TWA RECRUITING SERGEANTS THE CORRIES

[@thomasstamfordraffles4323]

My great-grandfather served in the British Army in 1916, he is reported to have died at the Battle of Marne 2 on 9 August 1918 being the last rank of Sergeant. Sergeant John edward

[@1234549084]

Hello Tomas thank you for your and history

[@Samboy666]

RIP

[@PrivateMcPrivate]

RIP

[@thomasgross3128]

RIP

[@Gordon-oy4do]

Rip

[@Samboy666]

I met Three Welsh lads yesterday on the train. They had inlistead in the army. One got a text from his nan saying they were all so proud of him and they loved it. It warmed my heart. This song will remind me of them now.

[@scottrutherford290]

Forever the gallant forty twa

[@walterbar3118]

My grandfather was drafted in 1917. He fought in Kaiserschlacht-Offensive, the tank-battle at Cambai and at St. Quentin. He was wounded twice, but survived the war. Gefreiter Hugo Bär, Herzoglich Braunschweigisches Infanterie-Regiment No. 92

[@1234549084]

Hello WALTER THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS

[@NapoleonAquila]

All Quiet in Western Front / Storm of Steel

[@thomascaruana3828]

This is a Banger. Me and the fellas play is all the time 😂🙌

[@dmcallister7203]

Time to start fighting back. These young men didn't lose their lives so that people who won't fight their own rights in their country can come here and start stealing the rights that many young men fought and died for

[@charlesdudgeon6326]

Lot's of people on this thread seem to think this is a first world war recruiting song, and the video which accompanies it indicates the same. In fact it refers to either the Napoleonic War or a seventeenth or eighteenth century war (references to Spain which took no part in the First World War show this).

[@ryanlaird6447]

Am sure it's about the war of the Spanish succession originally but any war can have the similar inspiration for it like the napoleonic wars

[@impalamama7302]

My son just enlisted in the US Marines, came out of boot camp, and in between he came home and had to work with the recruiters until he shipped out to combat training......this song got stuck in my head and I would sing it to him....he HATED doing it, while making an excellent Marine, he was no salesman and wasn't going to BS anybody, LOL!! (But he DID look awesome in his uniform, albiet not a kilt and a feathered bonnet!)....Semper Fi!

[@1234549084]

Hello ImpalaMama Thank you for your comments i hope your stays safe they a special breed of men

[@impalamama7302]

We wear ORANGE on St. Paddy's day, lol! Scots-Irish ARE a special breed of men (and mothers, daughters and wives!) Thanks and Blessings!

[@1234549084]

yes and Built America and Canada (smiling)

[@impalamama7302]

Right! Had British not made the mistake of transportation to the colonies, America would have NEVER won Independence...the Battle of Kings Mountain is where the fields of Culloden was vindicated. The Battle of New Orleans cemented it, lol! BTW, don't forget Australia...It was the bravery of the Scots and Scots-Irish that built the bloody Empire...

[@1234549084]

Aye we got everywhere oh i have a video called the FIelds of Athenrey you might like

[@HarryPotter-pw9xw]

Twa Recruitin' Sergeants Twa recruitin' sairgants cam frae the black watch To markets and fairs some recruits for to catch An' a' that they listed was for forty an' twa So list my bonnie laddie an' come awa Ch. - It is over the mountains, and over the main Through Gibraltar to France and Spain Get a feather tae your bonnet, and a kilt abeen your knee An' list bonnie laddie an' come awa wi me Oh laddie, ye dinna ken the danger that ye're in If your horses wis to fleg an' your ousen wis to rin This greedy auld fairmer winna pey your fee So list bonnie laddie an' come awa wi me (Ch) It is intae the barn an' oot o' the byre This auld fairmer thinks ye'll never tire For it's a slavery job of low degree So list bonnie laddie an' come awa wi me. (Ch) Wi your tatty poorin,s an' your meal an' kail Your soor sowen soorins an' your ill-brewed ale Wi your buttermilk and whey an' your breid fired raw So list bonnie laddie an' come come awa. (Ch)

[@1234549084]

Hello Lieutenant Basista thank you writing all the Lyrics

[@murdochmclennan3510]

Henrique Batista: The second line in the chorus is "Through Gibraltar, advance into Spain".

