Martin Carthy - High Germany

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  • Опубликовано: 23 дек 2024

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  • @sabotabo7476
    @sabotabo7476 4 года назад +112

    Thanks, kaiserreich

  • @zwiebel7271
    @zwiebel7271 9 лет назад +140

    finally i have found my favourite folk song in words.my english is not the best.i love this song.....

    • @usbeak5628
      @usbeak5628 4 года назад +3

      keep improve it! Don't give up and once upon a time you'll see the fruits of your learning.

    • @3142shara
      @3142shara 4 года назад

      Same

  • @kafkaesque6459
    @kafkaesque6459 2 года назад +50

    I don't know why, but this song brings me to tears. I have gone through many hardships in my life, and will continue to go through them in the near future. The lyrics resonate with me, but Cathy's stoic, almost bitter performance sells it in a way that's difficult to describe

    • @bobbyunavailable
      @bobbyunavailable Год назад +3

      I quite agree. It’s a beautiful rendition.

    • @grunt89futtock890
      @grunt89futtock890 Год назад

      Almost identical ballad as the Banks of the Condamine, which I heard sung by A.L. Lloyd. I have always loved this sung by Martin Carthy though. ruclips.net/video/jvWCC2w1-ys/видео.html

  • @turbowolf302
    @turbowolf302 4 года назад +249

    Shout out to The Dreadnoughts, otherwise I wouldn't know of this song.

    • @dantecanuto885
      @dantecanuto885 4 года назад +3

      Also me

    • @michaelhall9338
      @michaelhall9338 4 года назад +1

      Dante Canuto I always hear “Davy Lowston “ in my mind

    • @The3LetterAgency
      @The3LetterAgency 4 года назад +4

      I heard this from The Longest Johns.

    • @Bink-2
      @Bink-2 4 года назад +5

      I actually found the dreadnoughts version through The Longest Johns So I'm like two layers removed lol.

    • @donniedahlia2031
      @donniedahlia2031 3 года назад +3

      Check out the Dubliner’s version

  • @misbaksel5692
    @misbaksel5692 4 года назад +93

    First time I heard High Germany, it was performed by two danish artists in an irish pub in Eindhoven. Incredible how we bond as a species when good music and alcohol are involved haha

    • @user-vi6wf4gh9x
      @user-vi6wf4gh9x 4 года назад +8

      Northern European things 👌🏻

    • @alexandrapdlh9559
      @alexandrapdlh9559 3 года назад +2

      @@user-vi6wf4gh9x This 👆🏻

    • @grunt89futtock890
      @grunt89futtock890 3 года назад +2

      I sang it with some entertainers in a pub in Gaborone, Botswana. It's true, nothing narrows the mind like foreign travel. You realise that people like a drink, a joke and a song the World over.

    • @thedenimranger9380
      @thedenimranger9380 3 года назад +3

      First time I heard it, I was marching Canadian troops into New England during the 2nd American Civil War

    • @pashauzan
      @pashauzan 3 года назад +4

      @@thedenimranger9380 Mine was during the Quebec conscription crisis

  • @fhpurcell7713
    @fhpurcell7713 4 года назад +144

    either i'm overly emotional these days or - more likely - this song gets to you. poor Polly and Willy. Screw the cruel wars and whoever is causing trouble in High Germany.

    • @Discotekh_Dynasty
      @Discotekh_Dynasty 4 года назад +35

      Levi Kirsch yeah man im also a veteran of the war of Spanish Succession

    • @HappySerafim
      @HappySerafim 4 года назад +17

      @@Discotekh_Dynasty mad respect milad. I wasnt present to give the Catholics a bashing there, however me and my Bess did a good number on the frogs at Barrossa

    • @Rikki0
      @Rikki0 4 года назад +7

      That would be Louis XIV.

    • @sillpill2886
      @sillpill2886 3 года назад +6

      @@Discotekh_Dynasty I served just a few years ahead in the Franco Prussian war

    • @sillpill2886
      @sillpill2886 2 года назад

      @A hecker all day you aren’t?

  • @aldostott-morris9221
    @aldostott-morris9221 4 года назад +57

    Imo this is one of the best anti war songs out there, you really feel for this family and how it tore then apart. Much love to Martin cathy!

    • @riverdragon_822
      @riverdragon_822 Год назад

      the best anti-war media is just showing true war without ever picking a side it's great

  • @Dannysoutherner
    @Dannysoutherner 2 года назад +11

    Thanks to all of you posters and musicians who keep the old songs and our history alive.

