnr Год назад +1

      you too are under colonial rule. a sad truth@@andrewwaldock

    • @Cash4gold84
      @Cash4gold84 Год назад

      @penderyn8794do you even speak the language? When’s your methadone appointment

  • @elausraliano
    @elausraliano Год назад +472

    They showed us this movie when I was doing my corporal course in the army and one of the instructors, who was a bit of an expert on the Zulu Wars, said “that’s the ways wars should be fought”, meaning man-to-man. But another instructor says, “yes, with the other side without bullets!”, to the general laughter of the audience. 😂

    • @joecater894
      @joecater894 Год назад +20

      our guns werent too good then.. and they were mightly fit warriors with their shields and spears :) The gun then wasnt what it is now. Not until the machine gun. The bayonate was still pretty much primary weapon.

    • @connycontainer9459
      @connycontainer9459 Год назад +9

      @@joecater894 What an expert statement.

    • @irishboer7124
      @irishboer7124 Год назад +9

      They had rifles but weren't the best of shots.

    • @elausraliano
      @elausraliano Год назад +2

      @@irishboer7124 yes, but 90% had spears and clubs

    • @alanclague2333
      @alanclague2333 11 месяцев назад +10

      As captain Blackadder said we preferred opponents armed with guava halves and sharpened guava fruits.

  • @70tezskin
    @70tezskin 10 месяцев назад +79

    ZULU..Incredible Film portraying The battle at Rorke's Drift .Its impossible to imagine the real horrors of armed conflict like this..
    Rorke's Drift.
    1879..
    11 Victoria crosses.
    Men of Harlech.
    Incredibly Moving.
    Rousing deep inside the heart.
    Tears trickle. 😢 😢😢.

    • @danny9008
      @danny9008 8 месяцев назад

      its an amazing film but is quite inaccurate to the real battle of Rorkes drift

    • @70tezskin
      @70tezskin 7 месяцев назад +2

      No film will ever be totally accurate, whatever the subject.
      It is was it is .
      Inaccuracies are part of life .

    • @tomerdman9255
      @tomerdman9255 6 месяцев назад

      I loved the film except for the portrayal of Hook, who in reality a teetotaling model soldier.

    • @Voodoomaria
      @Voodoomaria 5 месяцев назад

      Colour Sergeant Frank Bourne was NOT awarded the Victoria Cross for his valorous defence of Rorkes Drift however, as he was a non-commissioned rank not an officer, so he didn't qualify.
      He was STILL training British Soldiers Through WW1 His Final Rank upon retirement was Lieutenant-Colonel.
      He died in May of 1945 ONE DAY after V.E. Day, the LAST surviving defender of Rorke's Drift.

    • @frankrowland
      @frankrowland 4 месяца назад +1

      @@VoodoomariaALL soldiers,sailors and airmen, irrespective of rank are eligible to be nominated for a Victoria Cross.

  • @maggiesmith856
    @maggiesmith856 Год назад +91

    A friend of mine bought the Zulu soundtrack album just for this song - and it wasn't there ! Some critics said this scene was absurd, but the Zulus testified that just before thay made their final charge at Islawanda ( the battle they fought just before Roark's Drift, where they slaughtered the British) the soldiers sang God Save The Queen and shook each other's hands. By the way, the song is also sung, in Welsh, in the movie Apache Drums.

  • @leopoldstotch3524
    @leopoldstotch3524 10 месяцев назад +36

    I live near the home of one of the real welshmen from this actual battle .. his home has a plaque on it ❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

  • @Dylan-pl6wv
    @Dylan-pl6wv 10 месяцев назад +66

    Im a American but even this got me pumping like "WELSHMEN WILL NEVER YIELD!!! FOR VICTORIA"

    • @alynwillams4297
      @alynwillams4297 6 месяцев назад +6

      Ironically men of Harlech is about the siege of Harlech castle against the English then it was used again 20 years later in the civil war.

    • @josephbuckley5961
      @josephbuckley5961 3 месяца назад +2

      The Scots and the Irish and us Welsh are the warriors that made the empire no matter what the English say. They were too busy watching from a distance with tea and biscuits

    • @Osama_Zyn_Laden
      @Osama_Zyn_Laden 3 месяца назад +1

      They are your ancestors we come from Europeans well at least most of us do

    • @jameshartley6161
      @jameshartley6161 3 месяца назад +2

      @@josephbuckley5961
      Ironic that the men at Rorke’s drifts were mostly English.

    • @josephbuckley5961
      @josephbuckley5961 3 месяца назад

      ​@@jameshartley616132 Welsh men in that regiment I believe Wales wasn't independent until the 50s. So your irony of it being English isn't factional. Welsh boys held the line.

