Martin Carthy - High Germany

[@sabotabo7476]

Thanks, kaiserreich

[@gravynavy516]

This

[@thomasblech8989]

Thank him

[@turbowolf302]

Shout out to The Dreadnoughts, otherwise I wouldn't know of this song.

[@dantecanuto885]

Also me

[@michaelhall9338]

Dante Canuto I always hear “Davy Lowston “ in my mind

[@The3LetterAgency]

I heard this from The Longest Johns.

[@Bink-2]

I actually found the dreadnoughts version through The Longest Johns So I'm like two layers removed lol.

[@donniedahlia2031]

Check out the Dubliner’s version

[@kafkaesque6459]

I don't know why, but this song brings me to tears. I have gone through many hardships in my life, and will continue to go through them in the near future. The lyrics resonate with me, but Cathy's stoic, almost bitter performance sells it in a way that's difficult to describe

[@bobbyunavailable]

I quite agree. It’s a beautiful rendition.

[@grunt89futtock890]

Almost identical ballad as the Banks of the Condamine, which I heard sung by A.L. Lloyd. I have always loved this sung by Martin Carthy though. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKe6dHZorJZgr9U

[@zwiebel7271]

finally i have found my favourite folk song in words.my english is not the best.i love this song.....

[@usbeak5628]

keep improve it! Don't give up and once upon a time you'll see the fruits of your learning.

[@3142shara]

Same

[@misbaksel5692]

First time I heard High Germany, it was performed by two danish artists in an irish pub in Eindhoven. Incredible how we bond as a species when good music and alcohol are involved haha

[@user-vi6wf4gh9x]

Northern European things 👌🏻

[@alexandrapdlh9559]

@@user-vi6wf4gh9x This 👆🏻

[@grunt89futtock890]

I sang it with some entertainers in a pub in Gaborone, Botswana. It's true, nothing narrows the mind like foreign travel. You realise that people like a drink, a joke and a song the World over.

[@thedenimranger9380]

First time I heard it, I was marching Canadian troops into New England during the 2nd American Civil War

[@pashauzan]

@@thedenimranger9380 Mine was during the Quebec conscription crisis

[@fhpurcell7713]

either i'm overly emotional these days or - more likely - this song gets to you. poor Polly and Willy. Screw the cruel wars and whoever is causing trouble in High Germany.

[@Discotekh_Dynasty]

Levi Kirsch yeah man im also a veteran of the war of Spanish Succession

[@HappySerafim]

@@Discotekh_Dynasty mad respect milad. I wasnt present to give the Catholics a bashing there, however me and my Bess did a good number on the frogs at Barrossa

[@Rikki0]

That would be Louis XIV.

[@sillpill2886]

@@Discotekh_Dynasty I served just a few years ahead in the Franco Prussian war

[@sillpill2886]

@A hecker all day you aren’t?

[@angeladryden8259]

Have loved Martin Cathy for 40 years. Seeing him again in Durham on Saturday 27 April.

[@aldostott-morris9221]

Imo this is one of the best anti war songs out there, you really feel for this family and how it tore then apart. Much love to Martin cathy!

[@riverdragon_822]

the best anti-war media is just showing true war without ever picking a side it's great

[@xaph5575]

I often sing this to myself when I am alone, though I never get the lyrics 100% correct

[@locorocky1]

I swear you guys pop up freaking Everywhere!

[@xaph5575]

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@x999uuu1]

Fancy seeing you here lol

[@aramere3650]

Stop denying our lord and Savior Ben

[@ismailabdelazim2206]

Neither do i, but thats part of the fun ain't it?

[@socratesgoulas9036]

Emotional, heart breaking!!!💔 Greetings from Hellas!

[@christaylor2070]

This was one of the first English folk songs I ever heard. It's amazing how Martin Carthy's singing and guitar technique have developed over 50 years!😀

[@Dannysoutherner]

Thanks to all of you posters and musicians who keep the old songs and our history alive.

[@zentalanime8562]

Your history? Where are you from

[@Dannysoutherner]

@@zentalanime8562 united states. I love that people are still playing and recording the worlds folk songs. I despise what passes for pop music today.

[@HeavyWool]

@@zentalanime8562 It's an English folk song, he's American and might have English ancestors. boom sorted thank me later

[@calebriddle4939]

His accent is nearly a perfect light 1600's London accent.

[@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek]

I love it so much, reminds me of a west country sining style. But when he talks he sounds like hes from London area

[@holmespianotuning]

The version I have in my Oxford song book ends “cruel wars in high Germany”.

