Corb Lund - Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier! (video)

[@jamesr141]

This is probably the best song that will ever be written about horse soldiering.

[@taggartlawfirm]

Probably???

[@aexndr387]

Charge of the light brigade may be better

[@senatuspopulusqueromanus3011]

And then the Winged Hussars arrived.

[@aexndr387]

@Bill Ackles yes but the song charge of the light brigade is better in my opinion. These two versions especially: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZmbVl4FrZrSpo9E and kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWqWnamHabqenZo , and especially after knowing the story of the battle and what happened there.

[@MikhaelAhava]

“I wanna be in the cavalry” by the same artist I think.

[@elcatrinc1996]

i love how he talks about almost the whole world, the Russians, the mongols, the winged hussars, the napoleonic dragons and the english cavalry, how almost all nations used the horse to ride into the battle

[@SpecterNeverSpectator]

Yeah that's the point of the song, horse soldier timeless through and through, horses were used in war everywhere from the past up to today.

[@jonathonseabourne5626]

Same because when horse back battle was a thing it changed the war

[@doublepoet7852]

My ancestors were mentioned. Bedford forrest

[@ryanvega9308]

Ikr. He even mentioned Confederate Calvary from the American Civil War.

[@tomaspabon2484]

Would've been nice to mention SOME south smerican riders. Colombian/Venezuelan Llaneros or Argentinan Gauchos could've been neat

[@mrflyingcow5423]

man when you're on a house going full speed you can't help but feel powerful.

[@rigdigwus]

how do you go full speed on a house?

[@JamesWillmus]

So you're engaging the enemy in your Winnebago? I guess 300 horses is more powerful than 1.

[@cumunist2120]

If you can get a house to move on it’s own you are going to feel powerful

[@colinjohnston5734]

@@JamesWillmus dude you have made one of the better jokes I have seen on KZbin in a long time!

[@b.boldnasan9592]

Greeting from Mongolia. Great song.

[@martinflanigan650]

As a history buff i gotta love this song. As a country music fan i say whoora! As a lover of video's i say well edited.

[@shirtuntucked]

Video is outstanding. Job very well done! I’d really like to know the films from which the scenes are taken. I’d collect each one (if movies were tangible things.)

[@MDKacic]

Brilliant.....nothing short of. And thank you for the mention of Mayerthorpe. Comrades fallen.

[@aviay]

Yeah, that mention of Mayerthorpe was very nice. It's also pretty neat when you live in Mayerthorpe, knowing that such a tragic event will be remembered

[@40CountyMob]

I'm way down in Alabama, but shed a few tears for the loss of those Mounties at Mayerthorpe.

[@comettamer]

Very few soldiers are as timeless and memorable as the cavalry soldier. From the Hunnic raiders to the cavalry of both Union and Confederate sides in the U.S. Civil war and even the hit and run massacres of T.E. Lawrence and Pancho Villa. Even in wars today, stealth scouting is performed on horseback when technological solutions are unfeasible. I do wish the song had contained a reference to Pancho Villa, but even without it, the song still kicks ass.

[@TheAngelobarker]

Or the italian and eritrean cavalry of ww2 did work in russia and east africa.

[@DelStrainOriginal12Legion]

Forrest-Mosby-Stuart-Shelby-Morgan-Rosser so many great Cavalry men in South. God bless Bloody Bill too. Rebel yell!.

[@alswann2702]

Fuck Villa.

[@gallonofpcp7954]

Pancho Villa rides against women and children. Fuck that guy, he got his ass turned around real quick in Columbus.

[@lizburt5381]

My English grandpa was a horse soldier in WWI. The tales I heard about his horses...

