Frank Turner - English Curse

English Curse from England Keep My Bones by Frank Turner.
No copyright infringement intended and I hope not to offend anyone by posting this video. My purpose in posting this video is for recreational use and I benefit nothing from doing this.

[@lukegrraaa]

This is a bard. Nothing but the power of his voice to carry the spirit of this song.

[@8jazz8]

Yes dude it is such a good bard, come down to the hog inn to hear more bards this Sunday after church

[@jimmyisace]

"I will give him seven feet of English ground, or as much more as he may be taller than other men". (When asked, before the Battle of Stamford Bridge, what he would offer the invading Norwegian King)

[@wilgo58]

This an amazing acapella ballad. And I've been listening to Frank Turner for the first time today and his music in my opinion is worth listening to.

[@acpts4718]

incredible how he creates an atmosphere and music in your heart without any instruments... his voice is amazing

[@christophcooneyoff]

Fuck I feel so English listening to this.

[@chasel4733]

chris cooney my dad and i would head bang to this...

[@RewStangClan]

A crowning achievement for Frank Turner, in my humble opinion. Simply cannot get enough of this one.

[@howitgoingeh]

I saw him yesterday in winnipeg. It was my first concert, I'm glad I gave my concert V card to him.

[@thehat222]

I am in complete utter love with his voice.

[@SpiritOfTheOpera]

stumbled upon this on my pandora fell absolutely in love with it

[@johnmiller8043]

Ditto

[@Watthead80]

@@johnmiller8043 Ditto x2. Give the Dreadnoughts a listen if you have not. Joli Rouge is a great song off their current album.

[@justinsane7832]

Having both Danish and English blood, this song always made me smile.

[@tiltonroadbirmingham1153]

I am an Englishman.

[@marykowalik3002]

This is a awesome fucking song

[@yellowfishfilet1019]

First frank song i ever heard about 5 years ago still amazing

[@TheLowennaRules]

His voice is too incredible.

[@KCam32]

Amazing vocals. Brilliant.

[@Thorney58]

Love this song, takes a real talent to be able to make a song as awesome as this without music (Y)

[@Messengerdeity1]

YES! thank you. It's so haunting

[@Daletor5]

If this is what happens to someone who steals an Englishman's land, imagine what happens to the poor soul who steals an Irishman's land?

[@46Livvy46]

New Forest all the way! Saw him a few weekends ago at Blissfields he was awsome.

[@Rufus_Murphy]

haha my puppy's name is Rufus! He's got reddish colored fur too!

[@unrightist]

It takes something to do a song pure a capella. Just heard of this guy about 20 minutes ago (literally). Good stuff.

[@LeafRaider]

It makes me shiver too...

[@RusswellMendez]

Frank turner is a folk acoustic musician. But I think because of what he's singing about it adds a lot more effect, sounds more old fashion to sing this without instruments.

[@MrHumanracin]

Here because William Elliott Whitmore is touring Australia with Frank, very impressed!

[@mrello212]

as soon as i heard this song it made my hair stand on end

[@LegoDoctor85]

Very original an brilliant.

[@killernotafighter]

Thank You.

[@JordancoxTv]

Many years back when the old oaks were young Not long after the Northmen had come A low and evil deed was done In the dark of the New Forest From the shores of Normandy King William came To Albion fair, King Harold to slay With greed in his heart and his scurrilous claim He turned the land for his own Now John was a blacksmith, an honest old man He raised up his children and worked with his hands At his family's forge in the patch of land In the dark of the New Forest

[@xEmoGiantx]

I love how half of the comments are arguing about the plot of the song and ignoring that it's an amazing song even without instrumentation.

[@Gaaraloverr1]

[@mufasaIRL]

reminds me of Stan Rogers - Barrett's Privateers

[@jetredAMx]

"So if you steal the land of an Englishman Then you will know this curse Your first born son's warm blood will run Upon the English earth"

[@AlexWyse]

There should be more songs like this in the world

[@Mito383]

Extremely ironic that an Englishman is cursing someone for taking their land.

