George Formby singing Our Sergeant Major with his Banjo-uke. Enjoy
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@PhilipJamesPrentice14 жыл бұрын
I came across this video about 5 years ago by accident. Since that time I have probably watched it perhaps 150 times. During my tour of duty in the Canadian Army I wrote and sang songs to the troops. And I thought I was good. But this song, by George Formby, is by far the most amazing military song I have ever heard.
@stofferrussell Жыл бұрын
Later on he gets called before the senior officers and he plays another version complementing the Sergeant Major. I love this film.
@PaydolfLitler3 ай бұрын
@@stofferrussellWhat Film?
@stofferrussell3 ай бұрын
@@PaydolfLitler “It’s In The Air”
@Tinker10662 жыл бұрын
HE is a blast from the past and never forgot you were an amazing entertainer
@vickthorodin69873 жыл бұрын
Whenever i feel depressed, despondent I listen to George Formby
@doctorrodders13 жыл бұрын
Aww, poor Sargent major! He was enjoying it at the start!
@allanwells48862 жыл бұрын
About 36 years of age in 1940. Love it!!!
@johnk63123 жыл бұрын
I love this. The lyrics are funny enough for its time, but the whole melody and the chord structure together are just out standing and beautiful plus the ancient recording somehow makes it sound like its from an unreachable world.
@rickmoody90242 жыл бұрын
Definitely need listen to back on the farm by him then if you like this one
@owmacc8 ай бұрын
Formby was a master of the ukelele. His strumming and chords were amazing.
@charizard441010 жыл бұрын
@Benjamin Finny it is funny because they had a taste for comedy and now almost everyone uses crude comedy because they are to lazy to come up with anything good like this
@Fireyjax6011 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing this!!! I Love George Formby ❤❤❤❤
@privatedeath2312 жыл бұрын
also he did actually go to the fronts and sing and do some performances and play on the radios :) hes such a amazing person :)
@bicpapermate3 жыл бұрын
I'll bet even the Sergeant Majors applauded.
@gaspainsify13 жыл бұрын
As it has been since organized armies have been around sergeants have the uncanny ability to show up at just the right time.
@Badbuckingsmiley13 жыл бұрын
the music and this scene is around 83 years old, but this is funny and makes me wanna sing :) though im only 22 years old, im a kinda fan of George Formby. We seriously need actors and musicians like him :)
@mcfcguvnors3 жыл бұрын
The guy was literally the Justin Beiber during WW2 ,his wife was insanely jealous too ,massive star in britain
@kittycase45368 ай бұрын
I hope you still love him 😂❤️
@herdinglemurs Жыл бұрын
The ability to play and sing funny songs and really bring them off, like the ability to write funny poems or funny stories and really bring them off, is IMO under-appreciated. George Formby is clearly one of the masters. Special great funny couplet award for: "His medals break our hearts./He won them playing darts."
@canadacalling68923 жыл бұрын
amazing banjo playing George. great sense of humour. Thanks so very much for posting. Bruce
@kawasjaki14 жыл бұрын
fantastic. great song , and great performer .
@robjohnson78062 жыл бұрын
I am learning this one now, on my banjolele and it ain't that easy - he makes it look effortless.
@cheshirepat302 күн бұрын
That formby split strum is tough!
@brisnschultz9489 Жыл бұрын
I looove this.
@josephlandrut41546 жыл бұрын
George Formby brings back many fond and sad memories for many people worldwide. His wife made sure he was not leaving her for anyone trying to take advantage of his stardom.
@MrGranfield5 жыл бұрын
Nobody plays the ukulele better than George.
@paperbackwriter...9 ай бұрын
thats the banjo
@sarcasticbookworm2714 жыл бұрын
Now there's a sergeant major Enjoys life while he can He proves to all the ladies He's a soldier and a man! He sticks out his chest Two pillows in his vest A bolster under His rotunda Our sergeant major! His medals break our hearts He won them playing darts! And while competing Who was cheating? Our sergeant major! He's far away the worst friend we've ever had When he's far away, well, we're mighty glad! In the canteen bar You know what sergeants are! When we've passed out Who's the last out? Our sergeant major! He's got a raucous voice His language isn't choice! In clink we'd shove him How we love him Our sergeant major! His weight about he'll throw The wicked so and so! Who'd even smother His own mother? Our sergeant major! He's far away the worst friend we've ever had When he's far away, well, we're mighty glad! Our bugler goes his rounds And when the bugle sounds For everlastin'! Who's he blastin'? Our sergeant major! Now he makes raw recruits Just tremble in their boots He calls 'em slackers! Who's gone crackers? Our sergeant major! His feet fill up the road Knock-kneed and pigeon-toed We'd sooner shoot him Than salute him Our sergeant major! He's far away the worst friend we've ever had When he's far away, well, we're mighty glad! The mascot goat we own Though big and fat has grown Wild and warlike It's far more like Our sergeant major!