[@ardugaleen2231]

My french great grandpa was a horse soldier in wwI too ! And go far enough behind and our ligne is bastardised from Agrippa d'Aubigné who rode for Henry IVth against the catholics and the spanish. :) once a horse soldier always a horse soldier

[@societyreborn33]

Goosebumps when he says "we might see a swelling in our ranks". Just an awesome tune

[@bretspurgin7577]

The world needs more Corb Lunds and less Luke Bryans

[@shaunharder980]

agreed

[@comettamer]

Tell me about it. Very few soldiers are as timeless and rememberable as the cavalry soldier. From the Hunnic raiders to the cavalry of both Union and Confederate sides in the U.S. Civil war and even the hit and run massacres of T.E. Lawrence amid Pancho Villa. Even in wars today, stealth scouting is performed on horseback when technological solutions are unfeasible. I do wish the song had contained a reference to Pancho Villa, but even without it, the song still kicks ass.

[@comettamer]

comettamer *and

[@davethompson9331]

comettamer my great grandfather rode with Pancho Villa

[@comettamer]

Really +David Thompson. I'd like to hear more.

[@StoredMars]

WW3 will be fought with nukes, but WW4 will be fought with horses and sabers.

[@sonofliberty8872]

The quote is from Einstein: I know not what World War 3 will be fought with, but World War 4 will be fought with sticks and stones.

[@professional1298]

guns wont be a lost tech, they wont be affected by EMPs, possibly some military vehicles would still be around after a nuke too

[@ferguscurran1193]

@@professional1298 Well but what about bullets? The industry that supports the guns and other military equipment will be gone.

[@professional1298]

@@ferguscurran1193 anyone could make bullets, it aint har in theory hell shotgun shells are super simple

[@professional1298]

@@ferguscurran1193 you dont need industral factoryz to make bullets for a small group of people. Even than there are enough bullets aroun the world wouldn't need to worry about it for a long time

[@kirkk8286]

You get more world history in that song than you would in a semester at most colleges.

[@seronymus]

Colleges are now more concerned with pronouns and... eh you already know what I'm going to say, look around. Western civ is moribund if not a rotting corpse.

[@peffiSC2source]

@@seronymus People like you are the reason why I can't enjoy historical themed content. You ignorant losers are literally always there.

[@seronymus]

@@peffiSC2source Firstly, define "ignorant"; it appears to me that you are mercurial in your worldview, ignoring what is likely a de facto worship of hedonistic - actually wait, no. Let's get something out of the way right now. Do you believe in God? Did you know your namesake is the first martyr of the New Testament?

[@peffiSC2source]

@@seronymus You talk a lot of bs for a guy that has their no-fap playlist on full display. All I am telling you is that your bs about pronouns, western civilization and higher education is ignorant. I am sure the fella who hung out with prostitutes, terminally ill people and social outcasts would agree with me on the general idea of compassion and understanding.

[@rmmle]

Damn, both of you are making good points

[@tomaspabon2484]

"Mine was not to reason why, mine was just to do or die at crimea with the charging Light Brigade." Fuck thats such a tragic line. The whole debacle could've been prevented. Those men knew those orders had to be mistaken or insane and yet they charged to their deaths

[@lowerspeedhigherdrag]

Sometimes that's the lot of the soldier. Buck up, take the charge and pray beyond hope that you succeed.

[@andreass.2654]

Look into Ukraine. How many people will die today all together?

[@michaelkeller1502]

Cheers from 3rd Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment.

[@abizzy-vm2ts]

Jeremiah Boyd 110 cav here

[@999Mher]

Hooah! PA Guard, 19D. Getting shipped on August.

[@Abheeeeee9]

O7

[@ObscureDestinationsOutdoors]

You made a kick ass video man.. for real.. I love to watch it over and over. Thank you for taking time to do it.

[@vincentvanloon2567]

I live 20 mins away from mayerthorpe, it was a sad time when those four officers were killed :(

[@seanacameron8940]

I agree with you, James. The lyrics are remarkable,, incredible, and almost poetic. A rarity. Thank you, Corb

[@huntclanhunt9697]

I want to see this remade. With movies like "12 Strong" and "War Horse" you could get some really epic footage for it.

[@karrijonasson7183]

When he talk about the swelling in the ranks hevis talking about modern soliders

[@TinkersOath]

Listening to this Alberta boy working the tar sands connecting iron with my brothers.