[@JordancoxTv]

But King William rode out after his victory To ravage the land in his hunger to thieve For hunting grounds in the Wessex trees He turned the land for his own But if you steal the land of an Englishman Then you will know this curse Your first born son's warm blood will run Upon the English earth King William's son was called Rufus the Red He took up the crown when his father was dead And he rode the hunting grounds in his stead In the dark of the New Forest

[@TheLar1980]

Why don't more artist sing like this.

[@seamusgreenmurphy]

Me too!

[@TheMiddleHanded]

@willforaday It does. "But John's curse it called out and Walt Tyrrell fired low The arrow struck Ruffus with a sickening blow And he fell from his horse to the ground below And the land took him for it's own So if you steal the land of an Englishman Then you will know this curse Your first born son's warm blood will run Upon the English earth" It is linked.

[@Archbishopsslipper]

I feel like a dick for even pointing this out, but William Rufus was William the Conqueror's 3rd son, after Robert Curthose and Richard of Normandy.

[@corneliusvanDB]

beautiful!!! absolutely beautiful!!! what an enchanting, ancient tune... takes you right back doesn't it? to a time when these old oaks were young...

[@Itoli]

Umm, you do know that "new forest" in the song refers to area in southern England which William of Normandy seized and turned in to the Royal hunting grounds? (called the New Forest; Nowadays a national park.)

[@Otro_Cielo]

Linda música de piratas

[@Thorntiger]

@VideosOfJordan its "the arrow struck rufus"

[@FoxfirePoet]

Interestingly, Pandora gave me this on a blues 'station'.

[@larese66]

Really nice acapella song!

[@NathanTAK]

+Luca Arese Not sure if it counts as acapella if it's just singing...

[@Edited6]

"A cappella" just means it's not accompanied by instruments. Solo singing definitely counts.

[@ZuluDeadMan3]

Maybe because William Curthose doesn't rhyme with dead, and Rufus the Red does? I dunno... :P

[@MrDecentlife]

What genre is this? Kind of accapella folk -iy ? Would be glad to hear an answer

[@GingerBlue84]

Ah well, he never took the crown did he

[@IngyEnglishman]

@GingerBlue84, Agreed. Let's hope Frank becomes one of our leading voices taking us out of 1707 Act of Union British Rule and 1974 E.U. Rule. Free the English! and England! Waes hael!

[@RainboConnie]

...i live near new forest, they have good ice-cream :)

[@JordancoxTv]

@Thorntiger oops, thanks :)

[@henryprzepiorka8239]

great singing. Unashamedly English

[@TheWookeeMan]

Looking for something similar.. any ideas ? :) Btw, great song....I can not describe it with words

[@zaralily8774]

Love this song, Williams first son did die in a hunting accident, don't think he was called Rufus tho!

[@Sceadusawol]

Rufus is an old nickname for William II of England. In the New Forest there is a stone marking the spot where he supposedly fell, called the Rufus Stone.

[@shaydendurham6748]

ZaraLily. Yes he is called william rufus rufus meaning red

[@Nathpeggsy]

frank turner has done some amazing songs, some of them have genuinely deeply affected me. but hes also done some weird shit apparently

[@GingerBlue84]

@IngyEnglishman Indeed, still under the norman yoke

[@eddyfieldhouse]

@AlexWyse I think it's best being this unique :-)

[@Nick_CF]

fuck man that is a good song...

[@RJM-nr3mm]

is the land the black knoll?

[@jonathan123828]

Does anyone know any songs similar to this like a folk tale with no sound except a voice

[@virtualpigmaster]

Frank Turner's version of the folk song Barbara Allen is performed like this. Real folk songs have no specific instrumentation, so will be performed differently by different artists. The only thing I can think of is sea shanties, which are almost always entirely vocal, but with groups of singers. Check some out.

[@ImOutsideTheBox]

o death?

[@heishephaestion4178]

Oh Lord, there are tons..If you haven't already found it check out "the snow it melts the soonest" by Anne briggs.

[@JordancoxTv]

You're welcome :)

[@jimalancarter]

@timmmss Why is that?

[@desirewhitefire]

@Superman93x Modern poetry? Um...this is how the Saxons and Norse would entertain themselves around a fire in their longhouses and castles...it's a bard's song, developed over a thousand years ago, lol.

