"What A Time It Was" - Rhodesian Patriotic Folk Song

[@thomasbleming678]

I was in Rhodesia in 1975. I stayed there for about five and a half months.

[@mattia7950]

How it was ?

[@thomasbleming7539]

@@mattia7950It was quite nice and very cheap as well.

[@karlokamenjasevic921]

@@thomasbleming7539 what a time it was...

[@ilyaszaim6494]

What a time was huh

[@mikebobson2768]

Can I ask why?

[@laneb2710]

"Where's Asia?" "Here" 👉🏻🌏 "Where's North America?" "Here" 👉🏻🌎 "Where's Rhodesia?" "Here" 👉🏻❤

[@Chiri21]

😞✊

[@siluda9255]

yes

[@Sebastian-nc2ls]

Its enough to make a grown man cry

[@BB-bq1xd]

😢

[@remmmy45]

@Fjj FUCK YEAH

[@samuelleandro2275]

"You see when people love their homeland They regard it as their own land And they fight wether they right or they are wrong" if people only understood this...

[@luissilva6970]

Exactly what we Portuguese did in Angola, Mozambique and Guiné.

[@brodieclamp5090]

All men do this when pushed. I think that's why they've been slowly steering patriotism as something to be ashamed of rather than proud of.

[@b.rodriguez8226]

The Confederate States of America.

[@Skavenscribe]

Very wise words. If you're born in a land conquered long ago it's not going to change the fact that it's your only home that you'll ever know. What a tragedy how things ended for Rhodesia.

[@seand.g423]

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one." You were saying, Samuel?

[@h12-p3j]

This is a perfect patriotic song. It tells the entire story, the good and the bad, frequently mentions that they weren't always in the right, but they were still able to love their homeland for what it was, flaws and all because that's what it was made from.

[@wulfengel]

Something else to take from it is they fought black nationalists led partly by Mugabe, a communist, and the Rhodesian security forces had native Africans and settlers along with foreign volunteers in their ranks. Mostly Brits, Americans and Europeans.

[@龍天-y4k]

@@AshleyGravesreal Rhodesian Security Forces were 80%+ black. Even after independence, I met a group of ZANU-PF mujibas (all carrying AK47s - I was unarmed), who greeted me with much hostility, but soon changed to be friends. I asked them about Gukurahundi (it was 1984) and they all hung their heads in shame. They knew. It was the Lundi River bed btw. So sad how things have gone.

[@龍天-y4k]

@@wulfengel the Rhodesian Security Forces were 80%+ black Rhodesians. Foreign fighters were great (committed) but few and far between. Local white soldiers were more scarce - especially after 77. That's why those who DID serve are so SPECIAL.

[@龍天-y4k]

And to be fair: The burden foisted upon the White Rhodesians was huge. Very few could carry it through - and it's wrong to blame those who didn't. But equally, it's right to praise those who did - great people in the face of insurmountable odds. But did it anyway - true Rhodesians. We honour them all They believed. And now, their beliefs are proven true God bless ALL Rhodesians.

[@AshleyGravesreal]

@@龍天-y4k Always!

[@alexcervelli7706]

I didn't even know Rhodesia existed until I met a friend at college who had the flag hanging on the wall of his dorm. He described Rhodesia as "An interesting country" and I've been passionate about Rhodesia since then.

[@clnGabAsp]

Based. Trust me, keep that man Always near you. He Is a pure soul probably.

[@gustavsamuel]

@@clnGabAsp A pure soul?

[@culturalliberator9425]

​@@gustavsamuel A pure soul

[@oooshafiqooo]

Rhodesia will always have a special place in our hearts

[@muratozsoy7116]

rape

[@pusillirex]

Rhodesia ending credits

[@Sovietube]

its a really short game tbh

[@ColonizedEthan]

Rhodesia may have ended in real life but it's still alive and well in our hearts

[@kingsman4628]

Only of the first season trust me...

[@hezekiah8765]

Exactly

[@mildlydispleased3221]

@@ColonizedEthan No.

[@RhodaBrice-s5p]

I will NEVER be called a Zimbabwean, I am a RHODESIAN. I grew up with Clem, what a super guy he was.

[@alessandramaria00]

Look at this idiot who unironically calls himself a rhodesian like some snooty smelly brit 😂 🫵

[@ICECREAMSHAMPOO.OFFICIAL]

Rhodesians Never Die.

[@1313tennisman]

do you still live there?

[@blacklight8626]

As an American I prefer to call Zimbabwe it's true name, Rhodesia. Rhodesians never die love from the USA

[@MichaelJ44]

I went through 13 years of being in a British school including doing 4 years of history, not once did I ever hear of Rhodesia. I didn’t even know it existed til I left

[@aetu35]

The history of this nation is not something the western curriculum would tell you of.

[@ZephLodwick]

I mean, it is a pretty minor part of history.

[@alicekohler9405]

@@ZephLodwick not in a British school.

[@strophosgaming5998]

@@ZephLodwick "minor part of history" when in school we literally learn about ugandan asians

[@loomingkettle7833]

they aren’t hiding anything from you, they literally just teach you things that will make you a good worker for the future, that’s the problem with history class

[@Buckshon1953]

I remember this song well when I lived there 1978-80 as a 25-year-old journalist. (I entered the country as a student, and obtained a job as a subeditor on The Bulawayo Chronicle). The time there defined and moulded my identity and values. Returned twice to Zimbabwe in recent years as a tourist. Of course things are very different now. Rhodesia/Zimbabwe has become an ideological symbol for both the left and right. The truth, like most important things, is probably much more nuanced.