@violinsane1084 жыл бұрын
Genius.
@JoshFreilich5 жыл бұрын
The Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix, Arizona brought me here. They play a clip from this film in the England wing in the Europe gallery.
@MuricaMan_Real3 жыл бұрын
ya me too
@TorbenJensen-h4l Жыл бұрын
den spelle nonstop jensen engen i melle
@johnredmond13182 ай бұрын
In the film George is told that the Sgt Major has entered the room and heard him singing about his many faults-he immediately turns the song around and sings his praises-which greatly pleases him! I haven't heard it though for about sixty years or so!
@Rapidcat5902 жыл бұрын
Look at the guy beside George formby at 0:42 laughing
@peterrimmenfalk42873 жыл бұрын
Pozdrav from Armenia and thank for the nice music Here is real war and this song make folk glad.
@danrichards614311 жыл бұрын
I liv his music and his films
@gremlinuk19686 жыл бұрын
my, friends from Germany !! like this,!!!
@gremlinuk19687 жыл бұрын
my friends in Germany loves this !!!
@thomaskallmyr50276 жыл бұрын
George Formby JR-was the Mostest Performer in England during 2ndWW...
@GhostCabinet5 жыл бұрын
Bet this dude could shred on electric
@dracopticon77888 жыл бұрын
Grew up with George Formby films on the telly. Happy days!
@americaninthephilippines665010 жыл бұрын
Ohhhh yeah.........he will be peeling potatoes for a long time. lol!
@eisemanrenyardjake9 жыл бұрын
Or scrubbing out toilets with a toothbrush........!
@AlexGreenwoodUkulele9 жыл бұрын
***** Ffs. Your comment is so fucking dense but so fucking relevant LOL thumbs up from me :3
@monkey5555002 жыл бұрын
ha love it
@waynedavies3185 Жыл бұрын
Why aren't Geoge's films shown in comeplete. It appears that only small segments are shown of George singing. The full length of the films should be shown not just parts of the films.
@gols18713 жыл бұрын
absolute amazing loving this song when i first seen it on world at war series
@eisemanrenyardjake9 жыл бұрын
18 Sergeant-Majors disliked this!
@AndyStClair-po3xg9 жыл бұрын
+eisemanrenyardjake now 21
@herobetty6 жыл бұрын
Now 30.
@jacobduggan80085 жыл бұрын
One of those was BSM Williams
@bwackbeedows36299 жыл бұрын
This is a man that loves his Article 15s.
@letitiadonnoque456210 жыл бұрын
He is best song is definitely When I'm Cleaning Windows. Maybe because it was the first of his I heard!
@markwest56743 жыл бұрын
What movie is it from?
@vermis83443 жыл бұрын
Hang about... 2:07 Am I potty, or is that Frank Thornton?
@cycleSCUBA2 жыл бұрын
In the days when they'd laugh at a swinging gate!
@spotter0911 жыл бұрын
Sergeant Major in the RAF? Never! The SNCO who came in was a Warrant Officer. What about the guy by George's right shoulder? Leading Aircrafsman - at his age? He must have been in trouble a lot!
@charliekilo89442 жыл бұрын
RAF in the 1930's had Sergeant Majors.
@ItsJakeTheBrake11 жыл бұрын
the guy behind george looks pissed.
@gremlinuk196810 жыл бұрын
am pissed,/ drunk,!! to much whisky,!!
@sighmonnn13 жыл бұрын
He's like the slash of the 1930s.
@CLASVE6 жыл бұрын
Happy song!
@kohldblood15 жыл бұрын
Great!!!!
@DLS9512 жыл бұрын
@FinalFreek Its not the Parachute Regiment anyway, could be RAF but im not sure really.
@supacorse5 жыл бұрын
Top tune😃
@KathWinstanley5 ай бұрын
I love this song I watch the film its in the air at least once a week
@gols18713 жыл бұрын
lmaoooo at the guy on the left chucklin away
@geggy515111 жыл бұрын
Hi spotter09, this is from military wiki "Until the 1930s, these ranks were often known as Sergeant Major 1st and 2nd Class. In 1939, the RAF abolished the rank of WOII and retained WOI as simple Warrant Officer, which it remains to this day.". BUT the film was made 5 years or so after the change; maybe they wrote it before? (I commented on this very topic about 7 months ago!).
@maxman16026 жыл бұрын
I thought It's In The Air was made in 1938.
@wastehazey64687 ай бұрын
Lyrically this is 100% punk rock What a performer he was, impossible not to smile to his songs
@AlanGeorgeBates-oj9zr6 ай бұрын
No need to be rude about your sergeant major even he's a pain in the bum George Formby.
