I Left My love (US cavalry song from Ford's "Horse Soldiers")
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Une célèbre chanson de la cavalerie américaine, du moins dans le film de John Ford "Les Cavaliers" (1959).
Paroles:
"I left my love, my love I left a sleepin' in her bed.
I turned my back on my true love when fightin' Johnny Reb.
I left my love a letter in the hollar of a tree.
I told her she would find me, in the US Cavalry.
Hi-Yo! Down they go, there's no such word as can't.
We're riding down to hell and back for Ulysses Simpson Grant.
Hi-Yo! Down they go, there's no such word as can't.
We're riding down to hell and back for Ulysses Simpson Grant.
I left my love, my love I left a sleepin' in her bed.
I turned my back on my true love when fightin' Johnny Reb.
I left my love a letter in the hollar of a tree.
I told her she would find me, in the US Cavalry, in the US Cavalry.
Hi-Yo! Down they go, there's no such word as can't.
We're riding down to hell and back for Ulysses Simpson Grant."
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My husband is a Cav Scout currently deployed to Afghanistan...he loves the Cavalry -3
A lot of commenters don't even realize that the movie was about the Civil War not the Indian Wars. This is a Union Cavalry raid in Mississippi helping Grant take Vicksburg, not a fight against the Sioux. There surely are a lot of dopes on the internet.
It's still the U.S Cavalry.
Don't cha know
Grierson's Raid April May 1863. 600 mile in 16 days Destruction of large quantities of Confederate Cotton, Railroad Equipment, and other military Goods. Avoided Major encounters with Rebel Troops,
although a large number were chasing them.
Grierson, who from a young age, disliked horses, after the War, founded and commanded the Black cavalry units ( 9&10th) known as " Buffalo Soldiers " in the Southwest Indian Wars.
Black Jack Pershing served under him, after leaving West Point.
But it was much more. Grierson's raid helped fend of reinforcements to Vicksburg *and* capture the nearby capital of Jackson, permanently crippling Mississippi's usefulness for the rest of the war, and he accomplished it with only 19 casualties total.
Grierson himself would go on to face the revered Nathan B. Forrest and beat him at Tupelo, before capturing his dismounted cavalry in Verona.
Put simply, Ben Grierson is a legend.
I liked this movie and song ever since childhood. I was always a civil war buff.
THE lore of the cavalry will always be immortal !
The Brits reslly love their cavalry history. They may even still have a unit in force.
Proud indeed to have been a US Cavalryman.
Sorry but no comparison between real horse cavalry and the modern version with helicopters, vehicles, digital communications and creature comforts. The US Cavalrymen of the 1800s were truly heroic and could put up with constant hardships that most people today cannot grasp.
Brilliant. American history maybe short but I love it. God bless America.🇺🇸🏴
i love this film
Look,"The Horse Soldiers"was an underrated Pappy Ford and The Duke collaberation.
Good movie and good song.
I'm listening to this song for the first time. This is great. I’ve started watching all of John Wayne’s movies, and I haven’t gotten to this yet, I can’t wait. Today’s movies suck. I'm sick of superheroes.
The writer of the song plays you in the movie.
Thank you for this - My son served in the 1-8 Cavalry in Iraq and this is a lovely tribute.
The funny thing is not one Horse Soldier ever rode singing this song unless in one of the ceremonial troops or reenactor's group. Stan Jones the writer of this song and "Ghost Riders in the Sky" played Grant at the start of this film. Yes, my nickname comes mostly from the song not the silly movie or comic book, Ghost is a play on my real name.
Cavalry is a mission description. I was an armor crewmen 19E, then K...hardships galore.
Sometimes I was in a cavalry unit. Others, armor.
Same horse/tank. Different missions.
And I suppose a 150 years from now, we'll be those tough cowboys.
Man! They say. How'd they live...
I saw this at the age of 8 in 1959 at a local theater in Washington, D.C.. Unforgettable, bigger than life.
Same here, about same time. West coast.
I was 6 at a drive-in in Elmsford NY (remember those?)
I am Italian ,60 years old, I saw this movie too as a child and the feelings were and are the same .
Indeed, there is no such word as can't!
The word is actually "hollow" like the hollow or hollow place in a tree. People used to use hollows of trees to leave messages to each other a long time ago.
❤❤❤❤❤❤beautiful song.😊
✌️ go outdoors cover
Gosto muito de história militar, principalmente dos Estados Unidos. E os filmes de John Ford e John Wayne retrata muito bem a luta a a bravura do povo Americano para consolidar a formação desta grande Nação.