[@Atheos1]

bout as honest as a folk can be

[@evaboyer1328]

It was a war between democracy and communism. With Soviet Union and North Koreans supporting Mugabe who was a criminal. No. This one was a simple battle of good and evil.

[@Buckshon1953]

@@evaboyer1328 I disagree. Rhodesia could hardly be considered to be "democratic" under white minority rule (unless, of course you were white.) And it is simplistic to say that the black nationalists were "communists" -- Mugabe, I agree, trended in that direction (and used the North Koreans abusively in Matebeleland in 1982-3) but it is less clear about Joshua Nkomo. That said, there was plenty of 'evil' on both sides (or maybe three or more sides (if you consider the black tribes/nationalist parties as different). Plenty of people on both sides paint this conflict as you assert in a simple good vs. evil model but I saw instead a multifaceted and truly complex story. Yes, I entered the country as a typical "biased" left-leaning journalist -- but by the end of my stay I could see the ideologues on both sides were papering over their failings and denying any good on the other side. Probably normal behaviour in a war, of course, but hardly a truthful reflection of the situation.

[@Buckshon1953]

@John Wayne I wouldn't say it was "doomed from the start" but by 1978 when Clem Thelot published this song, it was too late. By then the insurgency had effectively gained control over most of the country and any moderate or reconciliable forces were far too weak to change things. I sense if the political organization of what was briefly Zimbabwe Rhodesia had been implemented 20 or even 10 years earlier, it could have worked out reasonably well. South Africa's transition to majority rule in the next decade proves the point. Conditions in RSA are of course far from perfect, but that nation found its way to reconciliation before things got totally out of hand.

[@culturalliberator9425]

So they finally buried the bodies?

[@SGLopez-ui3ps]

I've learned more Rhodesian history from this one song that from any mainstream source in the US

[@NotNormal654]

They have not taught me anything about Rhodesia in School

[@capncake8837]

@@NotNormal654 Same, except for a brief mention in a textbook (I’m American). Zimbabwe was just listed among several African countries that had national liberation movements. I guess they didn’t wanna go too in-depth about how the West betrayed them.

[@simonsimons1252]

Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.

[@kingsman4628]

The next "season" will coming soon

[@feiliormia]

I smile because it's over

[@luisschwab2131]

@@kingsman4628 Where can I keep track of this?

[@floo1465]

@@feiliormia i assume you think rhodesia was racist. while rhodesia did have a system of apartheid, it was not at all like the US’s or SA’s system of apartheid. the two races were actually more or less equal,

[@ZephLodwick]

@@floo1465 Well, there was segregation in Rhodesia, and most of the wealth was in the hands of the white minority. But Mugabe drove Zimbabwe into the dirt. Perhaps Rhodesia could have peacefully ended apartheid, but it's not like South Africa is doing very well.

[@cobrakai516]

What’s crazy is we never once learned about Rhodesia in school. We sure learned about South Africa and apartheid. I think the reason we didn’t learn about Rhodesia is because the bush war wasn’t about black vs white. It was about white and black men protecting their homeland from communists.

[@cobrakai516]

Morphing Taxi I would disagree. Look at the US involvement in Asia. However, they certainly didn’t help Rhodesia out like they should have.

[@comradesushi4281]

i mean i get ur point, but i dont think it was "protecting from communists". BTW IM NOT 100% SURE I DONT KNOW A LOS ABOUT THE BUSH WAR. but if u got any info u could give me it would be apreciated

[@cobrakai516]

Morphing Taxi you are missing what I said. I said that the US was against communism, just look at the Cold War as a whole. Especially their involvement in Vietnam and in Korea. My point was that they didn’t help Rhodesia like they should have.

[@wisemankugelmemicus1701]

You didn't learn about the Rhodesian Bush War because the UN sold out a nation to communist terrorist because they disliked their politics.

[@Dischingo]

@@cobrakai516 That maybe so, but by the time of the Bush war, late 1970's, Nixon was already pursing detente with China and relations with the Soviets had gotten considerably warmer with Gorbachev in the mid to late 80s. The fact is America stopped caring about communism after/during the Vietnam war. However we had to keep up the facade in order to justify the massive spending on the military and influence the refst of the western allies and powers.

[@tuxstfilms7547]

The more I learn about Rhodesia the sadder I feel

[@TiernanWilkinson]

Yeah that's about how it goes.

[@mr.g6962]

its such a sad story because both sides were wrong

[@monkey7072]

@@mr.g6962 Both sides were wrong, only one side was a success.

[@mr.g6962]

@@monkey7072 true

[@Atheos1]

@@monkey7072 define success

[@dougiedup7817]

I was 19 ,this war made me a man amongst men

[@thelonehussar6101]

Wait, you’re a Rhodesian?

[@Poffean]

Based Rhodesian

[@TiernanWilkinson]

No way. I wonder if I've got your FN, lol

[@Merf_Gaming]

I still refer to "Zimbabwe" as Occupied Rhodesia

[@logankoeppen3402]

Same

[@gigipeedee]

@Turkish Comrade haha turkish raft go "pop"

[@superleetmegapunx]

@Turkish Comrade Do I need to get the Mortein?