  • @xzliam
    @xzliam Год назад +442

    Being a Scotsman who has just visited harlech I’d proudly sing with my British brothers in arms

    • @ViktoriousDead
      @ViktoriousDead Год назад +10

      It was the Irish and scots at this battle anyways, not the welsh

    • @richardmcgonigle1160
      @richardmcgonigle1160 Год назад +9

      I cannae sing fir toffee but id join in...haha

    • @jackdavid2898
      @jackdavid2898 Год назад +22

      ​@@ViktoriousDead wrong the welsh was actually in that battle just wasn't many

    • @CarlJones-in8pm
      @CarlJones-in8pm Год назад +12

      The songs actually about killing the Saxon invaders.

    • @CarlJones-in8pm
      @CarlJones-in8pm Год назад +22

      @@ViktoriousDead out of the 122 soldiers at roukes drift 32 were Welsh 16 Irish and a lost Scots man .

  • @DukeofConnaught977
    @DukeofConnaught977 2 года назад +117

    Welshmen never yield!

    • @nickjung7394
      @nickjung7394 10 месяцев назад +8

      It wasn't a Welsh regiment!

    • @gethin9896
      @gethin9896 8 месяцев назад +3

      ​@@nickjung7394but the song is Welsh

    • @nickjung7394
      @nickjung7394 8 месяцев назад

      @@gethin9896 you do know that this particular event did not happen? Simply Stanley Baker and Hollywood's attempt at rewriting history!

    • @reluctentninja
      @reluctentninja 8 месяцев назад +4

      ​@nickjung7394 of course it was " south Wales Borderers 24th of foot" what are you talking about.

    • @reluctentninja
      @reluctentninja 8 месяцев назад

      @nickjung7394 what on earth are you talking about, yes it happened and it resulted in the most awards of the VC in one Battle.

  • @magnuswalker7957
    @magnuswalker7957 11 месяцев назад +59

    Eleven VCs won in this encounter and they dont give them out for nothing. Brave lads.

    • @andrewparrott7260
      @andrewparrott7260 4 месяца назад +1

      Received or awarded. Not won, it's not a bloody contest or the olympics

    • @williammcilwraith9304
      @williammcilwraith9304 4 месяца назад

      Only gave them out to boost morale as they got their arse kicked a few days earlier at Isawanda? Lost 1300 troops.

    • @andrewparrott7260
      @andrewparrott7260 4 месяца назад

      @@williammcilwraith9304 yes I knew that fact. 👍

    • @philking7505
      @philking7505 4 месяца назад

      ​@@williammcilwraith9304Yep, it's a great film but the details are largely a work of fiction. I forget exactly how many British were killed at Rourke's Drift, but it was in the teens. I would far rather have been behind the baracades with a rifle than running across that open ground with a short spear

    • @YenliMilneY
      @YenliMilneY 3 месяца назад +4

      @@philking7505 Sounding a bit racist and parochial there - the Zulu forces also had rifles. Many captured from the rout of the main British forces after the battle of Isawanda which led to this battle. In fact pretty much all the casualties you cite for the British were from gunshot wounds by those weapons. They also had several thousand troops, and cavalry.

  • @tomerdman9255
    @tomerdman9255 6 месяцев назад +33

    This has to be one of the most stirring pieces of martial music ever composed.

  • @grahammartin5299
    @grahammartin5299 11 месяцев назад +17

    I first saw this great movie when I went Kapooka Army Training Camp in Australia. 🇦🇺. I was inspired by the teamwork, pride, passion to my mates and last but not least my country’s Flag. To this day I still get goose bumps when I watch this outstanding movie.

    • @patrickmuro5778
      @patrickmuro5778 10 месяцев назад +1

      Those are all great except for a country's flag. Patriotism doesn't mean defending imperialism, colonialism, invading and occupying other people's homes. We must accept and take responsibilities for our atrocities so we can take pride in what is courageous and brave.

    • @13CirkesTopGuy52
      @13CirkesTopGuy52 10 месяцев назад

      @@patrickmuro5778 there is nothing wrong with being proud of your countries flag, particular Great Britain, one of, if not the most, influential countries in human history and I also doubt. You speak truly when you say “we” because you are sounding largely like a Jewish man again trying to make Europeans shameful and reject their great history that forged the modern world, Africans would have and still haven’t achieved anything, ever. The modern world was made by Europeans and colonialism was helpful to African tribes in the long run for without it, they would still be starving to death, mauling each other to death and living poor lives. But i forget that they live those lives anyway because they killed and expelled the white citizens of Africa and hence ruined the continent. Jews like you just want to make Europeans ashamed of their culture and to reject it so you can reduce them to nothing but slaves that don’t know it.