Another Wonder tune of the ages
Is there anyone who wrote to me the lyric of this wonderful song ? I am Italian , I love all the western sound tracks.
outstanding movie thanks big duke
"if you ain't cav! You ain't shit!!!" RECON!
There is a photo of U.S. Special Forces troops using horses to get around in Afghanistan.
It became a meme for a while when a certain "leader of the free world" mockingly said the army doesn't use horses or bayonets anymore.
Strong Men Armed!
Actually, the song was written for the movie "The Horse Soldiers", with John Wayne.
Le pire c'est que j'ai vu le film! Je ne m'en souvenais même pas.
Merci de la précision.
Fuck yeah! I'm carrying on the Cavalry tradition in the first team, 1st Cav Division!
this tune was played in the john ford films when the cavalry went off on a mission, and it was the injuns they were fighting, still thats where i heard them first and great they are
That would have Been "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" or Yellow Strips on Breeches Blue", "I Left My Love" was written for this movie
Great stuff !
History at it’s best and all about
Move out men,
We're burning daylight!
Oh yeah, Proud to be Cav!
From the first "official" US Cavalry unit formed in 1776, through the last mounted horse cavalry charge in 1942, to today's mechanized and air cavalry, American cavalrymen have always used songs to help bind themselves together to survive and honor their exploits. This song was written for a movie, but riding to hell and back for Ulysses Simpson Grant was only a parable for this period. Previous generations rode to hell and back for George Washington, Winfield Scott, Samuel Walker, Jack Hays, William Sherman (and Robert E. Lee), Teddy Roosevelt, John J. Pershing, Ed Ramsey (who commanded the last mounted pistol charge in 1942)…. and my grandfather, Capt. A. B. McDonald, 11th Cavalry, in WWI. But we should remember that our very first cavalry unit was created by a Polish officer (Casimir Pulaski), patterned after European mounted units, and formed to combat British dragoons. Many other nations, especially Britain, Germany, Poland and Russia, have a long and proud history of their dragoon/cavalry units, and they also honor the songs and traditions of their men. Last, remember that Custer's 7th Cavalry's famous theme, Garry Owen, is in reality an Irish drinking song. Many people have many opinions, but history is fact. Look it all up, and then honor the men who rode horses (and later machines) into battle as United States Cavalrymen.
Douglas McDonald I'm a current cavalry scout in the us army nice comment and we love our songs
Douglas McDonald and our tradition and heritage
Grant's middle name was simply "S" just like Harry Truman. There is no simpson
His birth name was Hiram Ulysses. Simpson was his mother’s maiden name. There was a mixup when he entered West Point. Turned out to be good initials!
All US Military units have their marching songs, like this and have since the US was born "The Girl I Left Behind" has been sung on marches and around campfires by AMericans since the French and Indian Wars.
Oh......before any negative comments to my previous post.....my maternal grandfather entered the U.S. Army in 1924 as a Trooper in the U.S. Cavalry ;-)
Casimir Pulaski
Nope,why do you foreigners always try to take credit for American greatness?
Daybreak123 what? He really was the Father of the US Cavalry.
@sean palenzuela so they say.
Brave Rifles, Blood and steel. F troop 2/3 ACR...
I may be a Reb but i can Salute Good music
@mara235 Stan Jones, who wrote this, was a real treasure. He also wrote the Cheyenne theme, High Noon, Riders in the Sky, and Yellow Stripes from the movies Rio Grande and Escape from Fort Bravo.
Also played Grant in this movie.
Remember the charge of the 4th Iowa Cavalry at Mine Creek, October 25, 1864, and the five Rowley brothers, of Company H, Lyman, George, James, Amos and Volney.
I consider everyone born in the united states, canada, Mexico, etc. To all be native Americans regardless of color.
Because if we were to actually go by where our ancestors are from, no one would be a native American, englishman scottish etc. we'd all be Africans.
Why can't we just all come to the conclusion that we are all Americans regardless of color or ancestry and play nice? Is our history spotless? No but neither is anybody else's. Hopefully we can some day be truly united.
From Italy , many thanks for your words !
My father was in then US mounted horseback Cavalry well before WW2. We have a long history of horsemen and cattle drivers in the westermn united states forr many generations. One was in the Union Army durring the Civil War. My dad passed away when I was eight from complications with mylaria he got while fighting the Japanese. He never spoke of the war so I have no information on his war history, and the records burned down in a some fire Im told, so i can't figure out what cavalry troop he was
@huckelberryberry
It's Teddy Roosevelt with his rough riders at San Juan Hill ^^.
Amen
There's no such word as can't!