[@superleetmegapunx]

@Turkish Comrade Definitely getting the Mortein out, just for you. Say Merhaba to Allah for me. ;)

[@superleetmegapunx]

@Turkish Comrade I'll make sure to warn you first when we start spraying the Mortein.

[@aroundtheworld8196]

"You see when people love their homeland, they regard it as their own land." Damn, that hits hard, I wished Rhodesia still was around in the 21st century.

[@employee962]

*Their own land to be ridden of the Teuton Menace*

[@doubledownpleasegosubtotte4274]

Wait how does this relates to the racist government

[@anothernpc4943]

@@doubledownpleasegosubtotte4274 and the zimbabwean gov isnt racist towards whites ?

[@britannicgeneral7460]

@Joe Guajardo Yes...

[@the-letter_s]

@@doubledownpleasegosubtotte4274 wasn't aware we were talking about the EU government

[@weddellseal8414]

I am from HongKong, we learned nothing about this place. my first time knowing this place existed is from war thunder, that's really sad

[@stuglife5514]

At least you learned! Also, as an American I STAND WITH HONG KONG! GOD BLESS HONG KONG, GOD BLESS AMERICA, GOD BLESS ALL THE FREEDOM LOVING PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE WORLD

[@weddellseal8414]

@Yu Hin TAM found the rodi skin for the hawker hunter in wt , then found a rodi related video from oxide about wt

[@loomingkettle7833]

@@stuglife5514lol, pigs loving pigs

[@samuelcheung4799]

​​@@stuglife5514If only there would be a way to get rid of communism in my own nation (also from HK but regard myself as Chinese due to my race) without killing us in the millions.

[@alessandramaria00]

Hate Hongkongers who worship british colonialism

[@kingofsnake3683]

Happy Rhodesian Independence Day everyone

[@mikesgoodmann9349]

Happy UDI day to you too!

[@TheConsulC17]

Oh and What a Time it Was.

[@rperez327]

I would have fought for Rhodesia and it's not even my nation. It's the principle

[@kevinchamberlain2195]

@BlipyBlopy Rubbish.

[@papovka]

@BlipyBlopy yes

[@Pixelnova_]

@BlipyBlopy lol why are you commenting on every single thread

[@wav1zz]

@BlipyBlopy That's why they offered free education to all the people of Rhodesia ? That's why they where trying to build a better future for the country and for the people in general hm ?

[@wav1zz]

​@BlipyBlopy It clearly depends in which part of Rhodesia you're talking about. The South was racist, and still tried to change every laws concerning racial discrimination in the country because it was actually the laws of the BRITISH. And I mean, look at the country now aye ? It's a shithole mate. The economy is so in ruin that they NEED foreign currencies to keep their market going. Rhodesia had so much food and goods, that the governement even sent them to other African countries.

[@yourfriendsin6079]

I met Rhodesia thanks to my father ... at first I didn't know what it was when I was 11 I thought it was a normal state, last year I realized it was more than a normal state, it was the little England of Africa, it was RHODESIA

[@clnGabAsp]

Sin41ner?

[@clnGabAsp]

Uomo? Pure qua stai?

[@yourfriendsin6079]

@@clnGabAsp ma

[@clnGabAsp]

@@yourfriendsin6079 (sono pizza) forse ti sto scambiando per una persona che ho conosciuto su DS.

[@yourfriendsin6079]

@@clnGabAsp come mai hai pensato che fossi io quella persona?

[@couldbeanybody2508]

What a time it was. 1965-1979. Rhodesians never die.

[@doubledownpleasegosubtotte4274]

Yea yea you people and your white minority government

[@erikliljeberg1796]

@@doubledownpleasegosubtotte4274 Yea yea you with starving black people was much better huh?

[@SerbianCrusader]

@@doubledownpleasegosubtotte4274 shut up, you don't know shit about Rhodesia.

[@alternated122]

@@doubledownpleasegosubtotte4274you support corruption LMAO

[@RustySpoon-pl6xr]

Rhodesians always die. Barley anyone who lived there, is alive today.

[@Quicksilver_Cookie]

What a time it was...when "civilized" and "democratic" world turned their back against people so desperately fighting for their freedom, and their own homeland. Country may be gone, but the spirit of Rhodesia lives on in hearts of millions of people around the world.

[@loomingkettle7833]

it’s not theirs, they marched into their land and claimed it as their own, wether zimbabwe is a bad society compared to rhodesia is irrelevant, at the end of the day it’s their homeland, and they’re entitled to it

[@tejasmisra9115]

Good riddance

[@ryan-tc3rk]

@@loomingkettle7833 That's how every country exists any modern nation state that exists without war is a rarity who's to say what is theirs the victor that's how the world is

[@Jager_sog9]

@@loomingkettle7833 and then go on to oppress the locals and have the nerve to tell it didn't happen lol I like Rhodesia for what it is: an historicall oddity. But some nuttards romantize it. Like they do with the confederacy. Not saying Rhodies where up there with the confederates, but man... Still don't get it...

[@dannydanny865]

@@Jager_sog9 It is simple really. The tragedy of a man fearlessly fighting for a lost cause. That's often why bravery is so often admired. Can any man truly say they would fight till the end even if they knew they would lose no matter what.