  • @paulmcgrath6456
    @paulmcgrath6456 Год назад +13

    Tom hanks father's favourite film. he took tom to watch it when it first come out.and he loved Michael caines perfomance (not a lot of people know that)

  • @TR0X3N
    @TR0X3N 2 года назад +149

    They’ve got a good base section

    • @randomobserver8168
      @randomobserver8168 2 года назад +20

      And Welshmen at least have some good top tenors, too. That's what the Zulus were missing.

    • @queent-g4b
      @queent-g4b 10 месяцев назад

      No the Zulus are nak*#

    • @elpanchito421
      @elpanchito421 9 месяцев назад +15

      But no top tenors, that’s for sure

    • @johnmcpherson5068
      @johnmcpherson5068 8 месяцев назад +4

      But no top tenors...

    • @tunguskalumberjack9987
      @tunguskalumberjack9987 Месяц назад

      I can’t speak to what they’re standing on, but the bass section isn’t bad. 😏

  • @jg90049
    @jg90049 Год назад +32

    Since I first saw it in 1965, one of my all-time favorite movies.

    • @geraldcollins8273
      @geraldcollins8273 11 месяцев назад +1

      We sat in the cinema cheering our heads off
      S

    • @rachelhenderson2688
      @rachelhenderson2688 10 месяцев назад +1

      Oh yes, me too! First saw it about the same year as you, when I was in my 20s. Now I am 81 and still happy to watch it (except that now, someone else from the cast has died off each time, it seems!

    • @Hockey-gn2tj
      @Hockey-gn2tj 7 месяцев назад

      I would love to see it in theatre so much! Too bad it may never happen :(

  • @samuelsinclair3521
    @samuelsinclair3521 Год назад +37

    A real manly song full of virile fearless bravery

  • @Dav1Gv
    @Dav1Gv 3 дня назад +1

    Great video, I saw this film when it first came out. Such a shame that Lt Bromhead was not young and dashing like Michael Caine (who I met years later as he lived in the same village as my parents). The real Bromhead was elderly even for a Victorian subaltern, deaf in one ear and may not have been the sharpest knife in the drawer. Maybe this is why he was defending the depot instead of up at Ishlanwana (which, of course, probably saved his life)? And, at the time, the 24th were the Warwicks becoming the South Wales Borderers later although I believe theyr recuited in Wales (but what's a bit of artistic licence when you've got a first class film?)

  • @williamstyers4264
    @williamstyers4264 Год назад +12

    Incredible bravery on both sides in this battle. Can you conceive of charging into unrelenting rifle fire with a cowhide shield and a spear? Never doubt the courage of the Zulu warriors.

  • @darkwoods1224
    @darkwoods1224 2 года назад +125

    This is a good song, but I wish we had more versions of it.

    • @patrioticarchive
      @patrioticarchive  2 года назад +19

      There's quite a few versions tbh. Try typing into RUclips, Men of Harlech various artists.

    • @DomCarlosI
      @DomCarlosI 2 года назад +9

      There are many versions actually

    • @hotdogking5910
      @hotdogking5910 Год назад +4

      I hope no disco remixs

    • @TFZ.
      @TFZ. Год назад +2

      @@hotdogking5910 🤣🤣 WHAT? NO DISCO?

    • @hotdogking5910
      @hotdogking5910 Год назад

      @@TFZ. yes its a patrotic song and it sounds amazing normal and disco remixs will ruin it so leave it the way

  • @antonyleonard499
    @antonyleonard499 Год назад +9

    The Film did those brave warriors on both sides proud
    RIP ..

  • @Voodoomaria
    @Voodoomaria 9 месяцев назад +14

    To this day an INCREDIBLE movie.
    The scene where the Zulu crest the hills surrounding Rorke's Drift...CHILLING.
    Imagine 150 men facing 4000 Zulu Warriors, and holding them off.
    Inconceivable, and yet it happened.

    • @beccabbea2511
      @beccabbea2511 5 месяцев назад +1

      You are so correct. This is a brilliant film. So imagine our disappointment. My husband was in the British Army, we were posted to Gibraltar way back 1979 or thereabouts, where television viewing was limited. So at peak viewing time up pops what we all thought was going to be this incredible film. Nope, it was an advert for Silk Cut cigarettes. Mind you it got most people talking about it the next day and it was a brilliant advert, even if we don’t smoke. That was when they made adverts that were almost as good as great films.
      One bit in the film that really struck home is at the end as the roll call is taken. Maybe, just maybe we will eventually again see film directors and producers who will have the courage of these men and make films that are not PC and are fit to be watched.