    • @zentalanime8562
      @zentalanime8562 2 года назад

      Your history? Where are you from

    • @Dannysoutherner
      @Dannysoutherner 2 года назад

      @@zentalanime8562 united states. I love that people are still playing and recording the worlds folk songs. I despise what passes for pop music today.

    • @HeavyWool
      @HeavyWool 2 года назад

      @@zentalanime8562 It's an English folk song, he's American and might have English ancestors. boom sorted thank me later

  • @xaph5575
    @xaph5575 5 лет назад +161

    I often sing this to myself when I am alone, though I never get the lyrics 100% correct

    • @locorocky1
      @locorocky1 5 лет назад +9

      I swear you guys pop up freaking Everywhere!

    • @xaph5575
      @xaph5575 5 лет назад +5

      ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    • @x999uuu1
      @x999uuu1 4 года назад +3

      Fancy seeing you here lol

    • @aramere3650
      @aramere3650 4 года назад +1

      Stop denying our lord and Savior Ben

    • @ismailabdelazim2206
      @ismailabdelazim2206 2 года назад +3

      Neither do i, but thats part of the fun ain't it?

  • @socratesgoulas9036
    @socratesgoulas9036 2 года назад +9

    Emotional, heart breaking!!!💔
    Greetings from Hellas!

  • @christaylor2070
    @christaylor2070 Год назад +4

    This was one of the first English folk songs I ever heard. It's amazing how Martin Carthy's singing and guitar technique have developed over 50 years!😀

  • @holmespianotuning
    @holmespianotuning 5 месяцев назад +3

    The version I have in my Oxford song book ends “cruel wars in high Germany”.

  • @angeladryden8259
    @angeladryden8259 8 месяцев назад

    Have loved Martin Cathy for 40 years.
    Seeing him again in Durham on Saturday 27 April.

  • @jonathaneffemey944
    @jonathaneffemey944 Год назад +2

    Thanks so much for downloading this classic.

  • @openworld9504
    @openworld9504 9 лет назад +21

    wow..simply wow

  • @calebriddle4939
    @calebriddle4939 2 года назад +15

    His accent is nearly a perfect light 1600's London accent.

    • @DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek
      @DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek Год назад +2

      I love it so much, reminds me of a west country sining style. But when he talks he sounds like hes from London area

  • @frogielf3692
    @frogielf3692 4 года назад +85

    Kaiserreich althistory forever in our hearts brothers and sisters

    • @John-wi3dm
      @John-wi3dm 3 года назад +4

      larper

    • @sabotabby3372
      @sabotabby3372 2 года назад +3

      Break the Chains!

    • @ohwell6422
      @ohwell6422 2 года назад +6

      Reclaim the Birthright!

    • @borkerman
      @borkerman Год назад +2

      Down with the traitors up with the stars

  • @sh-hg4eg
    @sh-hg4eg 2 года назад +8

    Beautiful and, simultaneously, tragic.

  • @asmodeus0454
    @asmodeus0454 Год назад +3

    Great English folk song, a personal favorite of mine. The song came out of the 18th century during the Seven Years' War.

    • @janglobus9384
      @janglobus9384 Год назад

      Nope, during the 30years war. 300 years earlier

    • @karlkarlos3545
      @karlkarlos3545 Год назад +1

      @@janglobus9384 More like a little over 100 years earlier actually.

    • @janglobus9384
      @janglobus9384 Год назад

      @@karlkarlos3545 oh😅

  • @19dec1981
    @19dec1981 2 года назад +2

    My childhood passed away midst the tales and lurid stories
    Of manufactured glories and inhuman gallantry
    I asked, "When is war over?", but no one deemed to answer me
    And Margaret played that dreaded tune called High Germany
    Sweet Lord, I was just seven when Margaret was eleven
    They served us war for breakfast and soldiers' songs for tea
    "Your father's gone campaigning" was a way of not explaining
    That soldiers are the living proof of our inhumanity
    DUBLINERS

  • @pandoranbias1622
    @pandoranbias1622 3 года назад +13

    Sadly, Martin's debut album was recently removed from youtube. The high quality version of this now only exists on Spotify. Shame, really.

    • @Iducuehs
      @Iducuehs 3 года назад

      That album was so good 😔

    • @TheWickedWizardOfOz1
      @TheWickedWizardOfOz1 3 года назад

      It is available in playlist form currently, so it is still around here.

  • @NabGer
    @NabGer 4 года назад +15

    I learned about this song from a comment on the song Rebel Soldier by Waylon Jennings

    • @LostShipMate
      @LostShipMate 4 года назад +4

      I came here from a comment on a "The Longest Johns" shanty melody called "The Cruel Wars", which was composed from 3 songs like this by a entirely separate band called "The Dreadnoughts".