[@thefifthempire1529]

My granpa fought in Rhodesia after the portuguese colonial war located in Mozambique, he told me Rhodesia was the best country in the world, fruit everywhere, the funny thing is he carried a FAL in his car like every soldier and volunteer. Cpt. Roger Cruz, one of the portuguese fighting there

[@glockymenor6760]

Your grandpa is a hero

[@loomingkettle7833]

your grandpa is a racist

[@AragornRespecter]

🦀🦀🦀MUGABE IS GONE🦀🦀🦀

[@jamesmadisonwilliams4210]

Whites can finally free themselves and re-establish White Rule in the country.

[@martyinsumatra]

May he rot in hell.

[@humppi.2304]

@@jamesmadisonwilliams4210 yeah well i dunno the blacks kinda were there first

[@humppi.2304]

@Bob no, why?

[@humppi.2304]

@Bob Finland. how in the fuck is this related to anything?

[@ETFRoss]

Robert Mugabe is dead. September 6th, 2019

[@cettechaineestcloture.1351]

YEAH

[@AlexanderBogdanow]

Don't think 'tis is something to celebrate. Never brought to court for the Genocide on our white Brother's & Sister's... But even more for the Gukurundi, were he killed 40.000 Matabele's. With the help o the DPRK and his 5th Brigade. Alas, the future of Rhodesia is more uncertain than ever before nowa-day's!

[@robertisham5279]

thank god

[@mr.f.j.vandervyver9606]

Thank riddance to bad rubbish.

[@kevinbijkerkkje]

What a beautiful day to be alive

[@BabaltBlaydin]

Just to think if the Cold war had ended 10 years earlier, Rhodesia would probably still be around

[@seand.g423]

I mean, to be fair, the FAL line would have gone all to Glock-shit by now, but... yeah...

[@orjelmort2330]

@CHARLES-DEFEAT-GLOBAL HOMO-KALERGI-ISLAM-FOR EUROPA yes, for them is bad to have an european fuctional nation in Europe, imagine in that shithole of Africa

[@JackSardonic]

Doubt it. South Africa went the way it did outside of the Cold War, and all European countries are going similar paths. It should be no surprise that the UN is globalist by design.

[@shirakou1]

@@JackSardonic Yeah I agree. If the west wasn't gonna back Rhodesia as a bulwark against communism in the region, they sure as hell wouldn't back em when that excuse is gone.

[@Wickedonezz]

@@shirakou1 I think they mean that Rhodesia would be ignored

[@goober4860]

Thanks for posting. Very high quality too. RIP Rhodesia. Gone but not forgotten.

[@tb5884]

Rhodesians never die

[@vitoscalita]

@@tb5884 wtf are u talking about Rhodesia is a fake country ruled by the minority how could u possibly defend such a country are u a nazi?

[@tthkkkkk]

@@vitoscalita Ok libtard

[@konigsberg7990]

@@vitoscalita Oh look another Libtard.

[@vitoscalita]

@@konigsberg7990 OK nazi

[@RCChristian1980]

"They talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked some more..." I love that line.

[@chevrolet-poitiers9507]

Modern songs be like for their chorus:

[@georgimmanuelnagel6603]

This makes me homesick for a place I have never been to.

[@rhdevelops6023]

It has been three years since I first listened to this song, and it has really grown on me. Politics aside, the music and its lyrics are poetic.

[@khairulmuzzammel]

From Malaysia. Thank you Rhodesian for your contribution during our first emergency.

[@flash2989]

ZIMBABWE IS A ILLEGIMATE STATE!!! GLORY TO RHODESIA

[@joshuagraham8479]

@@Salaheldin123 well yes technically, your right. But fuck off

[@cherri_chip7257]

@@joshuagraham8479 that sentence you said sums up most political arguments in youtube comments, lol

[@baalsagol346]

@@cherri_chip7257 just "political arguments" will do

[@cherri_chip7257]

@@baalsagol346 you have a point

[@Baka94gaming]

Rhodesia was alot more legitimate and stable then Zimbabwe can ever dream to be.

[@vaughanfriend5060]

I was born and grew up in Rhodesia. True Rhodesian's are a proud people, scattered all over the world and still flying the Green and White. What a time it was.......

[@Southerner6]

Amazing Rhodesians never die

[@niallbyrne2680]

Still a racist or become more enlightened since?

[@vaughanfriend5060]

​@niallbyrne2680 enlightened by the fact that Mugabe and his cronies were going to ruin the country, make people homeless and jobless. His children live the high life on the back of poor Zimbabweans. At least in Rhodesia everyone had schooling and a job. Wake and and do some homework before making stupid statement.

[@vaughanfriend5060]

​@niallbyrne2680 enlightened by what....the ruin of a once productive country where everyone went to school, parents, black and white had jobs. Now Mugabe's children live the high life on the back of aid provided to help the country. The Rhodesian army was 70% black soldiers fighting for their country. Do some research before making ignorant comments.

[@romaboo6218]

​@@niallbyrne2680 are you still retarded?

[@BS-uc5lu]

_What a Time it Was_ Long Live Rhodesia!

[@mikaelyosienugroho1814]

"Attention all Rhodesians - Ian Smith needs your help! Save Rhodesia and keep the terrs north of Zambezi. The only way he can do that is with your credit card, the 3 digit code in the back and the expiration month and year. But hurry, it won't be long before Rhodesia becomes ZIMBABWE!"

[@JimJimWACA]

619, and 9/21. Save Rhodesia!

[@argentpunisher4225]

837, 07/23. God bless Rhodesia!

[@supernobro64]

420 and 6/9

[@jackmccoy891]

I think they actually tried that near the end

[@kokoskaijaje8630]

653 11/30, Rhodesians never die!

