@3tangle3 Where do you get your ideas that scottishness is a culture but the UK is a corporation? I am Scottish, I was a soldier, I swore an oath whilst serving as do all of the armed forces. I joined the army because I wanted to see the world & came from a poor backround & I got to see some beautiful places. I also had to do my job as a soldier. This song is about a dying soldier, not an independance campaign or a humanist ideaology. Can't you just appreciate the song as it is?
I salute you Andy, both of you. I remember me and oor Wullie playing this on a juke box, back in the sixties, We were just bairns, back fae a days fishing wi the auld man on Loch Leven.
Excellent song sung for Scottish soldiers.. The song was never intended for an independence campaign so "dislike" the end credit,, You suck uploader!!
I'm an ex soldier & we swear an oath to the crown & whilst a few disagree, none would ever risk their lives to save one over the other based on where they were born or their beliefs!!
@andy81andy007 why do you swear an oath to a queen who takes your taxes while old people die of fuel poverty.....are you sick........the army is a great place to be brainwashed.....please wake up :)
Grandfathers funeral today,this was his favorite song,now I'll never be able to see him smile and listen to it,you were a brave Soldier Grandpa,R.I.P.
This record (Warwick 627) -- which consisted of Andy's new lyrics added to the traditional tune "Green Hills of Tyrol" -- debuted in the USA the week of April 3, 1961 and charted for five weeks, peaking at #69. His only other U.S. chart entry, "Donald, Where's Your Troosers? (Warwick 665), charted for four weeks starting August 21, 1961 and peaked at #77.
This was such a part of my childhood..my dad had a 45 recording of it,and when he would play it,he and I would sit with tears streaming down our faces..here I sit,45 yrs later,still crying- thank you so much for posting this..( and I am English and Welsh, American but always proud of my heritage).
@RoninAvenger my mum had this 45 as well and i still listen to it as i grew up with this as well ... its one of the tracks that reminds me of childhood and how i feel about being scottish.proud and loud even as i stay in england now.mum passed away 2 years oct 17 2009 and i still listen knowing mums listening too and shes there in my memories..
This brings back so many memories, my Grandfather used to sing this all the time, it makes you proud to be Scots and to have served our country. I only wish he had seen my passing out parade.
Traitors who never mobilized in Scotland's national interest. I care not for mercenaries who put my country in harms way for pay from a corrupt foreign empire? Better that 10,000 of these quislings be killed than any civilian in the lands they invade. Indeed, Better that 10,000 of these quislings be killed than any resistance fighter in the lands they invade. No more bloody corrupt imperialism! No more army scum recruiting in Scottish schools! Victory to the sottish resistance!
I just pray to God you are not a teacher, our kids are getting enough, self hatred drummed into them by the New 'doctored' History, the Nationalists and Tom Devine, have imposed on our educational system. Without lunatics like you making it worse.
I think of my grandad when I play this. Canada became his home...but Scotland remained in his heart his entire life. I inherited his love of the people, land and language.
@Witheraf Thumbs up from me too;I am English and have visited Scotland it is a beautiful country. Rest in peace those Scottish soldiers who died defending this beautiful country.
@LastCRUSADER123 You do know that the British name is not exclusive to England?
It's not a nation or a race, it's merely a current union state of 3 nations and a term of citizenship of 4 nations, either way I couldn't care less any more as I want Scottish independence, and the fact so many people around the world (particularly those from America) equate the British as being the English only serves us well for the future as an independent nation again for the first time since 1707.
Its expected to see Browns, Smiths, Thomsons and such dying for Britain, getting wood while listening to Rule Britannia and loving the Crown, but seeing Powells, Mcs and O´anythings serving in the british forces just make one want to puke on their graves, what a disgrace to their respective races.
@juliusheide88 Did you read through that before posting, can understand gross insult! the depth of your depravity, take down this comment now. ask for forgiveness, do it publicly, seek help for the sake of your soul. One day you be will be asked to account and this does not look good for you... take it down.