[@murdochmclennan3510]

@@burgherwithfrenchspies Those may be the official lyrics, but what they sing here is "Through Gilbraltar, advance into Spain"

[@leemick6806]

Nice to hear this fine song again! Much enjoyed, thanks! Hope we don't have to have another enlisting drive!!!!!

[@1234549084]

Good morning Lads thank you, i am sure these boys had no idea what they were getting themselves in to

[@impalamama7302]

They never do, but they never tire, sadly. It seems every generation the call to battle comes.

[@impalamama7302]

@Jay Mcintyre Yes it is....too bad too many people deny that human nature is not innately good.

[@amandajohnson4279]

What movie pr show is that in the background?

[@rab1688]

Scotland Forever.

[@ProGamers-qu2kk]

Those people didnt fight for them they fought for us it wasnt necessary for them to fight but they went to fight for us and for us to have a better future my great grandfather also fought in the macedonian front with the british those people are the real legends who sacrificed themselves just for us to have a better future and to save humanity

[@bapete5159]

Thanks for up loading ....🇬🇧

[@1234549084]

Hello Ba Pete thank thank you for watching

[@georgeriddell9356]

Wrong flag

[@urmum3773]

@@georgeriddell9356 Cry more.

[@Mantid539]

@@urmum3773 shut yer gob mummies boy

[@urmum3773]

@@Mantid539 Keep typing you geek.

[@nbenefiel]

So many of them never come back.

[@amandajohnson4279]

Is anyone gonna question the fact there aren't 2 sergants.

[@ghoulunathics]

one of those -1 anxiety and depression-songs :)

[@ryanlaird6447]

Would also say an inspirational song as well

[@glorialourenco9281]

AS CENAS SÃO DE ALGUM FILME... QUEM SABERIA DISER QUAL O FILME?

[@1234549084]

don't remember where i found the video clips think was film about the i world war

[@cameronmcgrath8592]

A short film called “Ralph”

[@Chrvinsk]

An' all to soon the tune was "Johnny i hardly knew ya" or "Willy McBride" ....

[@1234549084]

Yes and i have video of Willy McBride too ,The Green Fields of France Finbar Fury and Christy Digham

[@Winter-zv6yf]

Where are these clips from?

[@Southsider_Pint]

Irish The Celtic Dragon kzbin.info/www/bejne/np7LenyphLR5gKM A short film that depicts the pressure and consequence of British voluntary enlistment

[@seannot-telling9806]

@@Southsider_Pint Thank You for the answer. I wanted to know also.

[@titusjulius8263]

Very nice music

[@1234549084]

Hello Titus thank you for youe nice comment

[@titusjulius8263]

@@1234549084with your welcome sir😊😊

[@jockmcghee4147]

Enlist Bonnie laddie!

[@historicaltunes9183]

It’s a good vid but this isn’t what the song is about if I remember right

[@neilchristie7637]

A great Scottish folk song about recruiting for the Napoleonic wars, no idea why you'd use WW1 footage but hey ho

[@Dryhten1801]

Because it fits well

[@micoolkidfilms3270]

Cause it fits all wars Scot’s fought in

[@neilchristie7637]

@@micoolkidfilms3270 no it doesn't , Through France Gibraltar and Spain is quite specific to the peninsular war, hew haw about Egypt, South Africa, North west frontier the list goes on but you keep telling yersel its ok to twist things,

[@neilchristie7637]

@@Dryhten1801 no it doesn't Different war different century

[@alanfulcher460]

@@neilchristie7637the song is about recruiters using promises of adventure and seeing far away lands to ‘croot peasant lads. It’s a song that fits any era really

[@impalamama7302]

If only, if only, it would have ended in WWI!