[@Paul_Sergeyev]

Listened to this song for a year. Never thought that I would be able to relate to this song so much now. "What a time it was... With so few friends to turn to. What a time it was... When all we did seemed wrong. We've broken all our bonds and the battle plan was drawn... What a time, what a time it was..."

[@Schrödinger10485]

Rhodesia showed the world what Africa could be, Zimbabwe showed the world what Africa is

[@masterdeetectiv9520]

Rhodesia was an apartheid state

[@averagegamer6912]

Reality is often disappointing.

[@lacadienoignon.4648]

Ah yes, the perfect aparthied state all of Africa should follow!

[@Schrödinger10485]

@@lacadienoignon.4648 America was segregated, yet it was still an amazing country

[@masterdeetectiv9520]

@@Schrödinger10485 not amazing for everyone

[@iVenge]

Had Rhodesia been supported by the UK and US for just 20 years after UDI, it would have been a model for African progress and reconciliation.

[@andymoore9977]

Hard to argue with this... at least with 20:20 hindsight.

[@sigmaballsnetwork]

Those nations would’ve only supported Rhodesia if it gave blacks equal rights If that happened, I have no doubt that Rhodesia would still exist

[@BOING1407]

@@sigmaballsnetwork but they did that and thats how rhodesia was abolished

[@yesman8478]

@@sigmaballsnetwork Rhodesia lost itself by signing more rights to black people... The actual conflict was a huge W for Rhodesia (ZANU & ZAPU + other nationalistic guerillas lost about 8x more lives than the Rhodesian army).

[@culturalliberator9425]

Well Britain is the one who killed Rhodesia. I'm sure the US would have supported them if we weren't afraid to step on Grandma's toes.

[@edelweiss45]

Remember - no matter how well you treat them, they will never appreciate you. They will always fight you. Never surrender

[@antoniosanchezfrades7145]

Another Rhodeshian that confirms: for Rodeshians never die. Let's Hope our country returns to prosperity.

[@nichothepolish9868]

Glory to Ian Douglas Smith. RIP

[@yani2499]

A Canadian from Russia... That loves rhodesia....? You have fascist genes.

[@luissilva6970]

Peace to his soul. A good man. A true and great African.

[@rickastley5321]

@@yani2499 imagine using the word "fascist" as an insult

[@redd_cat]

@@rickastley5321 Can't imagine it

[@filmandfirearms]

@@yani2499 How does that make any sense? Canada has never been fascist, neither has Russia. Russia wasn't too far off in the Soviet days, but most Russians hated socialism. Russians are inherently very individualistic, socialism is directly contradictory to that. Rhodesia wasn't fascist either. There were several general elections during their short history, and fascism doesn't really work general elections. They were all won by the same party, by the way

[@martinstiastny7679]

Raise a glass for the Selous Scouts

[@johnallen7807]

And C sqn SAS!

[@sturmi7991]

Here (Germany) I had to read several times how racist Rhodesia was, I never got just one argument why, black and white defend their homeland against communism, there is nothing racist about that

[@xijinpooh3542]

Yes.

[@glendodds3824]

There is nothing racist about whites and blacks fighting side by side against communism but Rhodesia's whites-only regiments like the RLI, and the segregated suburbs and segregated government schools are also part of the story. (I am a Rhodesian born and bred and I loved Rhodesia and white South Africa).

[@truenorthgames]

70% of her military was black nothing it was the pride of the commonwealth

[@truenorthgames]

@Depresso Caspico right so who are the majority of military officers within the Rhodesian Africa Rifles or Selous Scouts grey scouts Bsap police reserves the Rhodesia regiment etc etc

[@truenorthgames]

@Bolshevik Breaker the incredibles!

[@aegiseurobeat4559]

Happy November of 11th everyone!! Rhodesians Never Die!!!

[@FreedomLovingLoyalist]

We never forgoten you Mr. Smith.

[@efrainrodriguez2868]

Every night I cry for you, Oh Rhodesia!! 😢😢

[@r.pumping3908]

i've tears in my eyes, remembering my homeland robbed and destroyed for nothing 😢😢😢

[@luku.111]

Are you zimbabwean?

[@coconutman2586]