  • @hfhso37ndnks
    @hfhso37ndnks 2 года назад +97

    Men of Harlech stop your dreaming,
    Can’t you see their spear points gleaming?
    See their warrior pennant’s streaming,
    To this battlefield,
    Men of Harlech stand ye steady,
    It cannot be ever said ye,
    For the battle we’re not ready,
    Welshman never yield!
    From the hills rebounding,
    Let this war cry sounding,
    Summon all at Cambrias call,
    The mighty force surrounding,
    Men of Harlech onto glory,
    This will ever be your story,
    Keep these burning words before ye,
    Welshman will not yield!
    Men of Harlech stop your dreaming,
    Can’t you see their spear points gleaming?
    See their warrior pennant’s streaming,
    To this battlefield,
    Men of Harlech stand ye steady,
    It cannot be ever said ye,
    For the battle we’re not ready,
    Welshman never yield!
    From the hills rebounding,
    Let this war cry sounding,
    Summon all at Cambrias call,
    The mighty force surrounding,
    Men of Harlech onto glory,
    This will ever be your story,
    Keep these burning words before ye,
    Welshman will not yield!

    • @CarlJones-in8pm
      @CarlJones-in8pm Год назад +4

      There's actually three different lyrics for this song and I believe this is the film version.

    • @hfhso37ndnks
      @hfhso37ndnks Год назад +2

      @@CarlJones-in8pm Yes, it was write for the movie.

    • @johndowd5792
      @johndowd5792 Год назад

      Brilliant song Brilliant. But doesn't hide the fact they shag sheep!!😮

    • @Shooter4547
      @Shooter4547 Год назад +1

      Awesome.

    • @alganhar1
      @alganhar1 Год назад +1

      @@CarlJones-in8pm 3 different ENGLISH lyrics.... Try listening to it in Cymraig.....

  • @antonyleonard499
    @antonyleonard499 Год назад +5

    I remember going to see this film with my dad its,one of my earliest memories back in the 60s .Watched it many times since a great film great actors and it was respectful to those brave warriors on both sides

  • @jamesknight6890
    @jamesknight6890 Год назад +464

    Despite being English this sends shivers down my spine, and Is an incredible patriotic song not just for the welsh but all Britons. I know some Welsh people don’t like being part of the United Kingdom and some of those reasons are understandable, but nevertheless the greatness the United Kingdom has achieved in its 316 years belongs to all its people and the Welsh, Scot’s, Irish and English together achieved what alone we never could have, it’s our difference of ideas and unique mix of cultures that make the United Kingdom so amazing, although I understand some separatist desires, please don’t through this beautiful nation away, we all belong together as a family of nations that together have achieve greatness. 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

    • @TaySplatoon
      @TaySplatoon Год назад +20

      Exactly

    • @daveharvey8460
      @daveharvey8460 Год назад +18

      Well said Mr Knight

    • @doomedrpgproject4473
      @doomedrpgproject4473 Год назад

      Yeah, nothing says Welsh patrioticism like shooting a bunch of Africans.

    • @ViktoriousDead
      @ViktoriousDead Год назад +11

      The real battle of Rorks drift wasn’t even welsh, it was English, Scots and Irish

    • @lewiskx20
      @lewiskx20 Год назад +42

      I'm Welsh and proud but also take pride in calling myself British.

  • @simonmorris4226
    @simonmorris4226 9 месяцев назад +5

    Such brave and admirable men. On both sides.

  • @99IronDuke
    @99IronDuke 2 года назад +50

    Great stuff and my favourite film.

  • @craigkelly4278
    @craigkelly4278 28 дней назад +2

    Crying this is just beautiful

  • @ChrisJackson-c2l
    @ChrisJackson-c2l 11 месяцев назад +14

    One of the best films ever made ❤️ 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

  • @RobertKubas
    @RobertKubas Год назад +24

    A truely beautiful and inspiring song.

  • @DerMarschliedKamerad
    @DerMarschliedKamerad 2 года назад +49

    Loved the song and the movie.

  • @janhoskins8277
    @janhoskins8277 Год назад +42

    One of the best movies I've ever seen - and watch it often, never get tired of it

    • @knothead5
      @knothead5 Год назад +2

      I agree. I have seen it several times and never get tired of it.

    • @Hockey-gn2tj
      @Hockey-gn2tj Год назад

      I listen to the song regularly especially with the Zulu chants lmfao

    • @janhoskins8277
      @janhoskins8277 10 месяцев назад

      I've watched it so many times and will never get tired of it

  • @MonarchistMusic
    @MonarchistMusic 2 года назад +33

    God I love this song

  • @MG-id7hl
    @MG-id7hl Год назад +54

    And today, as was sadly inevitable, Zulu is put in the frame by Prevent for inspiring racism and far right extremism. From this film, I actually learned respect for the Zulus and my Welsh brothers.