[@voxna]

What 1 dislike it must be a King William descendant lol GREAT song

[@tuscanyiscol]

@Mirrorboy17 touche sir. touche.

[@dacatania]

yo can someone put up the guitar tabs for this? I can't find them anywhere

[@LegoDoctor85]

I would lke to know the notes to this song.

[@AMMToxic]

@JHdems2010 maybe robert curthose didnt fit the vocal rhythm properly? its still a song.

[@12345smith67890]

one things for sure their wont be much potatoes......

[@HoundogAlex]

except of course William Rufus wasn't William of Normandy's first born son.

[@Treeeboy]

When the oaks where young, this was pre oaks being young but that's what I was saying.

[@JordancoxTv]

But John's curse it called out and Walt Tyrrell fired low The arrow struck William with a sickening blow And he fell from his horse to the ground below And the land took him for its own So if you steal the land of an Englishman Then you will know this curse Your first born son's warm blood will run Upon the English earth Many years back when the old oaks were young Not long after the Northmen had come A low and evil deed was done In the dark of the New Forest

[@jamiepf4381]

well technically this is acapella; music without instrumental accompaniment

[@bersvein3869]

i say this song is good but you need to slow down. i think would sound good with a mandolin in the back ground, like a bard song :D

[@Konim96]

this could go well with music.

[@ilovemorganfreeman]

@Sjoerdd93 Do you know the chords? That would be super.

[@kyleleslie3507]

Alba gú brath

[@themadking6094]

hey does anyone know where I can get the lyrics?

[@almagill]

+Izaya Orihara www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/f/frank_turner/english_curse_lyrics.html

[@ZombieSurvivalist11]

Well yea I did.

[@The123arak]

damn... if i was his age... i would... never mind

[@gat0rbball]

I am looking for more songs like this. Please help. I have Luang Probang by dave van ronk and even hanging tree by Jennifer Lawrence. Please help. Solo acapella with no or very minor music.

[@Allbrotnar]

Look up Vikings Sacrifice Song, it's awesome.

[@joshuachambers4844]

Shanty of the Whale by KT Tunstall :)

[@Joel-pq7kb]

Check out "old Maui" by the Dreadnaughts

[@Crayshack]

If you are still looking, check out Song of the Red War Boat by Peter Bellamy.

[@Edited6]

+Crayshack Ayyy! Much appreciated! That's a fun voice to listen to! +Allbrotnar That was one of the weirdest scenes to watch without context. Cool song though.

[@harrysnipe]

Rufus was not William's first son... Robert II wa

[@davidnaray8398]

First born sons, sons plural

[@deschloro]

140 like this. William the Bastard doesn't

[@oliverjason]

Did the English get cursed for stealing the land from the Britons or did the curse just apply to the Norse and Norman's?

[@Treeeboy]

Also it was William the Conqueror who planted the new forest and it wouldn't have been there just after he won, just enjoy the song though seeing as it's awesome

[@The123arak]

why do people always start fights over the internet me no like dat

[@winnetouch]

When did frank claim he was his firstborn son? He just said son... I'm no history buff so I don't know but your statement itself was inaccurate :P

[@aaronaxel4760]

William I's son was known as William Rufus or William the red. Why Rufus the red in this song? William the red would have fit, though not as well, and would be more historically accurate...

[@Algebrodadio]

artistic license.

[@olliegoldsmith54]

Shut up arse

[@Pablosammy1]

Well, he is referred to as William II, Rufus the Red in some places. In fact, there are many ways to name him. I don't think Rufus the Red is any less correct than William the Red.

[@davidnaray8398]

Says first born sons. Plural

[@Soloagino]

well... it would be for people who take English people's land.

[@The123arak]

lmfao

[@ricardohenry2160]

Ew Yay Uckfe Uyay

[@ricardohenry2160]

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[@ricardohenry2160]

Centerd angle of curse old to new bang blow adventure worth ..

[@ricardohenry2160]

AY Oh Yeah Fucker Ew Ah

[@tomashize]

All ye invaders be ye warned.....