Yes there is you just spelt it
yes great American history ❤
1:07: Teddy Roosevelt at San Juan Hill! Yea, Teddy! The last of the truly great Presidents!
9.000 american soldiers against 800 spanish, great victory!
@@tonirk5122 You just hate America. General Custer fought with his 300 soldiers and lost in the battle of the Little Big Horns of 3,000 Indians, for you and the other Anti-Americans, General Custer was coward, and the Indians are heroes for you. The damn bastards would only fight the Americans if the Americans attacked them because of the Indian massacres of White Civil Americans. It was a war, not a child's play, you can't fight, and after you lose, say "Wait, there were more soldiers on the enemy side than on ours." You should stay home with that way of thinking. Oh yes, you stayed home.
@@generalusgrant6166 Custer no fue ningún cobarde, fue un temerario y además un insubordinado por no obedecer sus superiores y atacar él solo con su regimiento. Cometió también el error de subestimar al enemigo. Puede que los indios llevaran arcos y flechas, pero eran 3.000 contra 300, esa es una ventaja considerable.
No, Custer no fue para nada un cobarde, al menos en aquella batalla no, ni ninguno de sus soldados que combatieron hasta la muerte. Pero sí fue un imprudente temerario que llevó a sus hombres y a él mismo a morir de manera estúpida y todo por su ego. De haber obedecido las órdenes de sus superiores, el resultado de la batalla habría sido muy distinto.
@@generalusgrant6166 Además, señor presidente, no sé de donde saca eso de que yo odio su país o que soy un anti americano, nada de eso. Mencioné una batalla de la guerra hispano-americana de 1898, en la que las fuerzas estadounidenses eran abrumadoramente superiores, sin contar con los insurgentes cubanos contra unos cientos de españoles. Aun así, los míos combatieron bien y causaron bastantes bajas entre las tropas americanas gracias a sus mauser de repetición. Por supuesto, vencieron ustedes, pero gracias a dejarnos sin barcos, porque derrotar a nuestro ejército no les hubiera sido tan fácil. Un saludo, señor presidente.
@@generalusgrant6166 Si perdió fue por su temeridad, egocentrismo y estupidez. ¿Quién le mandó atacar él solo con su regimiento, sin esperar al resto del ejército?, ¿quería llevarse la gloria?, pues vaya que si lo logró. De haber sobrevivido le debían haber formado un consejo de guerra, por insubordinación y por poner en peligro las vidas de sus hombres.
Por otra parte, los indios defendían su país. Eso es algo que ustedes nunca se han visto obligados a hacer, más bien al contrario. Dejando a un lado la guerra contra las tribus nativas, hagamos un resumen.
1. Contra los británicos, para independizarse, parece que usted no sabe quién fue Bernardo de Gálvez, ¿verdad?
2. Otra con los británicos, empezaron ustedes invadiendo Canadá y luego les invadieron ellos, bueno, siempre hay una excepción.
3. La guerra con México, les quitaron más de la mitad de su territorio.
4. La guerra contra mi país, España, nos quitaron Puerto Rico, Cuba, Filipinas y Guam. Ustedes querían ser una gran potencia colonial tras completar su Conquista del Oeste. Obviamente tenían que hacerlo contra un país en decadencia como el mío, dudo mucho que se hubiesen atrevido contra el Reino Unido, Alemania o Francia.
5. Las Guerras Mundiales, también fueron lejos a combatir, igual que en Corea, Vietnam, Irak o donde fuese y no voy a entrar en valorar otros aspectos de interés económico, político o lo que sea que haya tenido su Gobierno para mandar a sus soldados tan lejos de sus hogares.
Yo soy de un país que ha sido muchas veces invadido. Hemos luchado contra cartagineses, romanos, germanos, musulmanes y franceses.
No se extrañe, por tanto, que tenga más simpatía por Caballo Loco y sus guerreros Sioux que por Custer y su regimiento. No les voy a quitar ningún mérito a esos 300 soldados que combatieron hasta el final, sé que fueron unos auténticos valientes, pero sí a su comandante, que aunque también luchó y murió junto a ellos, fue él quien les llevó a esa situación absurda. Un buen comandante, señor presidente, debe cuidar la vida de sus hombres por encima de sus sueños de gloria personal, y eso, espero que usted como general sabrá considerarlo.
Los 3.000 indios lucharon por su país, por defender a su gente y modo de vida. De igual manera que ustedes harían si les ocurriese lo mismo. También mis antepasados lo hicieron en el pasado. Lea sobre el sitio de Numancia, Viriato, la Reconquista o la Guerra Peninsular contra Napoleón, siendo España la primera nación que venció a un ejército francés en aquellos años, batalla de Bailén.