[@jonathaneffemey944]

Thanks so much for downloading this classic.

[@openworld9504]

wow..simply wow

[@sh-hg4eg]

Beautiful and, simultaneously, tragic.

[@frogielf3692]

Kaiserreich althistory forever in our hearts brothers and sisters

[@John-wi3dm]

larper

[@sabotabby3372]

Break the Chains!

[@ohwell6422]

Reclaim the Birthright!

[@borkerman]

Down with the traitors up with the stars

[@19dec1981]

My childhood passed away midst the tales and lurid stories Of manufactured glories and inhuman gallantry I asked, "When is war over?", but no one deemed to answer me And Margaret played that dreaded tune called High Germany Sweet Lord, I was just seven when Margaret was eleven They served us war for breakfast and soldiers' songs for tea "Your father's gone campaigning" was a way of not explaining That soldiers are the living proof of our inhumanity DUBLINERS

[@asmodeus0454]

Great English folk song, a personal favorite of mine. The song came out of the 18th century during the Seven Years' War.

[@janglobus9384]

Nope, during the 30years war. 300 years earlier

[@karlkarlos3545]

@@janglobus9384 More like a little over 100 years earlier actually.

[@janglobus9384]

@@karlkarlos3545 oh😅

[@NabGer]

I learned about this song from a comment on the song Rebel Soldier by Waylon Jennings

[@LostShipMate]

I came here from a comment on a "The Longest Johns" shanty melody called "The Cruel Wars", which was composed from 3 songs like this by a entirely separate band called "The Dreadnoughts".

[@gravynavy516]

thank you kaiserreich

[@haz4dc394]

This really exemplifies how American country music is derived from English folk music

[@georgemann3760]

Shook this blokes hand and didn't know it at the time...

[@rolandweitbrecht3860]

You didn't know it, because soldiers souls shake , without directly feeling

[@georgemann3760]

@rolandweitbrecht3860 what a mystical comment! What do you mean?

[@jonofterra7666]

TAKE BACK THE HOME ISLES!

[@noblenaveragemanointernet2582]

from ?

[@Adam-hi4mg]

Noble n' Average Man o' Internet kaiserreich I think

[@pashauzan]

@@noblenaveragemanointernet2582 kaiserreich

[@pandoranbias1622]

Sadly, Martin's debut album was recently removed from youtube. The high quality version of this now only exists on Spotify. Shame, really.

[@Iducuehs]

That album was so good 😔

[@TheWickedWizardOfOz1]

It is available in playlist form currently, so it is still around here.

[@石兰-w8h]

Thank you, kaiserreich

[@ottokard1243]

Kaiserreich

[@azerd1535]

same

[@archiedelapena7299]

Same

[@messeji7473]

Civilization 6

[@azerd1535]

@@messeji7473 You should try kaiserreich if you haven't, I love civ 6 but I only discovered kaiserreich last year, and it is all I play now. I wish i had learned about it sooner.

[@rixyarbrough1702]

This was in KR? damn

[@mariopolchert]

older than me...but, wow indeed!

[@letsgoblue9596]

Ah yes, the first song I ever learned how to sing, and I still do, when we do a ruck march in the reserves. It’s gotten way to popular here.

[@mariannasilva6403]

Oh Polly, amor, oh Polly, a derrota já começou E devemos marchar ao som do tambor Vá se vestir com sua melhor roupa e venha comigo Vou levá-la para a guerra, meu amor, na Alta Alemanha Oh Willy, amor, oh Willy, venha listar o que eu digo Meus pés são tão macios que não posso marchar E além disso, meu querido Willy, estou grávida de você Não preparada para a guerra, meu amor, na Alta Alemanha Vou comprar para você um cavalo, meu amor, e nele você montará E toda a minha vida estarei lá cavalgando ao seu lado Pararemos em todas as cervejarias e beberemos quando estivermos com sede Seremos fiéis um ao outro, nos casaremos, pouco a pouco Oh, amaldiçoadas sejam as guerras cruéis que deveriam surgir E da alegre Inglaterra pressione muitos homens da mesma forma Eles pressionaram meu verdadeiro amor de mim, assim como meus três irmãos E mandou-os para as guerras, meu amor, na Alta Alemanha. Meus amigos eu não valorizo nem meus inimigos eu não tenho medo Agora meu amor me deixou, eu vagueio por longe e perto E quando meu bebê nascer e sorrir no meu joelho Vou pensar no adorável Willy na Alta Alemanha Oh Polly, amor, oh Polly, a derrota já começou E devemos marchar ao som do tambor Vá se vestir com sua melhor roupa e venha comigo Vou levá-la para a guerra, meu amor, na Alta Alemanha