    • @stephen4121
      @stephen4121 Год назад

      Yup 100% inevitable. Racism is prevalent in all cultures and societies, always has been.
      Good to fight the fight, but don't ever expect to win.

    • @jaybrough4374
      @jaybrough4374 Год назад +7

      They should seek correct information from the Zulu king who advised on this production.
      Speak to real people who know and care how. their ancestors were portrayed as BRAVE WARRIORS of the BRAVE RESPECTED ZULU NATION.

    • @johncater7861
      @johncater7861 Год назад +2

      The Zulus showed no compassion for the people and tribes that they overran. They were a violent people who gave no quarter.

    • @johannabarry4672
      @johannabarry4672 8 месяцев назад +2

      I always cry at the end because the Zulus could have won but salute fellow braves instead. It is one of the most powerful and beautiful scenes in movie history. I'll bet Prevent has never watched the movie.

    • @nickjung7394
      @nickjung7394 8 месяцев назад

      I suggest that you speak with someone from one of the tribes that the Zulus annihilated and whose land they invaded!

  • @AmusedCricketHelmet-yd9qz
    @AmusedCricketHelmet-yd9qz 11 месяцев назад +4

    Brilliant film and actors. Portraying the Welsh at their best.

    • @ianphillips9455
      @ianphillips9455 Месяц назад

      Pity lots of the details where changed by Baker (welsh) because it was a English regiment with some Welsh Scots and Irish in it.

  • @joline2730
    @joline2730 3 месяца назад +2

    LOVE watching this . . .
    Stirring words - when our backs are to the wall . . .

  • @swmt898
    @swmt898 Год назад +4

    Zulu just grabs your heart most films of war is just fighting and gun shots but this shows the hearts and patriotism

  • @donmorgan9139
    @donmorgan9139 4 месяца назад +2

    This was the slow march of the royal inniskillings , of which I was a top cornet player, 1956/58 a proud taffy Morgan

  • @hecouldbeanyoneofus1559
    @hecouldbeanyoneofus1559 Год назад +246

    If a position is against impossible odds, use the English or the welsh to defend it. If you need to take a position against impossible odds, use the Scottish or Irish.

  • @davidweaver9373
    @davidweaver9373 20 дней назад

    I have watched this film a number of times over the tears ,it being my favourite and saw it at the cinema when it first came out.This scene always brings a lump to my throat especially the moving part where they gradually bring the song louder until it overshadows the zulu chant

  • @matthewhodgson7388
    @matthewhodgson7388 Год назад +17

    Zulu is one of the best films of all time

  • @equine2020
    @equine2020 10 месяцев назад +2

    Men who believed in something more important than themselves.
    These are the strong who protect the weak.
    Bless all warriors such as these.

  • @TheSgillHistory
    @TheSgillHistory 2 года назад +33

    Never heard this one!
    Very nice!

  • @equine2020
    @equine2020 Год назад +3

    Got that right. Men who believed in right, a cause. Something better than themselves.
    Not to believe in a cause worth dieing for, you're empty inside.
    GOD, COUNTRY, DUTY, , HONOR.

  • @youtubeaccount5738
    @youtubeaccount5738 2 года назад +14

    Also the Slow March of the Welsh Guards!

  • @onedaywewill
    @onedaywewill 10 месяцев назад +2

    Zulu chief and future South African political leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi played Zulu King Cetshwayo kaMpande, his great-grandfather. Brings a tear to my eyes, and I'm English.

  • @popuptarget7386
    @popuptarget7386 Год назад +4

    The gist. Be prideful of your past. Honor your valiant foes but love your countrymen

  • @oliversherman2414
    @oliversherman2414 Год назад +47

    As an Englishman, I love this song. Much love to our Welsh neighbours 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧

    • @ඩඬඩ
      @ඩඬඩ Год назад

      This is just a thophy for the zulus for beating the welsh

    • @oliversherman2414
      @oliversherman2414 Год назад

      @@ඩඬඩ a what?

    • @ඩඬඩ
      @ඩඬඩ Год назад

      ⁠​⁠​⁠@@oliversherman2414i mean it was a thophy for the welsh not the zulus

    • @oliversherman2414
      @oliversherman2414 Год назад +1

      @@ඩඬඩ what's thophy?

    • @ඩඬඩ
      @ඩඬඩ Год назад

      @@oliversherman2414nevermind

  • @denpobedy7881
    @denpobedy7881 Год назад +4

    PS, the Zulus had a bunch of rifles at Roarke's drift from the last Brit outfit they overran, plus vastly superior numbers.