Reciba usted un cordial saludo y todos mis respetos, que Dios guarde a usted muchos años.
Maybe I heard this song before in some Western movie.
zelo je glasno in prevec moskih glasov prevec divja pesem mislila.
Nice Video!!! Where would I be able to learn about the photograph at 0:37.
Brave Americans, manifest destiny :)
This is so cool! What a great song! GO USA!!
Would the photograph be in a particular book or website?
Where can I download song?
God bless America 🇺🇲
comment oublier la chanson d'ouverture de ce film?
Oui!
J'ai toutefois une nette préférence pour les westerns spaghettis, Sergio Leone au premier plan.
JOHN FORDS LAST GREAT WESTERN
robert szvetics You must not have seen THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALENCE.
robert szvetics I believe that "Cheyenne Autumn" is one of the most beautifully filmed movies ever made. I would have cut the Jimmy Stewart/Wyatt Earp scenes, but it remains a great film. I also agree that "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" was a great film. John Ford meets Luigi Pirandello.
It's John Wayne
Tommy Evers JOHN FORD DIRECTED THE FILM PILLIGRIM
John Wayne's last great movie was The shootist, but my opinion, his greatest movie had to be either The Alamo or El dorado
Huraaaah! For the 26th US Cavalry Philippine Scouts. Huzaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
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@mara235
GOD bless the troops and you,
Isn't modern day cavalry an armored service? Sorry if I'm mistaken.
Mostly Some are Air Cavalry fly around in Helos.
my father. US Cavalry WW2 Staff Sgt.
The only Calvary.
Gerry Owen 1st Cavalry 04 05
Une chanson typique d'un John Ford Ouest.
where's the ;lyrics about carrying out ethnic cleansing
Johnny Reb showed better than he got.
Courage troop 6th squadron 8th cavalry regiment reporting in.
I can't stop kissing Kiki, my pretty purple teddy bear... even longer awkward silence and yet more divergence?
vive la merique
@Rikki0 No the war was not illegal the Confederacy was no longer part of the Union therefore under no protection by the Articles so there was no violation and second Britain knew after their Antietam that the South had no chance to win the war so they didnt bother wasting money or resources to join the war
yep, I'm sure it's the reason behind all your personal faults
3 Foot Tramps no not the the Power and Honor of the U.S. or Confederate Cavalry
Nice piece but I don't like the "Went fight"n Johnny Reb" part.
I do. The grunt had no real idea what was at stake. The government- evil
C'est
« there's NO such word as "can't" »
Sure are alot of Teddy Roosevelt in that montage,The 1st Us Volunteer Cavalry technically not real Cav. Scouts Out
Hmmm.. Sounds like German people singing from the tone of their voices.
Yes and no im a German and i know Some Songs like "Eukalyptusbonbon"
But Other Songs Sound differnt
German Americans have a long rich history in this country. Just as Irish, Scottish, and English do.
They are America.
Its okay, I love you and I love Cuba! NO HATE, ONLY LOVE!
@Rikki0 You Northerners war was illegal by the Articles of Confederation. Lincoln knew this. In 1863 he issued the Emancipation Proclamation to try to give legitimacy to his war and to keep Britain from joining the South. But it only freed the slaves in the South. The North still had legal slavery until November of 1865 with the passage of the 13th Amendment. Most Northern states had already freed their slaves because it was no longer profitable. But it was still legal.
Obviously they found love elsewhere
With the horse and other soldiers!
my great grandfather was Wehrmacht soldier... awkward silence and diverge?
Ulysses simpson grant is a great person do u all know this song is racist
@ARP7777777 No, the song specifically mentions Ulysses Simpson Grant, which is why I referenced him and not the other war criminals like Sherman, Sheridan, Butler, etc. Thanks
African - Americans.
@AbsoluteMonarchist when the U.S was a great nation. Not the crap hole that it is today
If you like this song chances are you are NOT a liberal lefty
How can I enjoy this song when I despise Ulysses Simpson Grant and the whole Yankee army that invaded my homeland and laid my Confederate nation low? Yet I enjoy the song immensely. Must be John Wayne!
Jefferson Davis offered to free all slaves if Lincoln would let us secede peacefully. He was refused. 78% of the national economy came from taxes from the South. Lincoln could not let us go because the Northern economy would have collapsed. We did not have equal representation in congress. We had the right to secede by the Articles of Confederation. "If I thought for one second this war was being fought over slavery I would join the other side this minute. U.S. Grant
silly song!