"Over the Hills and Far Away" - British Trad. Folk Tune - Arr. and performed by John Tams
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- Опубликовано: 4 ноя 2011
- A much darker take on this lovely old tune: "King George commands, and we obey, over the hills and far away".
As to the political elements, a crusty old cynic might ask: wasn't it ever thus?
Arranged and performed here by John Tams, including lyrics, for the TV Series "Sharpe" which was set in the Napoleonic Wars - 1803-1815.
A few people have asked about specific images. Almost all of my RUclips vids comprise my own photography. Not here, however - so all credit due to the original creators of these images (not to mention the principal act here: John Tams' performance and arrangement of this music!).
At 0:50 the striking image of brave French soldiers in unimaginably harsh conditions is at once frightening, and heartbreaking. Most of us have not even the vaguest grasp of what it means to be fighting in war - except of course for the courageous soldiers of today, many of whom play video-games for fun, relaxation; and yes, relief from the harder truths of military conflict. Armchair warriors bring it on!
The image of the British soldiers at 1:16 here: www.napoleon-series.org/images...
And here is a rather earlier account of this tune:
• Over the Hills and Far...
Finally, here are John Tams' lyrics:
Here's forty shillings on the drum
For those who volunteer to come,
To 'list and fight the foe today
Over the Hills and far away
[Chorus]
O'er the hills and o'er the Main
Through Flanders, Portugal and Spain
King George commands and we obey
Over the hills and far away
When duty calls me I must go
To stand and face another foe
But part of me will always stray
Over the hills and far away
[Chorus]
If I should fall to rise no more
As many comrades did before
Then ask the pipes and drums to play
Over the hills and far away
[Chorus]
Then fall in lads behind the drum
With colours blazing like the sun
Along the road to come what may
Over the hills and far away
[Chorus] X4
Recording:
Over the Hills and Far Away: The Music of Sharpe
Label: Virgin
ASIN: B0000263G2 
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But, sir, this is a political song.
Well done ant ,for those very kind and wise words ,my sentiments exactly!
@@suilvenmountain2395 Nothing wrong with politics. What is your quibble?
@@AntPDC maybe the fact you said "This is not a political Channel" whilst posting a political protest song?
stuart burdett This is a Channel focussed primarily on music. You presume too much.
Played this in the Dollar Store, now its Pound Land.
Why does this comment not have any love ?
Underrated comment
Ah Poundland..you want shampoo? It’s by the Cadbury’s chocolate, dog collars and spectacle stand. Just behind the toilet roll and baby wipes, past the dvds and birthday cards. Down the aisle from the gardening gloves and potting soil. Love it.
Lol
Love it 😂 I'm a silly sod in ol' blighty, and this comment tickled my pickle 🤣
I'm not British, nor am I even of British heritage. But I absolutely love this song. The British have so much to be proud of.
I sung this in a French cafe, they instantly handed over me their eagle.
I’m British and Proud!!!!! 🇬🇧
Nice one John.
The Sharpe T.V show wouldn't be the same without John Tams. His performance and music take it to the next level.
Likewise Harris with his intellect!
@@davemack7577 the Chosen men are the best. R.I.P
I love this song. My 4 x great grandfather fought & was wounded at Hougoumont at the Battle of Waterloo, but lived to be an old man, blinded in one eye & respected by all around him.
Three cheers for your 4 x great grandfather 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Richard Sharpe, a character so bad ass he survived being played by Sean Bean.
I served with the Brits in Iraq & Afghan. Truly professional & brave.
As a Brit, thank you for your comment. Respect and love to you and yours.
As an old Soldier this song brings Tears in my Eyes. One of the best Soldiers Songs. Greetings from Germany
🏴👍🏻🇩🇪
Always - thank you for serving our country. Not many seem to choose to now.
The tune is much older than the Napoleonic wars. The earlier lyrics was "Queen Anne commands and we obey" and was familiar to Marlborough's men.
(Lifts a pint) God Save Queen Anne!!!
Brave british soldiers. Honorable foes then trusted comrades. Greetings from France.
As an englishman with a good knowledge of our shared history, I must object to your description of us as "honorable foes"
As foes and as a series of successive national governments we were and are, lying, cheating, swindling, bribing, back stabbing, double crossing, oath breaking, ruthless cutthroat jackle-vultures, who stole everything we could from everyone we could, by any means we could, for around 400-600 years, then threw a hissy fit when it came back to bite us. Trusted comrades perhaps, but only in so far as your government was in the same sordid business as our own. Do not romanticize our history, our struggles are deeply intertwined with one another, but honour was never a part of it. It is said a French soldier, when accused of fighting for money rather than honour by an English soldier responded "each of us fights for what he lacks"
Regrettably I must agree to some extent with that fellow. Still, I appreciate the kind words.