    • @trigger399
      @trigger399 10 месяцев назад

      They were reserves at Isandhlwana so bypassed the looting of rifles. About 10% of Zulus had outdated rifles such as had been used by the British army several years previously. Seven defenders were killed and six seriously wounded on the barricades - not one by assegai.

  • @denisdeegan1200
    @denisdeegan1200 Год назад +3

    Imagine this song sung in Cardiff at rugby home games. As an Irish man I am glad that the famed Welsh don't. It's tough enough without a backing track like that.

  • @bazthejazz
    @bazthejazz Год назад +2

    This was one of my father's favorite films. I only watched it recently, to check out what he told me many years ago. Being a dentist, he noted that in one of the scenes where Michael Caine shouts "Fire!", it reveals his amalgam fillings, which didn't exist in the 19th century.

  • @robw3027
    @robw3027 Год назад +20

    Well done lads. Your deeds echo in the hereafter.

    • @graceskerp
      @graceskerp Год назад

      Sung in the high hall of Valhalla

  • @davidbattersby-y1v
    @davidbattersby-y1v 7 месяцев назад +1

    I watch this film every Christmas and have done for as long as I can remember.

  • @TEMPLAR969
    @TEMPLAR969 Год назад +8

    Welshmen like the Geordies at the charge of the light Brigade .Hard as flecking nails

    • @alynwillams4297
      @alynwillams4297 7 месяцев назад

      Balaclava Ned being one of them. Wrexham legend.

  • @robinpitcher6987
    @robinpitcher6987 Год назад +2

    Incredibly stirring rendition of this Welsh anthem. Zulu is a great film that I have watched many times.

  • @voi221
    @voi221 Год назад +9

    This tune is truly beautiful.

  • @robbpatterson6796
    @robbpatterson6796 Год назад +1

    There are 2 songs I want at my wedding and funeral. Men of Harlech and I can't smile without you

  • @hotdogking5910
    @hotdogking5910 Год назад +4

    John Williams was a great chap and I got esteffud today and he's my inspiration for EVER COME ON CYMRU

  • @gregmichael8473
    @gregmichael8473 9 месяцев назад

    Every time I hear Men of Harlech, at the end I feel like yelling "Front Rank Fire!". Seriously though, I've been to South Africa and when visiting Royal Natal National Park I had a sense of deja vu, only realising later that's where they made the film. The mountainous backdrop of the Drakensbergs was very familiar. A couple of days later got to go to Rorke's Drift itself. Was still just a small settlement with some memorials and I recall a diorama of the battle. On trips to the UK, I've been to the Regimental Museum in Brecon and also visited Chard's grave in Somerset., such was the impact the movie had on me.

  • @mildredvallely1413
    @mildredvallely1413 3 месяца назад +3

    This was a great movie

  • @normandduern2413
    @normandduern2413 9 месяцев назад +4

    On one side, small numbers, relatively high tech (I own a Martini-Henry, and it ain't no rapid-fire weapon by any standard) and tremendous courage; on the other side, way larger numbers, very low-tech, and courage second to none. Respect to all involved; may Valhalla greet the warriors from both sides.

    • @nickjung7394
      @nickjung7394 8 месяцев назад

      You do know that the Zulus had over 1000 rifles and enormous amounts of ammunition taken from Isandlwana!

    • @normandduern2413
      @normandduern2413 8 месяцев назад

      @@nickjung7394 None of those would have been in use by the Zulu warriors at Rorke's Drift, the battle depicted in this movie, which was happening at about the same time as Isandlwana some distance away. The Zulus at Rorke's Drift did have a handful of previously captured Martinis but as they had no small arms training they had very limited effect.

    • @nickjung7394
      @nickjung7394 8 месяцев назад

      @@normandduern2413 check your dates and the facts. Zulus took over 1000 rifles from Isandlwana. You will be telling me next that Zulus can't shoot because they can't shut one eye; I suggest you have a conversation with a Zulu! And, of course, the Martini Henry was easier to fire than the rifles that the Zulus already had. Zulus are not thick....they were quite capable of firing Martini Henrys!

    • @normandduern2413
      @normandduern2413 8 месяцев назад

      @@nickjung7394 "Although the Zulu position was a commanding one - a squad of good shots armed with efficient rifles could have made Chard's position untenable within minutes - the Zulus were neither good shots, nor well armed." (Ian Knight, Rorke's Drift 1879, "Pinned Like Rats in a Hole"; Osprey Campaign Series #41, Osprey Publishing 1996), p. 38. As to dates, the Battle of Isandlawana took place on January 22, 1879; that of Rorke’s drift, six miles from Isandlwana, also began on January 22 and carried on into January 23 1879. Had captured weapons been in play at Rorke’s drift, the British force would have been wiped out in an eyeblink. By the way, the Zulus despised rifles, regarding them as unmanly; they prized assegais.

