Scottish folk song about the Gordon Highlanders sung by Kenneth Mckellar. Meaning of unusual words: H.L.I.=Highland Light Infantry drappie=drop (of alcohol) forbye=also
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@gord4067 Жыл бұрын
My Granpa sang this the last time I ever saw him. Sitting up in bed. Eyesight gone and near the end. He was with the Gordons at the Somme as a company runner and made it back. Bringing the MM with him for his bravery.
@patrioticarchive Жыл бұрын
Rest in peace. Thanks for sharing.
@jackiewilkinson3122 Жыл бұрын
How special.
@user-fg3ei7pp4v11 ай бұрын
What a memory to have - defiant to the end. A soldier and proud if it.@@jackiewilkinson3122
@mercian710 ай бұрын
Your Granpa was a good man. And that's enough.
@gordeaux20064 ай бұрын
My grandad used to sing it to me too!
@tormentor45552 жыл бұрын
Brilliant and the Best Regiment in the British army from an ex Gordon Highlander.
@robertosmith3556 Жыл бұрын
QOCH.
@vnurcombe7 ай бұрын
Bydand!!
@Stanly-Stud5 ай бұрын
Gay Gordon's 😂
@ycul21 Жыл бұрын
My Grandmother's brother was a Gordon Highlander and I loved seeing photos of him in uniform and hearing the stories. When I was young and heard this song I thought it was the official regimental one!
@tomwotton92 жыл бұрын
It’s weird seeing Edward and George together, just the two of them, two future kings of England with absolutely no idea of what is to come. Love Tom
@gefingyi Жыл бұрын
My dad was a Gordon highlander. 1950s fought in Korea and later was involved in Cyprus- corporal Keir F Smith from Dalkeith. Would love to hear from anyone who knew him. Maj smith(ret)
@alfredroyal3473 Жыл бұрын
My Da was a Gordon. He was from Lanarkshire, how he ended up in the Gordons is a WW2 mystery. I have his foties. He was as proud as fuck tae be a Gordon. When they took Madagascar from the Vichy French they went to Durban. The sailors were offering 5 quid to wear their kilts ashore. They were all told to fuck off. He took Burma back from the Japs. He died aged 59. He would be horrified at the state of the U.K. and would have Nicoliar tried for treason. Of that I have no doubt.
@patrioticarchive Жыл бұрын
It's marvelous to hear old family tales like this. Thanks for sharing mate 👍
@mercian79 ай бұрын
Tears to my eye
@gordonwade29142 жыл бұрын
I can see why my name is Gordon now
@Viper97Gaming Жыл бұрын
🤣
@alfredroyal3473 Жыл бұрын
Look at the size of them, my Da was 5’ 6” he was a Gordon. Could fight like fuck, although he was very mild mannered. I can’t think of this song without greeting (Scots for crying), nor Waltzing Matilda, ma Maw was Matilda, ATS, manned Ack Ack batteries in Hull and Southampton. They’d be horrified at the state of the country now. They could never have afforded to stay in a 4* hotel in their lives. Now you just tip up in a lilo in Dover. Hey presto, a Novotel. Why did they fight?
@royrobertson.edinburgh938 Жыл бұрын
Well said old timer god bless you
@arslongavitabrevis5136 Жыл бұрын
I fully sympathize with you, although I am not British but Italian. The worst part of this tragedy is that most Europeans DO NOT understand that this is a continental matter and that their future as an ethnic entity and culture is at stake. We are all in the same boat and is sinking rapidly. Those wonderful Scottish young men died for nothing. The only real winners of WW2 were the bankers.
@MonarchistMusic3 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful song! Truly, the Scottish accent is absolutely beautiful
@markwalker421910 ай бұрын
My great grandad was proud to serve in the gordons in ww1. I would sit on his knee and listen to his stories
@GeraldSFord-cz5kv3 жыл бұрын
Excellent! Very patriotic song! God bless 🏴!
@napoleonlempereur30213 жыл бұрын
My Heart is French,but this britisch Militar is ❤❤❤👍👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 🇨🇵
@caledonianamerican412 жыл бұрын
Amen
@The_Christian_Cavalier Жыл бұрын
Empirial France is better than modern France and your Royalist songs are just scarily bad
@britainman3459 Жыл бұрын
Who won the war anyway
@garymacdonald71656 ай бұрын
Proof that England cant survive without Scotland!
@historiamilitaris51612 ай бұрын
🏴🏴🇬🇧
@johnbruce28682 ай бұрын
Brechin, in Angus but close to the Mearns and old Kincardineshire, was always split between pride in the Black Watch and pride in the Gordons. My Aunts in Arbroath use to sing this song when I was but 'a wee loon'... a long time ago now, but I've never forgotten it.