Clearly you need to pickup a history book 😑 @@seekingabsolution1907
@@seekingabsolution1907oh shut up our French friend is correct
Appreciate you brother our nations are now trusted friends after centuries of being honourable foes we built a strong friendship
The French and British are equally worthy
I'm a simple son of an Irish catholic born in England. Partially educated in England and Ireland. Later served in the UK and Australian armies. So I have served George (well Liz) "over the hills and far away" and have no shame.
@@up0the0ions Yikes imagine being Pagan. Get a life son.
VaucluseVanguard Fellow cultured Catholic
@@clanker3967 lol all them sweet stolen holidays from paganism and Jesus based on a pagan god, perhaos you should get a life sonny jim
@@up0the0ions That's not true though. I will tell you one thing though, you will grow up and the more and more you reject God the more you will want him in your life.
@@up0the0ions mouth much bigger than brain in his case.
Making a grown man cry and instantly dig out his Sharpe boxset?
Now that's soldiering.
In the last 100 years members of my family inluding my sister and myself have served over many hills including France , North Africa, Italy , Northern Ireland ,Cyprus, Germany, Iraq , Afghanistan. Out of us all my little Sister has served longest having over 20 years service.
Seems it makes your family happy. So good luck...!
@@katarn999 indeed , soldiering is the best life , id highly recommend it to any young person, i wish i could go back and do it all again.
Colours blazing like the Sun indeed.
Now that's soldiering!
God bless you both!
"If I should fall to rise no more, as many comrades did before" and "colours blazing like the sun." Genuine chills.
My grandfather and Father used to sing this to me.
Both served.
Thanks for your service
Me and the boys after moving the Declaration of Independence to the fiction section
me and the boys after nearly dying in the war of spanish succession:
Me and the boys after a flaggen of ale, tulip stew, grape shot and Sharpe's Bastard hot sauce
Me and the boys after selling out our catalan allies for some fish:
Me and the boys: after the battle of Yorktown on the American side
Vicky Mcdonald “king George commands and you obey?”
Who else is here because of Sharpe? 🤜🏼🤛🏼
You know the scruffy guy who always sang
i am
now thats good soldiering
Me England
ME
Despite all the patriotic comments, as a former British soldier, i recognise the common soldier's natural tendancy to irony. If you listen to the words this is actually a lament at being tempted by the fine words spouted by the recruiting sergeant and the financial incentive to enlist without realising quite what the truth was. He had been duped by promises of 'glory', 'honour' and mostly secure income (which usually came late, if at all) and that all the maids love a man in uniform, and then found himself trapped in a world of horror, fear and blood and likely death all in the name of a king who didn't really give a damn about them, come what may.
"A part of me will always stray, over the hills and far away" - he's wishing he was home.
Wellington famously described his men as "scum of the earth".
Truth be told, common soldiers have never fought for 'King and Country', they fight for their mates, the men standing next to them.
All that being said, it is a damn fine song and John Tam's version is undoubtedly the best there is. I've marched to this tune many times with a little smile thinking of Sharpe and his Chosen Men.
Back then most people went into the army to get away from a criminal past or something similar like being sent to Australia. The army wasn't conscripted like army of Napoleon so it wasn't full of bakers, carpenters or millers. It didn't have the best reputation in terms of orderly conduct in the Penninsular war either due to drunkenness or looting. However, having an army of well, killers and vagabonds ended up playing into the benefit of Wellington and I imagine his army. I'd personally rather have a few lands from a rough area or council estate next to me rather than some posh boys who went to Eton and I think this resonated back then too.
Wellington was landed gentry but did also respect his soldiers ability to go into the fray, here's a few notable ones where he did big them up especially how they conducted themselves well underfire and said ""I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but, by God, they frighten me."
I totally agree with your analysis though, most did not go in for glory or honour. For most it was a steady income and allowed them to travel the world and make some friends that treated them like family (and some for the first time). Your comments remind me of the Barry Lyndon movie!
All the best.
Thank you for your service 👍🏻🏴🇬🇧
I could not have put it better, god bless you bro
Here's the real question then:
Do you know what makes a good soldier?