[@timothymavrogeorge2994]

From a 3rd ACR vet.... Thank you for this.

[@timothymavrogeorge2994]

I was a 19 Delta Cavalry Scout. Best advice I can give you is to listen to your NCOs and always keep your body physically fit.

[@zknative]

I second that, from a 2nd Dragoon Redleg. I was /2 ACR Fire Support Sergeant for about a year but before that worked FIST with many a scout. (Before that in a Combat Support Company,. High anxiety / stress to be an FO. better take 19D.

[@howardlund8036]

Veteran of the Blackhorse Cavalry, the 11th ACR and a Buffalo Soldier, 1-10 U.S. Cavalry, 4th ID.

[@coldborelives]

That line about Marathorpe sends shivers down your spine. If you know you know.

[@randallwhite91]

Great video! I had the good fortune to visit England and Scotland last spring and toured some of the regimental museums there of units that had history at Waterloo. Being the 200th anniversary of the battle, it was highlighted, front and center. The horse has been linked to man's military efforts for a long time, just like horses have served mankind domestically as well. Both era's are fading into memory now. I hope that the horse manages to survive into the future, nonetheless.

[@kelgs13]

+Randall White Great reply. I would have loved to tour the regimental museums in the UK. I too also hope the horse manages to survive into the future and I think Mr. Lund said it best with the line at the end of the song "in battle it occurs to me that we may see a swelling in our ranks" so not to worry :)

[@comettamer]

Randall White this is now a goal of mine

[@knight.paladin1214]

Just to give you some hope, the number of domestic horses in the UK is now bigger than it was in 1900

[@nicholascioran8767]

My kids and I have loved this song for years. This is a great video you've made to go with it. Now time to go back and watch all those movies!

[@Luke_Sah]

1:52 the coincidence of the banjo with the trumpet is quite hilarious to me.

[@seanacameron8940]

Thanks again, Luke. Watch this every day. Always amazed. Thanks to Corb for his superb music. Nothing else like it. Bravo !!

[@colinjohnston5734]

As a member of a Canadian armoured regiment our entire history is scarlets and horses. We still call Thursday “stables” when we do parades, inspection and hangar clean up. I’m a dragoon in 2022 it’s kinda neat.

[@gdaddy3695]

I could listen to him singing about calvery battles for hours.

[@terrydaytripper]

I thoroughly enjoyed Corb concert last night. I’m just going back over videos. Amazing. In this one, I just wondered where all that footage came from. Back in the day, the amount of real action horse riding for movies, including making it look like the person was killed, or the horse falls. Dangerous

[@vuibg3656]

Normally I'd tune out anything that sounds like country, but this I had to hear again. Great lyrics.

[@aaronwarbritton7415]

That's what Corb Lund is all about. He's a Lyric writing machine.

[@sweetodude]

VU IBG This whole album is dedicated to the Cavalry. If you like this song chances are you will probably like it in its entirety.

[@catherinelynnfraser2001]

Aaron Warbritton yes

[@janehrahan5116]

Country is a genre like any other. You have been fed a lie by urban centered media that country (rural bumpkin in their eyes) music is bad/low class. With the modern tv apparatus this is sent to everyone all day all their lives along with other anti rural propaganda intentional or not. This couldn't be further from the truth. I hope you will consider giving country the same fair shake you would give rock or any other music. I also hope you have a good life :)

[@wildmongols]

What is the name of this album? I've got some other CL, and I'd like to get this. Thanks!

[@salmiakki7652]

Gosh, this song with a video gave me chills as much as the first time I heard it

[@MoonLitChild]

This song has hints of Al Stewart for all the history it pulls from, and I loved your paragraph about the history of equine warfare. Excellently done video as well!

[@snakeplisken4119]

This is the song that hooked me on Corb Lund and I haven't looked back

[@RalphReagan]

Who could possibly give this a thumbs down?

[@malcolmanderson4094]

Ralph Reagan Folks from flat-skatchewan

[@comettamer]

the million dollar question hmm?

[@Briselance]

+Warpig Non-cavalry servicemembers. :-) Nah. They wouldn't diss fellow servicemembers.

