Clip from "Sharpe's Regiment"

A short scene from episode 9 of the great Sharpe's series.
Of interest only to those who enjoy seeing early 19th century redcoats receiving their kit. And marching. And chickens, yes, there are chickens in the clip.
A "bandook", by the way, is an old British Army slang word for a musket or rifle, derived from Hindi and Gurkhali.

[@PentoPelican]

Hey thats song that they sing is anthoer version of the Australian bush ballad

[@julianaylor4351]

Many old songs, carols, anthems and hymns have an interchangeable tune.

[@OrlopRat42]

It's an old Celtic tune called "The Craigeelee", which has had many different lyrics put to it. In 1895 it was used for "Waltzing Matilda". The lyrics they sing resemble "The Bold Fusilier", but they may have been written or adapted by John Tams, who co-wrote the music for the series, and also played the role of Rifleman Hagman.

[@williamanderson5437]

You miss completely the fact it was sung originally as 'Marlborough / Rochester' - the period predates the Napoleonic wars (and Banjo Patterson's' 'Waltzing Matilda' new lyrics), by decades. I feel You are guessing here, John Tams from Derbyshire is a very talented musician / singer, and may well have adapted the lyrics from Marlborough to Wellington, but just for the TV episode - ask Mr Tams to confirm please, when you next meet.

[@SackFulloApplez1993]

You saved us Sharpe, off to war you go now.

[@logandavis7365]

Now that's soldiering

[@354sd]

You should try Aldershot on Friday night to hear British soldiers. This lot sing like angels in comparison

[@rc59191]

That take the Kings shilling sounds awfully similar to Waltzing Matilda.

[@lamenters4242]

It is, john tams just made alteted lyrics and also its somewhat a trend back then for soldiers makjng their own lyrics but retaining the same tune for a song

[@neilwilson5785]

They did so much with so little budget. So glad CGI wasn't a thing back then. I want CGI for the Witcher though.

[@aknight1096]

CGI nowadays mostly sucks. Lord of the Rings did without and it still looks amazing today. They should try and do without whenever they can. It's why Jurassic Park and other classics still stand today due to not relying on cheap CGI.

[@aknight1096]

@Chris Madison I never said it didn't. LOTR didn't use cgi with its orc characters and instead used real life modeling which is why it looks so much better than the orcs in The Hobbit. Using cheap cgi looks awful.

[@kennethschlegel870]

the problem is CGI has become a crutch. It should only ever be used to complete effects that would be impossible with physical effects.

[@NobleKorhedron]

Yeah, Hagman/Tams has a great voice!! I mean, I'm Irish, and I still enjoy him despite the fact that our two peoples haven't exactly historically been best mates!! And as for the guy who posted this, it's "bundook" not "bandook"!

[@AB0VETHALAW]

Wtf has being irish got to do with anything

[@colinmcdonald8521]

@@AB0VETHALAW Don't you know your history? 12th-20th century, no great change until the very end, and not finished yet!!!

[@AB0VETHALAW]

My fav sharpe book

[@kaze987]

Which book in the series is this pls?

[@platoon1026]

Marching in step across a bridge - Definitely NOT soldiering. Route step(walking, not marching) is proper. Otherwise, the vibrations will cause the bridge to fall.

[@lutzderlurch7877]

I think this is mildly overinflated.

[@NobleKorhedron]

Yeah, Hagman/Tams has a great voice!! I mean, I'm Irish, and I still enjoy him despite the fact that our two peoples haven't exactly historically been in best mates!!

[@marsnz1002]

Having historical grievance with the English doesn't make you special. Pretty much everyone has it and here we are using English to communicate.

[@unclejoeoakland]

@@marsnz1002 your food is still terrible. THATS current.

[@OrlopRat42]

Aye, Cymru am byth!

[@OrlopRat42]

Actually, it's either one. Remember, we're transliterating from Hindi बन्दूक here, and the values of the letters in different scripts can be interpreted in different ways. In 19th century sources I have seen "bandook", "bundook", and "banduk". A friend of mine who speaks Hindi pronounces it as "banduk", although he says there are regional variations depending on dialect.

[@tnerbtnerb5136]

Why am I not surprised "Walzing Matilda" is just a stolen older Brittish Tune?