I too was duped at the recruitment center being paraded gently into the RRW in the normal persuasive way only the recruiting colour sergeant can muster. At least in my day we got paid lol looking back on it though nothing much else has changed from Sharpe's day to mine lol typical British aristocracy I guess 😂
Dear Sir. I am watching Sharp’s Rifles at the moment, and even though English is not my native language, I now know this song by heart. When I have seen the Series, I am going to watch it one more time 😊 I left a part of myself in Iraq, so as a disabled veteran I do have the time to watch it twice. Funny to think that England and Denmark were in opposition to each other during the napoleonic wars. I have worked with great English and Irish colleagues in the Balkans…top of the Line women and men. Thank you for the song - and for Sharpe 😊 Greetings from the Old land and an equally Old veteran 🇩🇰 🎗 🇬🇧
The book series is quite good too - although it is a little formulaic. I'd recommend it for any fan of the series either way
Thank you Sir. I read somewhere that Richard Sharpe maybe the personification of the real English hero, Mr. Shippe…? Anyway, I Will try the English novels about Sharpe. Stay safe.
I am sure the books have been published in Danish. Please read them, The TV series was okay, but it was always 50 guys walking around a field. In the books, it is 100s of thousands marching in your imagination. They are excellent!
I'm sorry that you sacrificed so much over there in Iraq. Personally, I couldn't do it. One can make an argument that the war in Iraq was unjust, which it was, but so are the vast majority of wars in human history. I do respect that you fought as so many others have before you..
God bless Denmark and God bless you m8!🫂
I heard this music the first time in the Sharpe's series. A coincidence it is one of the serie's actors John Tam that sings the music. I am Brazilian and I loved the beautiful melody and the patriotic pride of the British soldiers that the lyrics captures so well. Anthems are to be valued. Each country in Mother Earth has traditions and songs that remember their country. They must be praised and not devaluated. My country has a beautiful Anthem that everybody has already heard in football games. I would be heartbroken if someone talked badly about it.
I love this song, and what it means. It truly reflects the faith and pride the British soldiers at the time had. Going against the best trained army and most brilliant General of that century, yet they found joy in marching into battle for their king and country.
It’s the same unconquerable never say die spirit that made them take on the Germans in 2 world wars and win in the 20th century
Realistically, most of them were there because they needed a job. Morale raisers like this existed to make the grotesquely crappy life of a rank-and-file soldier psychologically manageable, and even then, this version's lyrics were written in the 90's by John Tams himself. It's easy for us now to imagine the Redcoats feeling proud and honored when most of us never have to experience the things that any soldier has to experience.
@@MinecraftRick Not forgetting the great many of them who enlisted to avoid prison or deportation. Nosey, himself called them "the scum of the earth". So yeah a redcoats lot was not a happy one : forced marches, often in retreat ( no diss to the British Army here they were very good at retreating and then either turning and fighting or popping up some place else) flogging, disease, hanging for looting etc and that's before they even faced the French. I think the only time you would have found a happy redcoat was after the battle of Vitoria
Actually the British infantry were arguably the best trained soldiers of that era and we're certainly better trained than the French infantrymen. Most of the French army were conscripts which partly explains their generals using the column formation even though it massively reduced the available firepower. A column is more effective for raw untrained recruits. It takes a significant amount of discipline to stand in line (2/3 ranks deep depending on the army). Also the British army were the only one to train to fire muskets with live ammunition so they could fire faster than their opponents, they used this in conjunction with the 2 rank lines (more muskets able to fire at once) and were the most efficient fighting force of the Napoleonic era
I'm not British but I loved this song so much I almost booked a ticket to England to join Her Majesty's Army
Come for a drink or two instead. We'd love to have you! 🏴
Played this song in a nightclub it turned into a pub
Sorted the place out it did!
Sharps Rifle's was a brilliant series and this piece of music with it.
wish was a love button, this song gives me goosebumps as an english speaking canadian proud of his familyy duty served to the empire that we have traced which btw is a very very long time
This is a great song. I’d love to go one day to the UK, they’ve got an amazing and interesting history. Greetings from 🇳🇱
We have..as have the Dutch.
I'm guessing Dutch history is quite rich as well. The Dutch were involved in the battle of Waterloo too.
@@kristiannoel4866 it truly is. And yes indeed we fought alongside the British at Waterloo.
@@Jannes-pj4cd you gave us a good run too burnt down Chatham as I recall 😂
@@xtoll123 yes, we have, with admiral Michiel de Ruyter in command.