@johnbest45132 жыл бұрын
Absolute TUNE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@juliaruellou31485 ай бұрын
I used to sing this song for my grandfather; for my grandmother, I would sing "away in a manger"....my god; the early 60s, and how time flies
@Jcaeser1879 ай бұрын
My family are Gordons and I learnt the lyrics near instantly
@lauren92106 ай бұрын
Same
@NihilsineDeo1866.3 жыл бұрын
Very lovely song, good job :)🏴
@jimweights8908Ай бұрын
Scotland have been our brothers for 300+ years 🏴 🏴 🏴
@nathanielbrown679511 ай бұрын
If I am not mistaken it looked like King( or the future) George VI and his brother Edward VIII, it seemed they weren’t too happy about inspecting the troops. 😂 Good video. 🏴
@patrioticarchive11 ай бұрын
Edward was king at that time and it's rumoured he didn't enjoy his visits to Scotland.
@chalkyboyjnr2 жыл бұрын
Ma da used to sing this
@thehowlingmisogynist98715 ай бұрын
Remembering my grandmother's brother: Pvt Kenneth "Kenny" Green, 2nd Gordon's, died of wounds, Festubert,1915 aged 19 - never forgotten!!
@kwesto032 жыл бұрын
BYDAND
@camrenwickАй бұрын
Proud to be Scottish
@morgan7023 Жыл бұрын
Excellent
@boris18732 жыл бұрын
BYDAND.
@royrobertson.edinburgh938 Жыл бұрын
Stand fast
@thewangdynasty256 Жыл бұрын
what a story & tune indeed :)
@DerMarschliedKamerad3 жыл бұрын
Very epic
@fireforcecreative2 жыл бұрын
mine too!
@luigimartini9820 Жыл бұрын
Video straordinario!!!
@arslongavitabrevis5136 Жыл бұрын
I always had a great admiration for the Scottish people and their soldiers (fairly ironic since I am Italian 😆😆😆) I remember reading in a book dedicated to the Scottish regiments in the British army (1978) that the Gordon Highlanders won more VCs than any other Scottish regiment. Is that so? I tried a search in Google and it was bloody useless. I would appreciate any information about this. Regards.
@Stanly-Stud5 ай бұрын
Fake news
@user-fc4bs4go4j12 күн бұрын
My dad being a Scot would play this on an old broken piano after he fixed all the keys himself I don’t know he did it but would of made a fortune in repairs if they had of employed him.
"My kilt is Mackenzie o the HLI" , the Highland Light Infantry wore trews .
@geordiewishart16832 ай бұрын
Kilts were authorised in 1947
@ciziazyke43803 жыл бұрын
I'm French and I don't know what does "Gordon" mean. Could someone give me a synonym or an explanation please ?
@patrioticarchive3 жыл бұрын
There was a regiment in the British army called the Gordon Highlanders
@ciziazyke43803 жыл бұрын
@@patrioticarchive Oh thanks you ! So, I want a Gordon too in the royal guard of my French King ! :)
@johnbest45133 жыл бұрын
These chaps. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZWTfmR_d9yjr68
@johnbest45133 жыл бұрын
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@51freddie60 Жыл бұрын
The regiment was named after the Clan Gordon from which the majority of its original members joined. Clan is the Scottish equivalent of a 'tribe'. Clan sounding much better.
@Viper97Gaming Жыл бұрын
🇬🇧
@Rory_Herbert3 жыл бұрын
Just out of interest, was that King Edward VIII inspecting the troops at 1:35 et sequiter?
@patrioticarchive3 жыл бұрын
Yes mate
@Rory_Herbert3 жыл бұрын
@@patrioticarchive I thought I recognised him.
@patrioticarchive3 жыл бұрын
@@Rory_Herbert I recently watched a documentary about Balmoral Castle and he didn't enjoy his visits to Scotland unfortunately
@Rory_Herbert3 жыл бұрын
@@patrioticarchive Haha. He did seem a little, let’s say ‘abrupt’ during his inspection of the guard. 😀
@stevekaczynski37936 ай бұрын
@@Rory_Herbert He tends to look a bit petulant in film and photographs taken in public.
@karl104 Жыл бұрын
What are they wearing, the King and his Brother? It is not Gordon?
@malcolmgullam83484 ай бұрын
Fablus
@craigmcintosh724110 ай бұрын
Very poor choice of film I think to use shots of Edward VIII in the video.
@TheSuburbanScumbag7 ай бұрын
agreed. He wasn't too keen on Scotland and he was a runt who abdicated to run off with an American fascist