    • @nickjung7394
      @nickjung7394 8 месяцев назад

      @@normandduern2413 and how long do you think it would have taken a Zulu warrior to run six miles, even if he was carrying a rifle and ammunition?

  • @seanjuppe7777
    @seanjuppe7777 Год назад +17

    God bless this song! I love it so much! 👍

  • @trevorlowman4752
    @trevorlowman4752 10 месяцев назад +1

    Never knew all the words although one of my favourite films. Thanks

  • @Sir_Gerald_Nosehairs.
    @Sir_Gerald_Nosehairs. Год назад +57

    As an Englishman I will always mock in a friendly manner our Welsh fellows and accept it in return. But you're a fine people, and with us or without us whatever the future may hold, the very best to you.

    • @davidperry7128
      @davidperry7128 Год назад

      The Welsh are like everybody else, good, bad and indifferent, no nationalities or races are 'fine'.

  • @WelshAmericanChannel
    @WelshAmericanChannel 9 месяцев назад

    Hello from the Welsh American Channel. Just want to let you know that we Welsh Americans are also interested in what is going on in Wales and Welsh patriotic music. Cymru am byth!

  • @scotty123uk
    @scotty123uk 10 месяцев назад +5

    Proud to be Welsh

  • @johnmarlin7269
    @johnmarlin7269 4 месяца назад +2

    Brilliant and beautiful.

  • @andyanderson5326
    @andyanderson5326 Год назад +23

    If only the Welsh fans at an international rugby game would sing like this again. I’m sure it would make a difference.

  • @jaysaunders3101
    @jaysaunders3101 Год назад +2

    Inspirational song and great historical film.. From a time when MEN WERE MEN

  • @theconfederacyofindependen7268
    @theconfederacyofindependen7268 Год назад +3

    Men of Harlech, march to glory,
    Victory is hov'ring o'er ye,
    Bright-eyed freedom stands before ye,
    Hear ye not her call?
    At your sloth she seems to wonder;
    Rend the sluggish bonds asunder,
    Let the war-cry's deaf'ning thunder
    Every foe appall.
    Echoes loudly waking,
    Hill and valley shaking;
    'Till the sound spreads wide around,
    The Saxon's courage breaking;
    Your foes on every side assailing,
    Forward press with heart unfailing,
    'Till invaders learn with quailing,
    Cambria ne'er can yield!

    • @nickjung7394
      @nickjung7394 8 месяцев назад

      Shaggy coats
      Are meant for goats
      Gorillas, yaks and llamas
      We'll climb Snowdon
      With our woad on
      We don't care if we're rained or snowed on

  • @johng1216
    @johng1216 Год назад

    Hair on the back of the neck is up, what a great rendition or this great song.

  • @eifionwynwilliams-iffy1288
    @eifionwynwilliams-iffy1288 6 месяцев назад +4

    goosebumps....

  • @JamesA.Garfield
    @JamesA.Garfield 7 месяцев назад +1

    No background music makes this song so beautiful

  • @markhaughton9563
    @markhaughton9563 8 месяцев назад +5

    Outstanding!

  • @lengthmuldoon
    @lengthmuldoon Год назад +7

    Best version imo

  • @robertmitchell3588
    @robertmitchell3588 4 месяца назад +1

    Men of Harlich we need you now more than ever! Welshmen never yield!

  • @kengurovich4416
    @kengurovich4416 Год назад +3

    My favorite movie of all time " ZULU " thank you .

  • @truck-kun535
    @truck-kun535 9 месяцев назад

    As someone related to a rorkes drif veteran thank you thank you very much you made my day

  • @zeurd9510
    @zeurd9510 2 года назад +25

    Underrated channel, I love this scene from the zulu film

  • @ryansta
    @ryansta Год назад +1

    Always brings a lump to the throat this song. Magic

  • @NihilsineDeo1866.
    @NihilsineDeo1866. 2 года назад +118

    Great song for great People 🇬🇧🤝🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

  • @olivierpuyou3621
    @olivierpuyou3621 Год назад +1

    And to think that the ancestor of this song was to give heart to the brave Welsh against the perfidious Albion...

  • @paulthomas-hh2kv
    @paulthomas-hh2kv Год назад +4

    Song is about the Siege of Harlech Castle in 1461 during the Wars of the Roses. Which they held for 7 years

    • @CarlJones-in8pm
      @CarlJones-in8pm Год назад +2

      It's also associated with Owain Glyndwr seige of the castle in 1401

    • @501sqn3
      @501sqn3 Год назад

      ....and has absolutely nothing to do with the battle of Rorkes Drift!!🤦

    • @CarlJones-in8pm
      @CarlJones-in8pm Год назад

      @@501sqn3 apart from the version in the film which was written for the film.