[@SantomPh]

Happy Birthday and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star have the same melody

[@patricklamshear1806]

Just like the yanks stole Garryowen. ☘️☘️☘️👍

[@LutzDerLurch]

Makes it seem as if clothing came in one-size-fits-all form...which it didn't.

[@maigretus1]

It did if you were in the army. Uniforms came in just two standard sizes... Too large and too small. ;-) Once issued you were expected to alter it to fit properly.

[@lutzderlurch7877]

@@maigretus1 Kinda into late 18th/early 19th C. british army material culture. The stuff was originally produced in commonly three different sizes by the makers for the regimental concractors, who also supplied a lot of raw material for the oddly shaped and sized soldiers etc. The clothing was then tried on by each soldier, the regimental tailor(s) marked all alterations and the clothing was then immediately altered to fit. if needs be, totally taken to pieces, or the lad in question was made a set of clothing from scratch from the raw materials in the store. hard to imagine today, but soldiers in the 18th c. british army had customized or fully tailor made clothing. Hand sewn, too.

[@finneire2081]

Sounds just like a British football song shite

[@williamanderson5437]

You mean the one that goes 'Who the Fu*king Hell are You.........' LOL, even the Blades have a better version of John Denver's song than anything from an irish football match, away and hack yourselves with your wooden sticks'.... lol

[@finneire2081]

@@williamanderson5437 the Blades were a fantastic band so im not suprised

[@nathanjohnson1853]

"Now then...get 'em pickets owt." Possibly the most Yorkshire command ever given in the British Army

[@TheNerdForAllSeasons]

I revisit this clip every few months just to laugh at this comment.

[@m.otoole7501]

A speculative version of the rest of the song, based on the original "Rochester Recruiting Sergeant" from the era of Marlborough and Queen Anne but updated to the era of the Napoleonic Wars: A bold Rifleman came marching down through Rochester Home from the wars in the Low Country . And he sang as he marched through the crowded streets of Rochester "Who'll be a soldier for Wellington and me?" Who'll be a soldier? Who'll be a soldier? Who'll be a soldier for Wellington and me? And he sang as he marched through the crowded streets of Rochester "Who'll be a soldier for Wellington and me?" Old Nosey's commanded to raise a fighting regiment To face Bonaparte in the low country. And if you would be a soldier, all in a scarlet uniform Then take the King's Shilling for Wellington and me. Take the King's Shilling Take the King's Shilling Take the King's Shilling, for Wellington and me. And if you would be a soldier, all in a scarlet uniform Then take the King's Shilling for Wellington and me. "Oh not I" said the butcher "Not I" said the baker Most of the people, they would not agree To be paid off in powder and the rattle of the cannonball Wages for soldiers for Wellington and me. Wages for soldiers Wages for soldiers Wages for soldiers, for Wellington and me. To be paid off in powder and the rattle of the cannonball Wages for soldiers for Wellington and me. "Now I,'' said the young man, ``have oft endured the parish queues. No more charity for the likes of me. Starvation and danger, They shall be my destiny. I'll take the King's Shilling, for Wellington and thee.'' Take the King's Shilling, Take the King's Shilling, I'll take the King's Shilling, for Wellington and thee. Starvation and danger, They shall be my destiny. I'll take the King's Shilling, for Wellington and thee. So Dick Sharpe and his men, came marching down through Rochester Bound for the wars in the Low Country. And they sang as they marched, through the crowded streets of Rochester "Come be a soldier for Wellington and me." "Come be a soldier Come be a soldier Come be a soldier for Wellington and me." And they sang as they marched through the crowded streets of Rochester "Come be a soldier for Wellington and me."

[@rehtged]

ah, remember the Brits in our column singing this whilst on the march through the fields of France last weekend (re-enactment), good times.

[@moakley]

so this is where the tune waltzing matilda came from.

[@JohnJ469]

What did you expect? We ARE a nation of thieves you know.

[@adambydand1214]

@@JohnJ469 Actually, this tune was originally "The Craigielee" march music for brass band by Australian composer Thomas Bulch. So, that's still an Aussie one, regardless.

[@jediknight1294]

Its a tune thats existed for years just the lyrics change. Most songs like that come from folk songs.