[@1234549084]

Good morning ImpalaMama thank are your comment , yes if only they don't seem to learn

[@darienschriver7561]

Where did the footage come from? I'm intrigued to watch the rest

[@1234549084]

Hello Darien most of the clips are from a short film called Ralph thank you for watching Ian

[@impalamama7302]

Cool, I will have to look it up, thanks Ian!

[@darienschriver7561]

Ian Anderson apparently, I've already seen this! KZbin has it marked as watched. Again!

[@landynlinhares9494]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/faTZZ3uNZruAask Here's the original song if your wondering

[@cameronmarshall1674]

I'm pretty sure this is a video about Newfoundland.

[@Rikki0]

I wouldn't think so. There is a song called the Blue Puttees set to this tune and is indeed about the Newfies but this is about the 42nd Light Foot which never listed in Newfoundland to my knowledge.

[@cameronmarshall1674]

I meant the video not the song.

[@codealamode1016]

Cameron Marshall I think it’s about Ireland actually. I think it’s from a short film called coward

[@JBurdoo]

What film is this from?

[@1234549084]

thank for your comment i can't remember where i found the clips i think it was a video about the First World War

[@tehBadboy09]

It's a warning as much as people think, it's not pro war and unionist / black watch

[@alistairthompson8311]

Pretty sure the Black Watch lads used to sing this song themselves. If it was considered bad for morale, they probably would have been banned from doing so. It's a rousing auld Scottish sodger's song, part of the martial Scottish tradition. It has nothing to do with modern politics i.e. there was no unionist/nationalist split in Scottish politics when this song was written - more likely a Whig/Tory split! This song, unless I am very much mistaken, is older than the Conservative and Liberal Parties, let alone Labour or the SNP. It is not about modern day politics, but it is a part of our heritage.

[@mjxw]

Yeah The Corries were much more sophisticated artists than that. I think it's meant be melancholy, an older man looking back on his younger self and remembering that bittersweet emotion of excitement and fear and wistfulness that enlisting meant.

[@alistairthompson8311]

@@mjxw The Corries wrote and performed uplifting songs as well as melancholy ones. I think you are being misled by the video. Just listen to the words and the sound of the music: there is nothing melancholy about this lively folk song. For many war is an adventure and this song encapsulates the spirit of adventure with which many Scots enlisted to fight with the Black Watch in the Austrian War of Succession and many other wars besides. The song is sung from the point of view of a Black Watch recruiting sergeant encouraging young lads to join up and see the world. Nothing very sentimental or thought-provoking about this particular folk song. Just a spirit of adventure, nothing more. For a wistful, homesick folk song from a Scottish soldier's perspective from the same sort of era, try 'Lochaber No More'.

[@mjxw]

@@alistairthompson8311 alright fair enough. Thanks for the recommendation!

[@stormsumeet]

They didn't know they were going to rott in some trench

[@archie1spud978]

so the Twa Sergents from The Black Watch in Scotland went to Ireland to recruit?? just wondering?

[@ryanlaird6447]

Where are you getting that no where in the song mentions Ireland

[@Dryhten1801]

Americans try not to see Ireland everywhere challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)

[@PrivateMcPrivate]

​@@Dryhten1801 lmao

[@gordonrides840]

What’s going on with the recruiting sergeants teeth they are about suspect me thinks

[@leveller123xyz]

Looks like a Royal Engineers cap badge on the laughable recruiting Sergeants headgear. Not Black Watch!

[@colinmcdonald8521]

And Improperly Shaved!

[@stormywindmill]

August 1914 the white man pushed his own self destruct button.

[@Mantid539]

Not the first, and won't be the last

[@brizo68yeah74]

Cannon fodder. Resist.

[@Samboy666]

what film is this from?

[@1234549084]

i it was a flim about recruitment in the first World War

[@Samboy666]

@@1234549084 whats it callled??

[@cameronmcgrath8592]

Short film called “Ralph “