What a time it was With so few friends to turn to What a time it was When all we did seemed wrong We'd broken all our bonds And the battle plan was drawn What a time What a time it was 1965, the year of U.D.I. Who'd have thought the country Would survive or stay alive The UN made us outcasts And the British said we couldn't last That we would fall when the oil did not arrive Now, I don't say we were right And I don't say we were wrong I'm just trying to tell it Like it was, in simple song You see when people love their homeland They regard it as their own land And they fight whether they're right or they are wrong What a time it was With all the world against us What a time it was Not all we did was wrong We'd broken all our bonds But life kept going on What a time What a time it was 1966 saw some ocean politics When two men climbed the Tiger To have talks about the talks They talked, and talked, and talked, and talked And talked, and talked some more The negotiations ended in deadlock And in 1968, there was another great debate This time aboard the Fearless But the end was much the same November saw a new flag raised While the people prayed for better days And hope was still the surname of the game And in 1970, our republic came to be Solution seemed to fly A little further out of reach But the next year through the gloom Came Sir Alec Douglas-Home And it seemed they found a way across the bridge So in early '72, Lord Pearce and his retinue Arrived to put the nation To a test that they had planned But still it seemed the plan was bad No better than the last they'd had And no's the word we heard across the land What a time it was With all the world against us What a time it was When all we did seemed wrong We'd broken all our bonds And the battle plan was drawn What a time What a time it was 1975, and Mr. Vorster had arrived With President Kaunda For some talks across the falls But nothing there could be resolved The problem still was too involved And the impetus slowed down until it stalled 1976 was when cosmopolitics Finally put pressure On the players in the game Kissinger's proposals Were broadcast to the nation With one man and one vote the final aim Well, Geneva should've sealed it But instead, it just revealed That all the players in the game were pulled apart Well, they had to find a way To start again another day With all prepared to take a peaceful part What a time it was With all the world against us What a time it was When all we did seemed wrong We'd broken all our bonds And the battle carried on What a time What a time it was Now, in 1978, while the rest still vacillate We found a way to work it out Within the land Never mind the rest What we're doing's for the best And all we want is a peace we understand There'll be votes for all the folks And with sanctions gone, we hope To rebuild this little country To a proud and single nation We've got to end this dreadful war We've found what we've been fight for Will the world wake up and stop this conflagration What a time it's been With so few friends to turn to What a time it's been When all we did seemed wrong We're trying to put things right But the battle still goes on What a time What a time it's been

[@niepowaznyczlowiek]

Why, there are subtitles included in the video

[@triobros98]

​@@niepowaznyczlowiek idk to sing it

[@axismirac9057]

I'm not from Rhodesia and I haven't been in Africa in my life. But today If someone tells me "We will fight for Rhodesia again" I will be in the first line. It's not about White vs Black, It's about Civilization vs antimodernism

[@pierre0804]

More like Nationalism vs. Globalism

[@apenasumpanzerkampfwagenvi2492]

@Anton Von Leeb no

[@TiernanWilkinson]

@Anton Von Leeb I disagree.

[@monkey7072]

Your 40 years too late.

[@MountainMan-sc8xj]

Okay so basically it’s white vs black

[@IvanIvanov-uw6nq]

Rhodesia, I would fight for you

[@mikeoxsmal8022]

Love your name

[@JRyan56]

Found out from my Mum I had a relative whose family lived in Rhodesia during the 60's/70's, but hey had to flee, unfortunately, like so many.

[@incurableromantic4006]

I wasn't even born when all this happened - but it's hard not to feel the pain of the Rhodesians at feeling surrounded, beleaguered and alone. The whole world yelling at them to do something that they knew was going to end with them having to leave the country they loved.

[@mikesgoodmann9349]

Very nice version of this nostalgic song!

[@yani2499]

You're living in the past and that's the problem with you rhode hobbits.

[@dosmoss9365]

You just can’t handle the Rhodesian Style

[@yani2499]

@@dosmoss9365 😂😂😂😂😂 Where? I don't see no rhodesia...Never have, actually. I know ZIMBABWE (SHONA CLAN)...beautiful place. Even Bob Marley sang about them....But....what is this rhodesia you speak of??? 😂😂😂😭💀

[@theleonid4377]

Ok Zionist Shill

[@braincoolo9399]

@@yani2499 you seem to only like mugabe because he is also a part of the shona...... ignore the fact under him the minority nDebele people were genocided in the Gukurahundi

[@JandRJarmsandammo]

I’m kinda tearing up, I’m not gonna lie fellas.

[@sr.clumsy7802]

I listen to this becuase for some reason it fills me with nostalgia

[@Kiwibird17]

Never forget Rhodesia🙏🏻

[@TuckertonRR]

1:40 "tiger" should be capitalized as it refers to the HMS Tiger (C20) which hosted the talks between PM Wilson & PM Smith. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Tiger_(C20)

[@thelonehussar6101]

Lol, I thought it was a mountain that was referred to as the “tiger”.

[@jogoapp4752]

You see when people love theyr home land, they regard it as theyr own land and will fight whether they are right or they are wrong. What a powerfull song. Its goodbye not goodnight!

[@michaelgorman4066]

this song is so chill

[@thegoodlydragon7452]

Not only did we American, British, Australians, etc. refuse to help our Rhodesian brothers, but we actively impeded them. So sad. May the global tribe of Europa Magna learn from our mistakes and here's to hoping it never happens again.

[@xijinping6738]

@BlipyBlopy and?

[@xijinping6738]

@BlipyBlopy no, It's not. It is normal and natural to be racist.

[@defaulter264]

@@xijinping6738 children aren't born racist

[@xijinping6738]

@@defaulter264 children are born racist.

[@defaulter264]

@@xijinping6738 science has proved otherwise.

[@ArkyWhiteKnight]

I'm brazilian, I'm crying.

[@kennedytheretard975]

todos estamos A tragédia da Rodésia, uma que o currículo brasileiro nunca falará

[@TiernanWilkinson]

¡Viva o Bolsonaro!

[@warrenlehmkuhleii8472]

Test: What is the capital of Zimbabwe? Me: Salisbury, and you mean Rhodesia. Teacher: F. Me: (Puts on shorts and walks out of the classroom)

[@Tonyx.yt.]

me: pull out an FN

[@brodieclamp5090]

Test- what's 26+6 Me- 1 Teacher- fail Me- racks ar10

[@Jolly123123123]

Their called Khaki's :D

[@briennethemaid]

Pure cringe.

[@briennethemaid]

@fernando jose gonzalez olguin Not a lib. Pathetic response.