[@williamanderson5437]

@@adambydand1214 WHAT, the song was being sung by British army for Marlborough, decades before Australia was colonised (1788), where do you make up your krap from. The origin is an old Celtic tune. Give your head a wobble.

[@brianwhite3502]

@@williamanderson5437 Dear William, With the exception of the first verse, the words of the very fine song were composed by English folk singer Peter Coe towards the end of the Vietnam War. There is no evidence of the existence of the song, "The Gay Fusiler" before 1900. William, the song was sung by actors in a TV show.

[@colinmcdonald8521]

I remember my grandfather (1894-1970) called rifles Bundooks (the alternative spelling, more often seen than Bandook), which is correct phonetically if you're from the south, but not for a Yorkshireman.

[@SpiderPigggg]

Colin McDonald Bandook is actually Hindi for gun. So I’m guessing he served in India?

[@lucasdejong6791]

The size of this group actually almost looks like a batallion.

[@CommanderCharms]

That's cos it is.

[@naworlien]

18 years ago that was only company strength ... today it prob be a battalion

[@ironmatic1]

At that time, most regiments in the British army *were* a battalion. Some regiments did have two battalions, however. Regiments were more of an administrative unit and battalions were a fighting unit.

[@karljohanlea5564]

You have to consider the budget for the show.

[@SantomPh]

It is the Second Battalion of the South Essex, indeed. Budget reasons mean you cannot actually portray a batallion of course

[@carlbretr6822]

Love the napoleonic light bulbs wonder how they powered them 😂😂😂

[@Fuerst_von_und_zu_B.]

Where did you see light bulbs?

[@EzekielDeLaCroix]

@@Fuerst_von_und_zu_B. At the start. There are lanterns on the top right and left quadrants with what is seen to be bulbs.

[@DrCruel]

@@EzekielDeLaCroix Looks more like coal gas lighting to me.

[@williamanderson5437]

Australia founded 1788, This tune / song predates the first landing in Van Diemen's Land by DECADES. - The tune was 'transported' by soldiers & sailors, had new words added by 'Waltzing Matilda' author Banjo Patterson (a close friend of 'Breaker Morant'), who also penned the poem 'The man from Snowy River (made into a film and a 65 episode TV series, which featured Olivia Newton John in a small role), know your facts Chaps.

[@hannibalburgers477]

what in the world are you talking about?

[@brianwhite3502]

Dear William, The tune sung by the actors in the video is Australian musician, Marie Cowan's, version of Waltzing Matilda which was published in 1903 as an advertising jingle for Billy Tea. nla.gov.au/nla.obj-166639875/view?partId=nla.obj-166639888#page/n0/mode/1up Although Marie Cowan’s Waltzing Matilda is derived from the Scottish tune, "Thou Bonnie Wood of Craigielea", which was probably written in 1806, it is quite uniquely Australian. William there is no record of the existence the song “The Bold Fusilier” before 1900. If you have any evidence to support your statements, please supply them.

[@NymbusCumulo928]

So strange to have a comment section set to top where the pattern is . . . 3 years ago, 3 weeks ago, 14 years ago, 14 days ago. It's like finding an ancient greek ruin with a washing machine inside.

[@timrobinson513]

Well they can shoot, but can they sing? Nope!

[@theirondukesboy]

lyrics are salvation and danger they shall be the destiny take the kings shilling for wellington and me take the kings shilling ake the kings shillingake the kings shilling take the kings shilling for wellington and me lol sharpe basicly just raised his own regiment out of the south essex

[@peterderiemer3854]

Those lobsters need lessons in singing from the Germans...well...bayerish..prussich, ..you know what I mean😜

[@3ch056]

Sharpe and the boys off to ruin Napoleon's day XD

[@Cicadawee]

i just find this movie really really nice. where can i view the full story?

[@dashcam26]

Best thing would be to buy the boxed set and you can watch them all. Look on eBay etc.

[@TheCasualTanker]

what's the song named?

What rank is the guy with FOUR stripes?

[@dhruvbedi4039]

Sargent major

[@SantomPh]

Sergeant Major, often the Regimental Sgt Major who is the senior ranking NCO and is on the regimental command staff. Sharpe's regiment has about 4 of them , each in charge of a section although Harper is in charge of them all.