[@carrickbender]

+Warpig hey man, I'm a sailor, a commercial fisherman, and I love Corb. our horses are named Cummins and caterpillar, and our hay diesel.

[@comettamer]

Lol Carrick, that's GENIUS.

[@alabastardmasterson]

Could be my favorite song ever written

[@Pepsiguy]

I feel as though I’ve studied history my entire life, just to appreciate this song.

[@chrisstephens2107]

This is the greatest song. I love every reference and note. Perfection!

[@sherrijones929]

Great video! I am thrilled you took the time to make this song not just awesome, but to put the video in the heart of the song was a wonderful, creative idea! Corb does know his way around a metaphor, and it tells so well in this song! Thanks for also putting the words down for us to understand better the way of the "horse soldier." It's a solid, mi amigo!

[@kvoltti]

to the three horse soldiers in Moncton... Rest easy tonight your watch is done.

[@professional1298]

there are legends in Poland where in WW2 there was a Calvary charge against Nazi tanks

[@taggartlawfirm]

Not exactly a charge, but dragoon’s carrying antitank rifles. Which were effective against panzer II’s and early IIIs and IVs

[@forlornhope7121]

They were trying to protect infantry retreating from Germans. Not attacking. It was their last stand

[@Shermantankgodtier]

Dogs my be mans best friend but the horse, the horse will always be mans business partner or allies in combat.

[@chrislowry7474]

4th Great Uncle rode with Gen.Forrest

[@blakeamathews10]

my great great great grand father was Wade Hampton on the 3rd my families full of Hampton's also I'm directly related to Confederate secret service officer john Wilkes Booth 😉 and through marriage the man himself robert edward lee

[@chrislowry7474]

That's great sir

[@maxkaufmann833]

My great grandfather on my mother's side fought for Union Cavalry. Union forever. Good day.

[@TheWolfElder]

+Chris Lowry My 2nd great grandfather served with the Blessed Confederacy. On the opposite side, my 3rd great grandpa served the Union. Confederacy For All Time. Deo Vindice.

[@RANDALLBRIGGS]

From someone who served in the 6th and 17th Cavalry Regiments, I wish you neo-Confederates would go back into your caves where you and your neo-Nazi cousins can enjoy each other.

[@Gopnik32]

This is like a grandfather telling how he fought in the war

[@oo4wohcoo318]

At first I thought it was a about an immortal horse soldier going through all the wars.

[@janehrahan5116]

It is. They all now live forever.

[@quack702]

...its not??..

[@lonergr3107]

The future of warfare is the past. Horse and soldier will always be together

[@majorhawker4776]

Luke great job on the video, when I listen to this song daily, I come and watch the video you put together. Kudos and Great Job Mate.

[@JJackFlash56]

From an old horse soldier - Nice.

[@jefframblerman8268]

AWESOME song, fabulous singer.. pretty cool video

[@tomc.3987]

Nathan Bedford Forrest ... firstest with the mostest. Greatest cavalryman commander of the Civil War.

[@davethompson9331]

Totally agree with your statement sir!!!!

[@colehiggins8035]

No that's Custer's Michigan Calvary.

[@Cascadian_Atomic_Auto]

+Ruckus Tom I would agree that for Hit an run Cavalry Forrest was the best but for a regular battle i would say that J.E.B Stuart holds the title of Greatest Cavalyman. Just my opinion though

[@colehiggins8035]

No General Custer is beat Stuart's 2000 some calvary with just 500 men from Michigan

[@Cascadian_Atomic_Auto]

Which battle?

[@vendetta1306]

All their songs are so good, really gets my feet stompin!

[@pacificdragon1]

Well done on the Editing of this Video!!!

[@kevynharper8226]

This is just a brilliant piece of writing. Worthy of Dylan, Cohen, Waits and any of the greats.

[@ernesthenderson981]

No one writes a song like Mr. Corb Lund.

[@DarthPudden]

WHY WERE THE AUSSIES IN THE FADE OUT!! :p Seriously though, thank you for adding that.

