yeah i felt it too, their uneven steps still sound very musical

Heard the Houghton weavers sing this this is as good as that lovely song

Long response: After only listening to this 50 times I think I got it. At first I thought wqs French: Vive la France, vite, hut. Because the girl sound of thr puclic seems like maman. At a Bastille day parade, perhaps Foreign Legion with english accent speaking French which sounf German. But just can't nake up thr second phrase. Just don't work. Then upon closer listening, the march sound seems to be not human but horses, and it makes so much more sense when analysing the sound space recording and quality and expressing and triangulate. It does seems a high source. And how that captain express himself in the circumstance short and screaming out of breath and heavy. Beside personal from reason. That's the magic and the mesmerising quality, bc we think it is people marching but it doesn't match and a mismatch here put in a mystery. And then I am pretty sure klep just played it up and more himan like rather then changing the marching source. Does would say probably the royal guard in there red and black hat uniform during a parade, jubilee or routine. Thought sounds is more the a routine as it seems the public and the girl are on thr side but way less jubilante then a jubilee pun intended so probably a parade on some occasion or other. Small in size as it wasn't that big of a background noise but an occasion for a parade and horses and the royal guard. Reform Line, with HUT thrn second phrase: On the header, HUT I thought he may have said halte but upon re examination it is HUT. Other thrn that, beside all that, personality that captain probably come from Scotland and with a Grave accent when saying fast and short sounds a bit german plus the habits and circumstance of being on a horse and a parade

(re--form line! 'uick 'arch!) and then ( "on' an' cen'er! 'arch!') -- "Reform line, quick march". Followed by: "Front and center! March". Quite clearly english and not german. The commands are sensible too. Marching the unit to reform the line and then march it forwards. Die Waffen (weapon) legt an is rubbish. First off, the command would have started "Das Gewehr" (the rifle) instead of "Die Waffen". Second, it doesn't make sense in what happens next. The troops can be heard marching as a result of the order. If the first order is indeed to aim the weapon/ready the weapon to fire. No order is given to shoulder the weapon. No order is given to start marching. And the result is the unit marching... presumably still with their weapon in a position ready to shoot it.. cue Benny Hill theme because that'll be funny. "Die Waffen, legt an" is like a misheard lyric and the nature of the drill commands has something to do with it. The words are not fully pronounced and at times grunted out in a rhythm. It's clearer to the ones receiving the order, in no small part due to the consonants being harder to hear than vowels. For example, the command "right face" can be given as "right..... face!" or anything else that works "right... huh!"

These waffles, they, SUCK!

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March of the East Germany

Reform line, quick (h)march

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I was watching Boardwalk Empire season 2, episode 8, when I heard this sample at exactly 34:08 (in the show). My mind started doing spins and I told myself, "it cant be..." It is. I had no idea this was taken from some vintage recording.

Best thing is everybody can understand what he likes best and we can all still be friends

Every comment that quotes this as "Reform line, quick march" has my vote. I can definitely hear this.

Total genius, this Alan Bell song will live forever. Love and peace.

Great song, and good to see Kevin playing his fiddle too!

Nice to hear the old Alan Bell Band - Stuart Robinson (Robbo) on a guitar he may have made himself under the guidance of Roger Bucknall, Alan himself on English concertina, Kevin Whelan on an as-yet unadulterated fiddle and Bernie Brewin on electric bass.

Part of my wonderful introduction to the folk scene in Blackpool and Fleetwood during the sixties and seventies , Alan and his fello Taverners folk group were always friendly . So much energy and help was given by volunteers at the festival which could not have happened without them all.

how is it possible that the speed is fixed? i can't see any rate control on the front panel. so the echo cannot be synchronized at all, not set manually, not even come close to a tempo?

"REFORM LINE QUICK MARCH" then a command to centre squad saying "ON THE CENTRE MARCH" cause its hard to hear but you hear more footsteps after the second shout

The main armies in the game are Russian and American maybe this is English I think he's saying (reform line quick march)

Beautiful song lovely words.🙏🙏

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And here is the original studio recording by the Taverners (from their last, '74 LP): kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3_ChGuBpMmIqtU

I believe both commands end with the word "arm", as it is used from the American army. Greek army commands tend to finish with either "arm" or "marche" as they pretty much copy the Americans to a rather great extend. 💁🏼‍♂️ Can't confirm, since I'm not American but it further solidifies speaking english and NOT german.

Can anyone tell me more about the old storiy Alan is referring to in the interview? Thanks! 🙏

Thank you Alan Bell, a million times, for this song. 🙏 Coming to me and my family on an audio casette of the Medley Folk Band, it was my favourite song as a child. I fell asleep to in on many night drives on Camping trips with my family. I just loved that so much, and these memories will last forever. ❤

Obviously "Reform line, quick march"

That cut off quick

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Honestly, this song lodges in a person's psyche and stays there! I've hummed it many times over the years and then tried to place it!

I could always, and can still, see this turning into a 20 verse ballad, with each verse framed according to the same basic structure: "Nothing says I'm a [insert unflattering adjective] [insert unflattering descriptive noun], just like a [insert flashy showoff feature on a car], [insert some driver habits/actions that aren't very considerate] [and here, insert a consequence that nobody wants (hey, that scans with the tune anyway)], I'm such a [insert blisteringly rude descriptive noun cut off before it becomes an actual utterance]." Heck, one verse of that a week and your channel will go viral, with people commenting suggestions for the next verse left right and centre! Only problem is, you'll have to continue adding verses until you die, because it won't, because that's how these things work once established.

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Funny there does not seem to be an analysis based on elimination of possibilities. Because this cannot be any number of words, but only a very specific set of commands are even possible. Marching commands are given in this very recogniseable intonation because the succesion of vowels is distiguishable way farther than the actual words are. The last syllable also holds no information, instead it functions as the "execute!" command for whatever came before. Meaning that the command we hear is: I - A - EE, .. E - A! Wich should be unique. "Die Waffen, legt an!" sounds good, BUT: Assuming that the marching steps and the command are actually at the same place and time, this would need to be a command that prompts marching. "Legt an!" for a rifle is the command make ready to shoot. Taking up the rifle to start marching should be, i think, "Schultert das Gewehr" (shoulder your gun). SO.. I think we are at square one. It could even be a montage of marching and random commands.

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To me, it very clearly sounds like "reform line- quick march"

Heard this sound in Assassins Creed 3

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If you played this a little more softly it would make all the difference.

An English folk classic from Alan Bell. What a legacy he left! And featuring the inimitable Kevin Whelan on fiddle, a very talented musician I was privileged to play with.

I thought he was saying “3,4,5, right haste!”

0:17 I hear front and center clearly.

wonderful man alan.Met him many times over 25 years at the fylde folk festival

this song brings back some good old memories we would sing it in junior school assembly sometimes thank you very much sir for this song being part of my childhood

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The man’s a master of his trade ,,,,,,,

Keep arms length quick march.

Also heard this is an episode of “Boardwalk Empire”

As a Tomb Raider classic fan, I can't help it, all the Roland JV 1080 and Orchestal Expansion chip themes could be great for TR soundtracks, i simply love 'em

The last few words are most definitely "Geef acht". Which means "ten-hut!" or "Stand to attention", but in (Belgian) Dutch.

I hear "keep arms along(or firm), ready march!

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