[@fabriziomei1811]

*Rhodesians Never Die!* ☆

[@patrickrowan6406]

This is True

[@someone1787]

Indeed ^

[@bears_in_the_house_3285]

Mugabe is dead, Rhodesia 2 electric boogaloo?

[@seand.g423]

Not calling it a bad thing _myself,_ but about as likely as Electoral (or fucking _any,_ tbh) reform Stateside... it's either unmentioned or subject to way too godsdamn top-down demonization to go back in anything more substantial than name.

[@YotoBoto]

Some day, but at this point communism fucked over Rhodesia so hard it will take a long time for it to rise again

[@luissilva6970]

Indeed. What a time it was. Exactly like in Angola and Mozambique. With all the world against us. What a time it was. This was the dream square: Angola-Mozambique-Rhodesia-South Africa.

[@Bekrija.]

Time to take over Zimbabwe and remake it Rhodesia once more?

[@universal1014]

Alright im in you grab the short shorts ill get the FAL's

[@jeffjeff6160]

I'm down

[@dandalo_7825]

Brick Boy just a sec i have to grab my gun

[@P7777-u7r]

Unfortunately its probably beyond repair

[@aegiseurobeat4559]

@@universal1014 Right Arm!

[@porchofgeese_crockpot]

We got the bad ending

[@RickDalBello]

my italian-born father grew up from 1963 to 1972 in Rhodesia before his family and him settled in Australia.

[@kvyatalpinista8942]

Teacher " today we're studying Zimbabwe" Girls : this is so boring Boys :

[@janehrahan5116]

You mean occupied southern rhodesia?

[@filmandfirearms]

@@janehrahan5116 Southern Rhodesia was its name under British rule. The free nation was just Rhodesia

[@normalplayer7377]

RHODESIANS NEVER DIE

[@Valencetheshireman927]

Zimbabwe-Rhodesia was where both Rhodesia and Zimbabwe truly peaked.

[@kshiteej7575]

I'm from India and I don't know much about Rhodesia and it's history but after listening to this song I just feel so sad for the gone nation

[@orkkojit]

Rhodesia was a racist state. It's like someone glorifying the British Raj.

[@senatuspopulusqueromanum]

@@orkkojit Rhodesia didn’t want to bend to the British, old Ian did not think the blacks were ready to vote, maybe he was racist, either way, he had made a few lapses in judgement. Had he and the military not, Rhodesia might just be around today.

[@dutchskyrimgamer.youtube2748]

@@orkkojit releasing black majority in 1965 was digging a grave for all Rhodesians. It still was in 1980 but luckily then it was just a banishment.

[@dutchskyrimgamer.youtube2748]

Also listen Zimbabwe Ruins by John Edmond. The lad saw his country decay from a wealth-based democracy to a lack of wealth communist Shithole with one rich guy called Mugabe as dictator.

[@dinoisnub]

@@senatuspopulusqueromanum would have been a great state if the british accepted the result of the first election

[@2f_2c]

Great song! I did not know Neil deGrasse Tyson was a Rhodesian folk singer!

[@theprussianfemboy165]

I cant fucking unhear it now

[@JustinJurazick]

Ayyy I recognize you from the Ethan Ralph vs Metokur stream the other day small world lol

[@2f_2c]

@@JustinJurazick brehh I’ve just been recognized in public for doing barely anything

[@USARightPatriot1]

Long live Ian Smith!

[@feiliormia]

He's dead

[@yani2499]

Ian is probably the most depressed soul in Hell.

[@yani2499]

@Elijah Hades

[@janehrahan5116]

He's definitely in hell. Or if the Catholics are right then purgatory. Mugabe is in the deepest circles of hell no matter the religion.

[@janehrahan5116]

I'm aware. But a lot of people the protestants would pig in hell would in Catholic standards go to purgatory.

[@rextheroyalist6389]

This song sounds like Rhodesia living in heaven remembering it's short life after its tragic death

[@yeezyyankie324]

If only the US supported Rhodesia like it did with Korea

[@eee9965]

more like Israel

[@loomingkettle7833]

@@eee9965Israel literally supported Rhodesia, cuz they’re both racist ethnonationalist states

[@DiegoF1ores]

​@@eee9965at the beginning the Soviets supported Israel not the Americans

[@hezekiah8765]

Probably my favorite Rhodesian song

[@fpscanada3862]

I nevver once heard the name "Rhodesia" in all my years of canadian schooling/history classes. We even had a unit on Africa and learned absolutely nothing of Rhodesia

[@botchamaniajeezus]

because its a footnote in a historically and politically unimportant part of the world. it was around for all of 14 years. youre more likely to learn about rhodesia in a class specifically about southern africa at a university. theyre not hiding information from you, theyre cutting out unimportant events relative to the global scale of history

[@DaniG.German883]

@@botchamaniajeezus stop the cap

[@lucasharvey8990]

It really is an interesting country. Thanks for introducing me to it.