Just started rereading the Sharp novels again, always seem to hum this tune after I finish reading
I played this & my coffee turned to tea.
Huzzah to my Mother Country!
🇬🇧 🤝🇺🇲
REDCOATTTTT!!!! RAHHHHHHHH!!!!
@@ContentEnjoyer-gm3ky
Britannia Rules The Waves!
I don't see this as a political song or a protest song. It's a song that tells the story of the common everyday infantryman, it's a song that tells the history of those men. Since it's John Tams singing it the song is telling the story of a group of fictional soldiers and their commanding officer (who was once a common enlisted men), Richard Sharpe. Tams has just the right voice for this version and he always brings to mind all the episodes of Sharpe I watched and the original Bernard Cornwell books that the series was based on, they were great books for a history lover like me.
"You've Broken the Old Guard, Lad!! Forward and complete Your Victory!!" - Duke of Wellington to Col. Sharpe, "Sharpe's Waterloo"
Simmerson been real quiet since this dropped
I heard he has a cousin at Horse Guards.
He who loses the king's colours, loses the king's friendship.
I thought Wellington was sure he was made a hero in Spain
This has motivated me to go and take an Eagle at Talavera!
Santiago!
Lets go choosen men!
R.I.P Liz.
Love from British Ulster ❣
indeed
❤️🤍💙🇬🇧🧡
So glad I got a chance to watch Sharpe's Rifles. Waterloo episode was such a kick in the nuts, great finale.
Amazing show. I watched loads as a teenager. And really wanna rematch it now. Fav episode is sharpes Eagle...
Sharpe and his Rifles would be so proud of this.
The best movies ever
Never forget Simmerson lost the kings colours
It's okay. His cousin is in Horse Guards, and he has friends at court
@@amb3007a man who loses the kings colours, loses the kings friendship. After that he has two choices
@@mikefrayne1322 The fault wasn't his...Major Lennox must answer.
@@oyy255Major Lennox answered with his life, sir!
@@Psychonaut316 As should've Simmerson, if he had any sense of honour!
As a U.S Army Infantryman I sing this when we are training and it helps me get through the tough shit.
I'm American too, even though its British I still love this song
respect.
I like the song, but this is patriotic to the British.
I don’t really really see this song as patriotic for the British so much as just telling of the life and lot of a soldier who has signed up for the British army. Whether they like it or not, “King George commands and we obey”.... there is no getting out of it till your time is up.😕
@@patmiddleton3947 The patriotism isn’t about your leader, it’s about their country’s accomplishments. And what I thought about that was when it says, “over the hills and far away” I think that this British guy is talking about how far Great Britain’s empire had stretched at that point.
I remember this being used in the series Sharpe. So very enjoyable.
i was about to say, im pretty sure thats the voice of dan hagman lol
@@redbarret123 It is. John Tams did play Daniel Hagman. He also co-wrote the music for the series. He's become pretty famous in certain circles in the time since. He's sung for the British royal family on two separate occasions.
@@kuro_neko5863 being a rifleman and so good a singer that you sung for the royal family... NOW that's soldiering
This version was used throughout the TV "Sharpe" series as a theme tune,, John Tams himself playing the part of a poacher-turned-rifleman until he was "killed" at Waterloo. I love it but cannot hear it without regressing into "Sharpe"!! I believe Tams became so wound up in his work on the music that he was offered, or possibly asked for, a "bit part" in the series but was so good he went all through it!
Saddest moment of the series was the death of Harris and Dan at Waterloo!
the one problem I have with this is 'King George." The original meter works better.
Queen Anne commands
and we obey...
Reminds me of my grandfather who took the Kings shilling as a lad to get away from his English village and ended up in the trenches in France...
Beautiful.🇬🇧🏴
using the john tams performance, now thats soldiering
Hagmann, the best shot in the regiment.
Respect to all British soldiers, sailors and airmen who fought to expand and protect England and her realms
Дерьмо
Respect to the people of Britain. Anyone who does not truly care about "Britain" and it's people and the land, can ALL fuck off, and that includes "King Charles" and his unsure Monarchy, and the corrupt Govt.
Hear-Hear,EVERY ONE Man Jack and Woman Jacqueline!
For those of you who have seen all of the series, I strongly recommend the books, which cover before Sharpe's Rifles in India and Denmark and after Sharpe's Waterloo. They provide so much insight to the story and have kept me occupied in every field exercise I've been in during my time in the service.