[@centurion7993]

The Aussies were in the fade out bc that was how the song was in the album

[@evanator166]

Corb Lund is correct that US special force still ride horses and donkeys. They are the best mode of transport in the Afghan mountains. Another interesting fact during WWII the Germans actually used horse mounted cavalry units to great effect. I remember a incident where 12 German cavalrymen captured 1,000 Russians and brought them back to the German lines. I think horse units can still plat an important role in todays military.

[@SuperPrettypassion]

actually Corb Lund is talking about Canadian special forces in Afghanistan who also rode horses. Lund is from Canada and as you can tell many of his other lines refer to Canadian Calvary forces such as the mounties and the burning of the white house

[@donbenson5547]

Esther L US Special forces also ride horses in Afghanistan. And the uniforms they are wearing in this video are US post Civil War. He blends many countries into this song! And the White House that was burned down was the US Capital during the War of 1812 by the British. This was in retaliation for the destruction of property by US forces in the Canadian Colonies.

[@toomaskotkas4467]

"12 German cavalrymen captured 1,000 Russians" sounds like a horse shit but not really surprising coming from a 'Merican.

[@garge7676]

Polish cavalry also attacked German tanks.. Of course, it has nothing to do what you said, but it's still horse mounted cavalry in the Second World War.

[@horsesboy]

ThompsonGunProductions M1928 they actually didn't attack that is a myth started by the Germans. They launched a rather successful attack on German Infantry and the Germans sent tanks in to relive the infantry and drive off the Calvary so they faught them but it was as the were leaving.

[@LukeWapelhorst]

The Last Samurai. Great movie.

[@Winston_Wolfe]

I can't get over how much I love this song. It's everything I love, Canadian country about history and horses

[@KodenameKrusty]

Love the song and the video accompanies quite well.

[@taggartlawfirm]

One day ask me about the time in my 20th year when I fired a pistol while on a nice gentle appendix mare, when I woke up, took me an hour to find the pistol.

[@theidahospud]

I was a calvary soldier in Vietnam (Air Cav.) ---but attacking/riding in helicopters. (Garry Owen).

[@gochergoat1]

Nice work, Luke! Looks like you put a lot of time, effort, and thought into this. I'll bet Corb would be flattered.

[@petermcallister107]

I'm Scottish ,a military historian too. On the esplanade leading into Edinburgh castle is his sarcophagus ,not sergeant Ewart, ENSIGN Ewart,and just inside are the implements he got that promotion from nco to officers mess with. His sword,the heavy 1796 pattern(if you have watched the Sharpe series you will know it,big,straight and heavy,plus he was a combat veteran and the regiments swordmaster)is there,the sword he did it with,and below it is the standard of the 101st French infantry regiment along with its eagle that he took single handed at Waterloo. Charging into battle crying Scotland forever.

[@forrestry]

I like Lunds songs because he knows his history.

[@davidtrout3331]

It's a history lesson. Great lyrics, nice song.

[@johnwillyard9857]

The horse is man's best friend. The horse has seen more battle than any other animal strike man

[@gaiusjuliusmaximus8062]

Blood memories kicking in.

[@lesterdumm6477]

Excellent!!! Salute!

[@MrAnarchris]

good job! I'm a new corb lund fan and really enjoying all the good stuff here on YT

[@bwnco]

Wow! that was some great footage! Good Job!

[@leohaddleton6087]

Australian here one of my ancestors was part of the bashbia charge

[@jeffhargrave9503]

Best video for that song yet!!!

[@jonathonseabourne5626]

Great word choices

[@adamhicks1108]

Anyone else feel like they were a horse soldier in a past life while listening to this song

[@freebirdw6187]

Amazing, I love this song. It is unfortunate that the Comanche and Texas rangers are not mentioned though. They were so famous for their riding skills.

[@clappercl]

Very powerful song backed by a very powerful video. Sent chills down my spine!

[@rebeccastallard5366]

I so love this song💕 Saw Y’all Whitewater TX.