[@LandersWorkshop]

This was written and sung in 1978, he forsaw that even in the late 70s the end was nigh alas. :(

[@LandersWorkshop]

@BlipyBlopy It never even began in the first place until some cultural marxists and bolsheviks said it was a thing (when it wasn't a thing). ;)

[@LandersWorkshop]

@BlipyBlopy It never even started, unless you count prejudice as being something bad? When in fact its been with everyone and will never go away. :)

[@patrickrowan6406]

@BlipyBlopy wow you most also hate the jew

[@giacomoleopardi29]

Another fantastic song.thanks from Germany

[@billclay5188]

One day in every school in Europe our kids will be taught the history of Rhodesia

[@ux3476]

hopefully

[@Keoma.1]

@@kenolent8611 the war was started by Winston, and he dragged in everyone else. The Soviets would lost if not for materials and products from the USA, the Soviet committed more war crimes and killed more people, including the mass rape, pillaging, and murder of german civilians (the Soviets were angry when they saw how prosperous germany was in comparison which made them very mad), using german guns to execute people and pass off mass graves as german crimes. I could go on with the things they dont teach but i have to go to sleep

[@argentpunisher4225]

@@Keoma.1 yeah a lot of horrible war crimes commited by Soviets were used as a propaganda by the US, UK and the Soviets to blame it on germans. Now i wont defend the nazis, but the communists are a far worse enemy.

[@realxinruz4064]

@@argentpunisher4225 commie's are bad but nazis are just as bad if not worse

[@omendium2918]

Our government should have never abandoned this country, it seemed like such a wonderful place.

[@Gabpt]

With all these BLM protests now more than never we have to remember Rhodesia to not become Zimbabwe

[@aceofgames4410]

floppy slotting time

[@thescaleyscoop5610]

If Rhodesia was still here i'd leave the United States

[@deankeys9719]

@@thescaleyscoop5610 lol u wouldnt care, thats like saying Australia was taken over by there native population which barky exists, then saying if Australia was still here id leave the us

[@deankeys9719]

@@thescaleyscoop5610 your not a boar your a American. we are being replaced but its still are homeland and if you don't like what's happening don't watch fight back

[@thescaleyscoop5610]

@@deankeys9719 I had to read that a couple times to understand what you were saying lol. But fair enough, I agree.

[@Joe13313]

My Favourite Rhodesian Musicians is John Edmond and Clem Tholet

[@AdmiralBonetoPick]

Never thought I'd see Sir Alec Douglas Hume mentioned in a folk song.

[@zerograve9512]

You see when people love their homeland, They regard it as their own land And they fight whether they're right or they are wrong. These lines touch me in two powerful ways both at once; Folk song and social justice. This bias applies to so many things in life and many people are oblivious to it. It's good to oppose what deep down you know is wrong.

[@GIGASHOT1997]

I'm not crying, you're crying

[@GIGASHOT1997]

@BlipyBlopy No No u

[@patrickrowan6406]

@BlipyBlopy no no u

[@АляксандрГрыцкевіч]

Rhodesia still lives in our hearts! You cannot kill the Idea! Rhodesians never die! 💚🤍💚

[@alessandramaria00]

Liberal russians who worship shit apartheid states like this and Isreal make me sad, all your cool history look at the state of Russia and russians today, truly a loss for humanity

[@kitchenersown]

Fun fact the tiger mentioned is HMS tiger where the Rhodesian PM and British PM talked.

[@britannicgeneral7460]

Troopie boy you won...in our hearts.

[@harpersferryblues]

Happy U.D.I day mates! Rhodesia will live in us Rhodies hearts

[@silverstar8868]

Rhodesia is like one of those saddest ending moments in history. What the hell happened here? 「(°ヘ°)

[@saddamfromcuf9155]

on par with the fall of constantinople

[@yoda8172]

Cope 🇿🇼

[@Johia_Mapping_2]

@@yoda8172 cope 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪

[@yoda8172]

@@Johia_Mapping_2 cope 🇷🇺 🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺

[@xxxchild_predatorxxx107]

On top of the fall of Berlin

[@mr.goldenproductions_0143]

Some of the bravest European men that ever graced this earth!

[@FelipeJaquez]

One day we will sing the same song about our own countries.

[@bingbongster]

The west is dead

[@susactivities_]

@@bingbongster not yet, but they already have their foot in the coffin

[@waffleyumboyr5342]

@@susactivities_ Walking corpse more like

[@laf1993]

God help us all.

[@pandemicphilly60]

It's not that bad yet.

[@dj3037]

Then the enemy cried for their blood, today the world cries for their memory. Here's to the legends who stood when the world turned it's back! Rhodesians never die!

[@porky4171]

As a Britishman im disappointed that we isolated Rhodesia our own Colony now ruined to the Ideology that the west fought in Eastern Europe

[@d-phoenix2198]

The irony is that this ideology is creeping back in the west and we don't even fight against it. I don't see any ex soviet countries building Lenin statues yet we do and it is sad.

[@personhuman2239]

> We isolated Rhodesia, our own colony Apart of the irony is that Rhodesia separated precisely because they were only seen as a colony, when they'd had their own sense of nationhood.

[@lockeandrand]

@@personhuman2239 that’s true, but they didn’t really want to secede from the UK. The UDI was the last resort really

[@personhuman2239]

@Sakkra101 Rhodesian* Patriot buddy.

[@doubledownpleasegosubtotte4274]

@Sakkra101 yea yea

[@rlguerrero2263]

Learning with you all, siblings left from Rhodesia. We do hope not have to have to sing such a bitter song to our kids. Meanwhile, we still holding up our Brazil. And you are quite welcome here.

[@TiernanWilkinson]

¡Viva o Bolsonaro!

[@fransleeuberg2303]

Robert left this group.

[@joer9156]

I listen to this once a day. And I'm not even Rhodesian. It's just so good.

[@cammysmith7562]

Rhodesia for ever