  • @gravynavy516
    @gravynavy516 4 года назад +25

    thank you kaiserreich

  • @georgemann3760
    @georgemann3760 4 года назад +24

    Shook this blokes hand and didn't know it at the time...

    • @rolandweitbrecht3860
      @rolandweitbrecht3860 7 дней назад

      You didn't know it, because soldiers souls shake , without directly feeling

    • @georgemann3760
      @georgemann3760 7 дней назад

      @rolandweitbrecht3860 what a mystical comment! What do you mean?

  • @haz4dc394
    @haz4dc394 7 месяцев назад +4

    This really exemplifies how American country music is derived from English folk music

  • @石兰-w8h
    @石兰-w8h 3 года назад +12

    Thank you, kaiserreich

  • @jonofterra7666
    @jonofterra7666 4 года назад +35

    TAKE BACK THE HOME ISLES!

  • @letsgoblue9596
    @letsgoblue9596 4 года назад +10

    Ah yes, the first song I ever learned how to sing, and I still do, when we do a ruck march in the reserves. It’s gotten way to popular here.

  • @ottokard1243
    @ottokard1243 4 года назад +132

    Kaiserreich

    • @azerd1535
      @azerd1535 4 года назад +11

      same

    • @archiedelapena7299
      @archiedelapena7299 4 года назад +6

      Same

    • @messeji7473
      @messeji7473 4 года назад +2

      Civilization 6

    • @azerd1535
      @azerd1535 4 года назад +2

      @@messeji7473 You should try kaiserreich if you haven't, I love civ 6 but I only discovered kaiserreich last year, and it is all I play now. I wish i had learned about it sooner.

    • @rixyarbrough1702
      @rixyarbrough1702 4 года назад +1

      This was in KR? damn

  • @giacomoleopardi29
    @giacomoleopardi29 3 года назад +6

    It was very hard to translate this Song Word by Word to me.but i did.my english is Not the best,but it is getting better more and more.best wishes from"high Germany"

  • @mariopolchert
    @mariopolchert 6 лет назад +10

    older than me...but, wow indeed!

  • @plaguedoctor1018
    @plaguedoctor1018 3 года назад +9

    Shoutout to the headquarters of the British army,as I wouldn't know this song otherwise.

  • @pacartc4743
    @pacartc4743 2 года назад +1

    I love this,, and the paintings too. What is the painting at the scene at the burnt out cottage, after some sort of skirmish? It is so atmospheric, almost like a war photo. So many paintings of wars show battles, this one shows the sordid reality.

  • @Discotekh_Dynasty
    @Discotekh_Dynasty 4 года назад +8

    Union of Britain time

  • @misterfox6882
    @misterfox6882 4 года назад +31

    A Song about the 30Years War. 1618-1648.
    The biggest Conflict between Catholics and Protestans ever. Every major World Power fought there against each onther. They fought on German Ground and its until today the most devastating War in Germany.

    • @zedw8a168
      @zedw8a168 3 года назад +4

      From 1618 to 1848? That's a 230 years war 😅

    • @misterfox6882
      @misterfox6882 3 года назад +2

      @@zedw8a168 oh ty my bad

    • @zedw8a168
      @zedw8a168 3 года назад

      @@misterfox6882 you're welcome 😁

    • @sutapasbhattacharya9471
      @sutapasbhattacharya9471 3 года назад +1

      I first heard this at the age of 8 in 1972 when a supply teacher at my primary school used to sing it whilst playing his guitar. I recall searching for it on RUclips around 2007 before these videos were uploaded and couldn't find it. I always thought the lyrics were rather odd- 'go dress yourself all in your best..and I'll take you to the cruel war in High Germany'.

    • @buckshot9521
      @buckshot9521 3 года назад +12

      England didn't send troops to the 30 Years War. This song is about the War of Spanish Succession.