@shafarevich15 жыл бұрын
'Brilliant' I learning to play this on my Uke . Its quite easy and fun.
@JustClaude1313 жыл бұрын
1:00 The gentleman with the blonde has a "Sergeant's Flunky" look to him. I wish we could get these DVDs in America. I may have to get a region free player someday.
@Petey130815 жыл бұрын
The movie is "It's in the air". & I'm afraid I can't answer you on the parashoot question :>
@johncalladine21519 жыл бұрын
one of the best god bless
@alphabeast87002 жыл бұрын
HeHe turned out nice again.
@שמואלפפירניקוב3 жыл бұрын
ITS IN THE AIR-1935 SCREWBALL COMEDY ........
@GrossDeutsche154 ай бұрын
Thanks to the camera and the gramophone
@wonderlustcrazy13 жыл бұрын
@FinalFreek He's wearing the Uniform of the Royal Air Force.
@robolder97243 жыл бұрын
Lol it’s the best song ever
@siennamcewan49585 жыл бұрын
why cant 2019 be like this generation , so classy and pure
@jacobduggan80085 жыл бұрын
"We need another war to thin out their ranks a bit"
@nightshade719865 жыл бұрын
Whitewashing does wonders to paint over segregation, labor riots, interment/concentration camps and every other horrible thing that "the greatest generation" was apart of. That said I do love the music from the era among many other things.
@scottstrails93694 жыл бұрын
Too true
@AlexGreenwoodUkulele9 жыл бұрын
23 sergeant majors watched this video and didn't approve.
@gremlinuk19686 жыл бұрын
my friends in Germany , like this,!!!
@justinhyslop87693 жыл бұрын
Does anyone have the chords?
@LukeMerola3 жыл бұрын
Yes, Am C7 D7 Em7 F G7 Gm, but it’s a key higher than the original 🤘🏻👍
@peternieuwenhuis90292 жыл бұрын
good song
@thomaskallmyr50276 жыл бұрын
My Biological Grandfather was George Formby JR-there was my Father-his son= Oscar Angel Kallmyr Georges son......
@bicpapermate3 жыл бұрын
George never had children. Beryl had a hysterectomy
@gremlinuk19685 жыл бұрын
my friends in germany likes this,,!!!
@royguercio2181Ай бұрын
Walz theme song.
@gremlinuk19685 жыл бұрын
I liked , from a kid 70s, , born 1968,,! from my late gran when I was kid see on tv, , 70s
@dancedance85344 жыл бұрын
I am a kid of 2000s and I love it
@gremlinuk19683 жыл бұрын
@@dancedance8534 God Bless,!
@nailmcnugget92843 жыл бұрын
Limmy brought me here
@BuddyFantastic13 жыл бұрын
@FinalFreek Royal Air Force
@gremlinuk19686 жыл бұрын
have friends, in Germany, that likes , this !!!
@JoshuaSmithFamilyRobinson6 жыл бұрын
I've got a CD of this and I love this song
@worthatronproduction14 жыл бұрын
@FinalFreek he doesnt join a para regiment, but he does accidentaly joins the r.a.f and gets left in a plane that he cant fly
@MrYam11112 жыл бұрын
@FinalFreek RAF uniform, but he I don't think he fought during the war. He kept the moral high at home by doing performances.
@thomaskallmyr9 жыл бұрын
My Grandfather as DNA can proove-as Oscar was his son,and Oscar Angel was my biological father,made in 1955,as my Brothers Ola and Edmund saw this happening beetwen my mother and Oscar on the third floor.Honestly Thomas Kallmyr
@jrgboy6 жыл бұрын
George could only play in one key so he had several uke's tuned in different keys..
@iBaloogy13 жыл бұрын
@FinalFreek RAF
@hoosieryank196713 жыл бұрын
I like the officer behind him that only smiles to please the blonde gal...
@geggy515111 жыл бұрын
I beg to differ! Listen to "It serves you right" from Bell Bottom george. Its on here somewhere!
@EvilStreaks15 жыл бұрын
Wonder if that was the first ever "he's behind me isnt he...." joke
@cowman85014 жыл бұрын
@iliketoridemybycycle they might be in the air force
@VCYT5 жыл бұрын
Give him a court martial or a dislike.
@RyanG144Videos14 жыл бұрын
@ConnorP95 that would be great!
@hooraytheweird13 жыл бұрын
@joshyashton but...he's slagging off his Sgt Major to get laughs in this song.
@SkinnersVids11 жыл бұрын
Bit late... but he is in one of the RAF regiments.
@TJ-el5tm11 жыл бұрын
really? you can't just enjoy the fucking song
@sluaghalbannach26192 жыл бұрын
This is the most popular music in Britain
@supersmashdragon12 жыл бұрын
it`s like something straight out of beetle bailey.