Vive l Empereur !
That part in India, does it cover Wellington's battle at Assaye?
@@Intreductor If my memory serves me correctly, that would be in the third book Sharpe's Fortress. It covers quite a few of Wellington's India battles in the first three books.
@@Intreductor it does cover Assaye.
@@Kdawg562 I find it interesting how Sharp meets Bony in the last book and they talk in French like old Soligers.
I think Bony finds that Sharp's former life in the green jackets to be very interesting.
Whenever I re-read some Sharpe stories I want to listen to this ♥
For all my ancestors who followed the drum.
Hear hear
Fantastic version of this beautiful British folk song
Who's here cause of Sharpe??
sir
Now that's soldiering
“I have a cousin at Horse Guards, sir, and friends at court.”
@@connorkilpatrick6283 a man who loses the kings colours ....
@@wayneabel5421 looses the king's friendship.
I love the fact that as with many folk songs an individual or community could put in their own lived experience rhyme and then all could join in with the refrain. I think we miss this communal catharsis.
Thank you. I'm rather puzzled by the way the English language is evolving. As long ago as 1946, George Orwell in his "Politics and the English Language" expressed similar sentiments. This is not a personal dig at you Michael, but I don't understand what is meant by "lived experience". Is there an "unlived experience"? You continue with "communal catharsis" which until very recently used to be called "fun". What's going on? Meghan Markle (for example) is given to talking about "her truth". Personally, I think it a subversive abuse of English, like corporate-speak, which is intended deliberately to obscure actual truth. Is this a political sentiment, or a linguistic one? "Going forward" I believe the two are inseparable. Best wishes.
@@AntPDC based as fuck mate 👍 you should check out spoons channel South African who love our monarch that was x our new king I’m undecided and time will tell
Eighty years ago my mother used to sing this as a nursery rhyme…..Tom he was a piper’s son…..it was my favourite
I grew up watching Sharp with my dad. Even from a young as 5 I loved this song and now I am 20 and I still love it so much
Now THAT'S Soldiering.
What makes a good soldier Perkins? The ability to fire 3 rounds a minute Sir
Would you look at that pic and got his bullet same hole made by Taylor
@@General19556 sweet William
Sharpes rules. First: Fight well, fight hard! Second: Don't get drunk unless i tell you! Third: Steal nothing but from the enemy or when starving!
Stop showin off Sharpe……
in all weathers!
God save the queen 👑 From commonwealth of Canada 🇨🇦 🇨🇦🇦🇺🇬🇧
What are the Canadians trying to do to her?!
@@cam4636 What do you mean? She is the queen and that’s what you say. God save the Queen.
@@RS-qo1rb "God save the Queen from Canada"
It's a grammar joke.
Iconic song in sharpe. A brilliant series that really inlights the British view of the Napoleonic war
Wellington: 'Get me Sharpe! Be quick about it!'
John Tams has a really beautiful Singing voice. Very sweet and clear. I could listen to him all day.
Man, I need to re-watch Sharpe.
Enjoy
Oh buggerballs
Some legend uploaded episodes 1 to 14 on RUclips
@@stephenhoggan5498 just watched sharpes Eagle brilliant sharpest regiment tomorrow
@@allanarnold3619 My son has just started watching this. He loves it.
The Brits, Good shipmates all!
Semper Fidelis
Bruce.
Now this is a song worth soldiering for.
Sharpe and Harper would agree........
chanting this when going to watch ridley scott's napolean.
The movie was a let down.
Old Wellington he scratched his bum,
Saying "Boney, lad, thee've had ye fun,
My riflemen will win the day."
O'er the hills and far away...
Not British, but this is beautiful. From a friend across the pond.
Likewise Sir
Respect to our American brothers across the pond, when shit gets real we will always have each others backs.
Love it. For king and country. Imagine what those men went through. Makes me proud to be British.
Respect for the Queen & God save the King. BE
I still want to be a Chosen Man when I grow up...
I go to school in the centre of Copenhagen where the Queen's guard go marching every day. Sometimes the Queen's guard play English marching tunes (I have heard them play 'A long way to Tipperary' and I hope one day they will play this song.
Nothing beats the Royal Marines Massed Bands playing Rule Britainnia or Land of Hope and Glory
honestly this song makes me feel calm
That was just beautiful. I mean absolutely beautiful.
The feelings by this song!!