[@nicoleosweiler9113]

How amazing!!! Thank you!

[@warspirit9488]

This is an amazing song! Make me wanna ride a horse.

[@cowboyfromky]

Vid goes perfectly with the song man I love it

[@zachpowell5048]

2.33. Now that dude can RIDE!

[@KazesDemons]

Nice video man. Good job.

[@Burg2143]

I love the part where he sings about how horses were becoming obsolete in WWI

[@Moose407]

Fabulous. Can't stop listening to it. Maybe I watch too much history channel?

[@libertycowboy2495]

Im a civil war cavalry reenactor, and served in the 11th Armored Cavalry in real life, and I LOVE this. We may ride into battle in vehicles now, but we are still horse soldiers, and wear our spurs (which we earn) with great pride! ALLONS!

[@markbruner2679]

Fantastic song!

[@taylorcrain4740]

On a steel horse ~ I now ride!

[@pruplemango]

well that was a fun song!

[@chrislefroy1034]

The last part of the last verse is polish lancers, I think that is in there already, the first part is the Australian Light horse charge at Beersheba in what used to be palestine.. good movie on that is 'The Lighthorsemen' :)

[@DTMnoFear]

Florryworry, the american horse soldier

[@joshuanwakoby2386]

Except he's a swamp German

[@AtheniCuber]

Potato Lord swamp german = dutch

[@valtterijaaskelainen4944]

Polish Horde! PogChamp

[@comettamer]

With all the bogs and such that Ireland contains, could one theoretically make the joke that the irish are "Swamp Brits?" Just so we are clear, i am partly Irish.

[@comettamer]

Not quite what i meant...

[@mikeneave18]

The meyerthorpe comment he makes regarding the officers being gunned down, happened not far my home. Glad to hear hear it's still mentioned.

[@MikhaelAhava]

Gives me the chills. Cool song!

[@lesterdumm6477]

Super!!! Thank you very much!

[@L.I.S.]

Grey's Scouts - gone but not forgotten

[@lawrencemay8671]

Greatest Horse Soldiers of all time: Mongols, Hussars

[@taylorcrain4740]

Being older than you gives me some rights above you unto me!

[@margaretgray2324]

Just one word , BRILLIANT !!

[@Kynorth1341]

Imagine that your calvary helps build the largest empire in human history and you still get called "A Wretched Englishman."

[@ethernetmumasmr_3231]

Well I wouldn't really call the British empire good for the people it had under it

[@Kynorth1341]

@@ethernetmumasmr_3231 Canada? Australia? New Zealand? Jamaica? Which is a country in need of help

[@ethernetmumasmr_3231]

@@Kynorth1341 India? Africa? Natives of north america? Ireland? Empires are pretty famous for being horrible for the people they conquered

[@Kynorth1341]

@@ethernetmumasmr_3231 Very true, do you blame the cavalrymen? Their officers? Their government? Were they implicit?

[@ethernetmumasmr_3231]

@@Kynorth1341 Do I blame the soldiers who conquered others to build British empire, for the British empire? Yes

[@buffalohump2569]

Song is brilliant...great job on the video!

[@DireWolf505]

Damn good stuff.

[@yacawntmiss]

He must be a bit of a history student. I didn't think many knew about the special forces ride nor Beersheba.

[@comettamer]

yacawntmiss he surely did his research alright

[@ManScoutsofAmerica]

They made a movie about the SF guys.

[@malachiwex4622]

Us aussies know well of beersheba, brothers even got a shirt of beersheba

[@zjshifty3045]

From an Active Duty Dragoon. Thanks

[@ranchhandrandy3213]

The Dragoons are still in service?

[@dillonhillier]

@@ranchhandrandy3213 not sure where the op is from but Canada has the Royal Canadian dragoons, they're an armored regiment. We keep our historical regimental names. I was princess Patricia's Canadian Light infantry but we were actually mechanized.

[@st33lwill22]

Cavalry is still in use but sadly weve traded horse for mechanical beasts

[@craigstanbrough6183]

yes , the dragoons are in Germany 2/2 scr