  • @mariannasilva6403
    @mariannasilva6403 Год назад +3

    Oh Polly, amor, oh Polly, a derrota já começou
    E devemos marchar ao som do tambor
    Vá se vestir com sua melhor roupa e venha comigo
    Vou levá-la para a guerra, meu amor, na Alta Alemanha
    Oh Willy, amor, oh Willy, venha listar o que eu digo
    Meus pés são tão macios que não posso marchar
    E além disso, meu querido Willy, estou grávida de você
    Não preparada para a guerra, meu amor, na Alta Alemanha
    Vou comprar para você um cavalo, meu amor, e nele você montará
    E toda a minha vida estarei lá cavalgando ao seu lado
    Pararemos em todas as cervejarias e beberemos quando estivermos com sede
    Seremos fiéis um ao outro, nos casaremos, pouco a pouco
    Oh, amaldiçoadas sejam as guerras cruéis que deveriam surgir
    E da alegre Inglaterra pressione muitos homens da mesma forma
    Eles pressionaram meu verdadeiro amor de mim, assim como meus três irmãos
    E mandou-os para as guerras, meu amor, na Alta Alemanha.
    Meus amigos eu não valorizo nem meus inimigos eu não tenho medo
    Agora meu amor me deixou, eu vagueio por longe e perto
    E quando meu bebê nascer e sorrir no meu joelho
    Vou pensar no adorável Willy na Alta Alemanha
    Oh Polly, amor, oh Polly, a derrota já começou
    E devemos marchar ao som do tambor
    Vá se vestir com sua melhor roupa e venha comigo
    Vou levá-la para a guerra, meu amor, na Alta Alemanha

  • @GreenSnake1997
    @GreenSnake1997 2 года назад +5

    "Ich bin Soldat" bring me here

  • @Sophi_KatZ
    @Sophi_KatZ 2 года назад

    Surprised content recommend me

  • @phwbooth
    @phwbooth 2 года назад

    Poignant.

  • @patrickd7890
    @patrickd7890 4 года назад +3

    I came here from Cruel Wars

  • @titanicbigship
    @titanicbigship 2 года назад +3

    Shut out to the heights of iron four total war mod or else I wouldn’t have known this good song

  • @MrThebarron007
    @MrThebarron007 4 года назад +1

    what war is this referencing

    • @Branflakes143
      @Branflakes143 3 года назад +16

      Either the War of Spanish Succession (1701-14), or the Seven Years War (1756-63), it's not entirely clear which war this is supposed to reference, which makes sense because Europe kept tearing itself apart every other decade.

    • @jamesthomas4841
      @jamesthomas4841 2 года назад +1

      @@Branflakes143
      The most likely candidate is the War of Austrian Succession. Either way the English were involved in a lot wars in a period of eighty years or so which involved battles in High Germany.

  • @madman026
    @madman026 4 года назад +4

    WTF is this song about hessen guards?

    • @madman026
      @madman026 4 года назад +2

      @The Working Man ok thanks for the history

    • @Lt_Voss
      @Lt_Voss 4 года назад +8

      @@madman026 It's actually about the 30 years' war from 1618-1648, but everything else he said was correct.

    • @madman026
      @madman026 4 года назад +1

      @@Lt_Voss i just had no reference point thank you both

    • @Georgieastra
      @Georgieastra 3 года назад +4

      @@Lt_Voss
      The English did not participate in The Thirty Years War.
      It is much more likely to be the War of the Spanish Succession when the Duke of Marlborough took his army up the Rhine from The Netherlands to Bavaria. High Germany in this context refers to the mountains of southern Germany.
      Marlborough linked up with Prince Eugene of Savoy commander of the Austro Hungarian army and together they defeated the French and their Bavarian allies at the battle of Blenheim.

  • @BirdsfromHuntingdon
    @BirdsfromHuntingdon 3 года назад +5

    🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

  • @dogfish6739
    @dogfish6739 2 месяца назад

    Real

  • @idcgaming518
    @idcgaming518 2 года назад +4

    Anyone else hear this in hoi4 kaiserriech?

  • @Sophi_KatZ
    @Sophi_KatZ 2 года назад

    Folk

  • @덕젤
    @덕젤 2 месяца назад

    War is terrible

  • @markvance6025
    @markvance6025 4 года назад

    O

  • @WindowsXPMapping1
    @WindowsXPMapping1 3 года назад

    Hey is anyone here from EBI on Roblox

  • @deanpower3453
    @deanpower3453 Год назад

    LUKE KELLY is the only man to sing this song

    • @Dryhten1801
      @Dryhten1801 Год назад +1

      It's an English song, should be sung by an Englishman

    • @freestylevimto3109
      @freestylevimto3109 Год назад +1

      Why should an English song be sung by a communist Irish republican?

    • @rolandweitbrecht3860
      @rolandweitbrecht3860 10 месяцев назад +1

      Absolutly

    • @rolandweitbrecht3860
      @rolandweitbrecht3860 10 месяцев назад

      @@Dryhten1801
      There were also irish regiments who served in the 7 years war.......

    • @Dryhten1801
      @Dryhten1801 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@rolandweitbrecht3860 This is not an Irish folk song, nor is it about the seven years war. Paddy cowards must stick to their own "songs"

  • @armandjeanrichelieu1624
    @armandjeanrichelieu1624 4 года назад

    You mean Heil* XD