I met a really nice girl at my vacation, only a few days ago, and this song was in my head constantly on that vacation. Now this song is linked to my best friend ever!!
Daniel Hagman (John Tams) !!!
This would always play after each episode of Sharpe!
It made the movies so much better. But I still can't accept the way how Harris and Hagman were killed.
@@meneeryarno22 Get over it pal. That was years back and it was just poor writing and poorer acting and directing. Harris especially was a terrible actor. He was awful and even compared to old Sharpie he was a terrible actor.
Now that's Musiceering
Yes, very very good music. So sad and melancholy, yet, hopeful. Woe the war
Amazing song sadly missing the greatest verse
Through smoke and fire, shot and shell
And to the very walls of hell
But we shall stand and we shall stay
Over the hills and far away 🇬🇧
I never knew that it gives this song greater meaning considering what's happening in eastern Europe
Who songs that version?
@@wayneabel5421 to be honest mate I’m not sure of other versions im sure it was john tams singing a live version I heard this verse
Thank you. I just wrote them down. This song appeals to all who.." stood to face another foe".
@@Chris72243 It was heard at the end of Sharpe's Company look it up
Forever and always will be amazing
O’er the hills and oer the main,
We’ve lived through two whole years of pain,
May twenty twenty two bring joy,
O’er the hills and far away!
Had to watch this for a college course a few years ago back in my undergrad. Graduated with my masters early this year and man i can't lie love this sound of this song.
R.I.P queen of england and i know im late to say this but i ot to see you in the crowds of BR and you were such a great ruler but atleast you died in your youthe you will allways be remembered
Our grateful thanks, Barbara. She was a lady of the world and a member of the human race as well as the Queen of Great Britain and the Commonwealth.
This must be one of the best I have ever heard...listen to it over and over...great..I can see Sharpe riding over the hills and heading far away .....
i came here from Sharpe Series, wonderful Sean Bean acting
Dude ,I love this song so much. I remmber when I was like 9 and my Father putt on Shrape and i rember that I song that song like every day after Me an my father saw it.
Some of the art is incredible
I LOVE how the melody never resolves to the tonic. It’s so cheerful yet so uncertain.
I makes me wonder how folk music evolved into the “formulaic” genre we know today.
You make an excellent point about music and mood.
@@AntPDC Thank you. I love folk music. Another perfect example of early folk music that defies conventional standards is the recordings of Skip James, an American blues musician from the 20’s/30’s who had a style that was absolutely unlike the current blues template. Check out “Devil Got My Woman” if you’re interested.
@@Bingbangboompowwham Thanks for the tip. Now I'm off down a Skip James rabbit hole.
@@jabrwoky1 I’d love to know what you think!
1:17 - Just a bunch of lads having a good time.
Not a phone in sight. Just people living the moment
Another channel featuring Over the Hills and Far Away? Now that’s soldiering!
Even as an American this song got me tapping my foot. Maybe because I have distant family in 🇬🇧. 🇺🇸🇬🇧
As a Brit with American family I say to you..
Never below you, never above you but always beside you.
🇺🇲🇬🇧 God bless America
from your friend always
Britain 🇬🇧
Sharpe's Company brought me here
Rest in peace, Queen. The only existing Queen I've ever known about despite having never physically seen her.
Tells a tale of the time it was written in.
Great song.
i'm not british yet i find its folk songs so charming
"Yet"
@@Ningen_Remover
LOL
CHOSEN MEN! TO ME!
This is soldiering 👍
When french kid touches your pencil:
In France they call them crayons 💀🇫🇷🖍️
Many things have been forgotten through this modern age
Excellent. Never new it was a traditional British folk tune. I only grew up in Southern California hearing the Led Zeppelin version which of course changes the lyrics entirely. The original is a fascinating look back at a world that it's hard for us to imagine today.
Never Knew with a k!
Literally nothing to do with the Led Zeppelin song with the same title
RIP Hagman
jeeeysus man, i had a small anxiety attack thanks to you. i thought John Tams died or something. May he live longer.
@@hannibalburgers477 : "Hagman" died but John Tams is still alive as far as I know.
Lovely, lovely man is Mr Tams
In a few years, this will be a song of a long lost civilization.
It’s not totally dire. We need to take out the tyrants that run the West before anything is done
You're a cnut and no mistake!
The British empire is eternal
Loved this version & all the Sharpe series "Chosen Men" & later Sharpe movies. John Tams was perfect as the vocalist!!
Played this at my farm, it's now rorkes drift
i get it