[@Discotekh_Dynasty]

Union of Britain time

[@giacomoleopardi29]

It was very hard to translate this Song Word by Word to me.but i did.my english is Not the best,but it is getting better more and more.best wishes from"high Germany"

[@misterfox6882]

A Song about the 30Years War. 1618-1648. The biggest Conflict between Catholics and Protestans ever. Every major World Power fought there against each onther. They fought on German Ground and its until today the most devastating War in Germany.

[@zedw8a168]

From 1618 to 1848? That's a 230 years war 😅

[@misterfox6882]

@@zedw8a168 oh ty my bad

[@zedw8a168]

@@misterfox6882 you're welcome 😁

[@sutapasbhattacharya9471]

I first heard this at the age of 8 in 1972 when a supply teacher at my primary school used to sing it whilst playing his guitar. I recall searching for it on KZbin around 2007 before these videos were uploaded and couldn't find it. I always thought the lyrics were rather odd- 'go dress yourself all in your best..and I'll take you to the cruel war in High Germany'.

[@buckshot9521]

England didn't send troops to the 30 Years War. This song is about the War of Spanish Succession.

[@plaguedoctor1018]

Shoutout to the headquarters of the British army,as I wouldn't know this song otherwise.

[@Bluesfan1780]

Same.

[@Bluesfan1780]

@Jaaboii Britain always

[@yddoa1]

same

[@opfor287]

French

[@pacartc4743]

I love this,, and the paintings too. What is the painting at the scene at the burnt out cottage, after some sort of skirmish? It is so atmospheric, almost like a war photo. So many paintings of wars show battles, this one shows the sordid reality.

[@GreenSnake1997]

"Ich bin Soldat" bring me here

[@Dryhten1801]

👋😅

[@Sophi_KatZ]

Surprised content recommend me

[@phwbooth]

Poignant.

[@BirdsfromHuntingdon]

🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@patrickd7890]

I came here from Cruel Wars

[@titanicbigship]

Shut out to the heights of iron four total war mod or else I wouldn’t have known this good song

[@MrThebarron007]

what war is this referencing

[@Branflakes143]

Either the War of Spanish Succession (1701-14), or the Seven Years War (1756-63), it's not entirely clear which war this is supposed to reference, which makes sense because Europe kept tearing itself apart every other decade.

[@jamesthomas4841]

@@Branflakes143 The most likely candidate is the War of Austrian Succession. Either way the English were involved in a lot wars in a period of eighty years or so which involved battles in High Germany.

[@madman026]

WTF is this song about hessen guards?

[@madman026]

@The Working Man ok thanks for the history

[@Lt_Voss]

@@madman026 It's actually about the 30 years' war from 1618-1648, but everything else he said was correct.

[@madman026]

@@Lt_Voss i just had no reference point thank you both

[@Georgieastra]

@@Lt_Voss The English did not participate in The Thirty Years War. It is much more likely to be the War of the Spanish Succession when the Duke of Marlborough took his army up the Rhine from The Netherlands to Bavaria. High Germany in this context refers to the mountains of southern Germany. Marlborough linked up with Prince Eugene of Savoy commander of the Austro Hungarian army and together they defeated the French and their Bavarian allies at the battle of Blenheim.

[@dogfish6739]

Real

[@Sophi_KatZ]

Folk

[@idcgaming518]

Anyone else hear this in hoi4 kaiserriech?

[@nicholass.brisco2213]

✋

[@덕젤]

War is terrible

[@markvance6025]

O

[@deanpower3453]

LUKE KELLY is the only man to sing this song

[@Dryhten1801]

It's an English song, should be sung by an Englishman

[@freestylevimto3109]

Why should an English song be sung by a communist Irish republican?

[@rolandweitbrecht3860]

Absolutly

[@rolandweitbrecht3860]

@@Dryhten1801 There were also irish regiments who served in the 7 years war.......

[@Dryhten1801]

@@rolandweitbrecht3860 This is not an Irish folk song, nor is it about the seven years war. Paddy cowards must stick to their own "songs"

[@WindowsXPMapping1]

Hey is anyone here from EBI on Roblox

[@armandjeanrichelieu1624]

You mean Heil* XD