    • @alynwillams4297
      @alynwillams4297 6 месяцев назад +1

      It was originally about the Welsh holding the castle against the English and then later used in the war of the roses

  • @floriangeyer3454
    @floriangeyer3454 6 дней назад

    in January 1879 the 24th was an English regiment with it' s depot in Wales but recruiting in Warwickshire.

  • @freeman8128
    @freeman8128 10 месяцев назад +14

    Brave and mighty men on both sides of a war that should never have been.

    • @tudyk21
      @tudyk21 9 месяцев назад +1

      Two imperial armies clashed.
      To hope or declare that "it should not happen" is to deny the nature of mankind, itself.

  • @storm1714
    @storm1714 3 месяца назад +1

    This film was Perfect and they don't do films like this anymore

  • @Lorddonen
    @Lorddonen 2 года назад +48

    Cymru am byth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿❤️

    • @lennydale92
      @lennydale92 2 года назад +10

      Your flag translates as the England flag for some reason lol

    • @Lorddonen
      @Lorddonen 2 года назад +5

      @@lennydale92 Strange lol

    • @paulleckner8235
      @paulleckner8235 11 месяцев назад +1

      Croeso i Gymru (Welcome to Wales)@@Lorddonen

  • @AVPalmerERY
    @AVPalmerERY 4 месяца назад

    An old PE teacher I had was from Wales (I live in Western USA) and he had an amazing singing voice, even after living in the USA he still had a great Welsh Choir voice

    • @hugmal37
      @hugmal37 3 месяца назад +1

      Did your PE Teacher train at St Luke's College? I had the great privilege of being there 1957 - 60 after our National Service in the RAF. Because of my paternal Welsh grandparents, I had a fairly good voice but I shut up when all those Welsh lads started singing - particularly after a rugby game. Playing with them was a great experience: singing with them was a great pleasure. I know that several of the lads came over to US and I, along with a few others, came to Canada in '66.

  • @davesaunders568
    @davesaunders568 Год назад +11

    Brilliant film, brilliant actors. If push comes to shove. All of the people of Great Britain and indeed Eire will be together to protect our way of life.

    • @douglasfitzovich3366
      @douglasfitzovich3366 Год назад +2

      One of the most impressive features of the film is it depicted the courage and honor of BOTH sides. One faced overwhelming numbers, the other faced advanced weapons (for the time) and a well disciplined force in a solid defensive position. It also depicted the respect of both forces for the courage of their opponents.

    • @davidperry7128
      @davidperry7128 Год назад

      @@douglasfitzovich3366 Seemingly by dishonouring a model soldier, Hook was just such a man but portrayed as malingerer.

  • @civillady13
    @civillady13 Год назад +2

    One of my all time favorite scenes in this awesome film!

  • @roberttrott5259
    @roberttrott5259 Год назад +4

    An alternate version:
    1.
    What's the good of wearing braces,
    Vests and pants and boots with laces,
    Spats or hats you buy in places
    Down in Brompton Road?
    What's the use of shirts of cotton,
    Studs that always get forgotten?
    These affairs are simply rotten:
    Better far is woad.
    Woad's the stuff to show, men.
    Woad to scare your foemen:
    Boil it to a brilliant hue
    And rub it on your back and your abdomen.
    Ancient Briton ne'er did hit on
    Anything as good as woad to fit on
    Neck, or knees, or where you sit on.
    Tailors, you be blowed.
    2.
    Romans came across the Channel
    All wrapped up in tin and flannel:
    Half a pint of woad per man'll
    Dress us more than these.
    Saxons, you can waste your stitches
    Building beds for bugs in britches:
    We have woad to clothe us, which is
    Not a nest for fleas.
    Romans keep your armours;
    Saxons your pyjamas:
    Hairy coats were meant for goats,
    Gorillas, yaks, retriever dogs and llamas.
    Tramp up Snowdon with our woad on:
    Never mind if we get rained or blowed on.
    Never want a button sewed on.
    Go it, Ancient Bs.
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Anthem_of_the_Ancient_Britons

    • @mjona1754
      @mjona1754 Год назад

      😂

    • @hugmal37
      @hugmal37 3 месяца назад

      Listened to and partly learned that version through the three years spent at St. Luke's College of Education where a large percentage of the students (male only) were Welsh - many with International Rugby experience of one kind or another. Playing and singing with them as the Yorkshire born grandson of Welsh grandparents was a joy. I had never seen a printed version but I have it now. Thank You. I can sing it again with gusto. Cymru am byth.

  • @alexispaterson814
    @alexispaterson814 11 месяцев назад +2

    The anthem makes my hair stand up. What a film