@juliusheide88.. YOU ARE A PROPER TIT YOU NUMPTY....our brave Scottish soldiers are the elite of the army best in the world,,when the situation was extremely dangerous who did they put in the front lines? the proud Scots that's who,who could stand against the highlanders with the kilts swirling bagpipes playing you had a simple choice of RUN, SURRENDER OR FOOKING DIE,either way you were fooked.the British empire was won by Scottish soldiers oh and lets not forget the other 3nations brave troops
@millwalldave467 I am an ex arsehole. Done my time, lost a couple of mates. Scotsman who followed my family. We call it duty and honour. Call me back snd I train and enlighten you. Being British or Scottish is something to be proud of.
@juliusheide88 Get over it fucking waste of space, Ill dance on your head and piss on your grave before you even get the chance to go near anyone elses grave you dirty cunt ! People like you shouldnt be allowed to live in our country nevermind our planet ! Now fuck off and crawl back under your rock
I used to play this record as 5-6 year old - probably wore it out - brings back memories of my grandparent's house & the farm.....I'm not Scottish - just part Irish, part English & part South African - but I love it. So please all of those of you clambering for Scottish UDI, let the rest of us enjoy a beautiful song - OK?
@wallsy2111 your a english guy who understands we have fought won and battle cryed together sinse 1707 together we signed the act of union both england made a new nation a nation to be the powerfulest of the world glory to Scotland and her followers Britannia!!
@wallsy2111 your a english guy who understands we have fought won and battle cryed together sinse 1707 together we signed the act of union both england and scotland made a new nation a nation to be the powerfulest of the world glory to Scotland and her followers Britannia!!
@forget1me14 Actually the Scots didn't want the union, it was unelected and forced on them, hence why there was rioting all over Scotland for nearly 3 years after the act of union.
@wallsy2111 i should bloody think so we have backed england up in many a conflict you had no cause to be in Scotland doesnt go looking for trouble but many of our lads and lassies have died aside the english where they had no cause in being there in the first place Scotland forever
@wallsy2111 the original brits were people who spoke languages like welsh..amny english have these ancestors but think they are "british" in the state sense....modern britain is a 1707 state construct
@Apemanwithcalculator as I remember original Brits - that were Celts leaving in Wales / scotland, who loosed war / land against Saxon; who loosed war / land against Normans.
who gives a s**t all i know it was, 1 of the first records i bought a along side elvis and buddy holly and they dont stir my heart like this does and yes i did go into the asmy
Your back at it.Go to ghosts of culloden isla grant .You have a serious problem ,very bad indeed.Do i like the english , not really .But i live my life as i want.Different race of people.Know alls.Even though they are neighbours i get on with my life.Theres fact and fiction.You madame are living in fiction.U do nothing but drag Scots down .William wallace was a man among men .True saying u always get one.You are such.Dont go calling Scottish national hero.Scots are proud .
@hammerandsicle First off, for someone who "Claims" to have read about him, he was not knighted by the barons, but was made "protector of Scotland" by the barons, and many of them would later betray him. His father is recorded in official documents as being a knight, his Mother was a Lady Margaret Crawford. They were not a family with broad estates, but did own some land in Ayr. Margret's father was the Sheriff of Ayr for a time. I have read many books myself on the man, Since I am a Crawford
@MrRobertson52 Please stop trying to act like you know History, You are still a clueless cunt. Edward the 2nd was of French decent from the House of Plantagenet, created by the marriage of Matilda, the granddaughter of William The Conqueror, to , Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou. Edward also, like his father was related to the Scottish Kings through Matilda of Scotland, his Maternal Grandmother, who was the daughter of Malcolm the 3rd.
@hitmann2300 Five out of Edward I's Eight Great grandparents were born in what is now France, two in Spain, one in Switzerland. Of course the aristocracy were an intermarrying breed across Europe, decended from the Germanic tribes who had ended the Roman Empire 1,000 years before, so trying to pin a single ethnicity or nationality on them is pointless. But certainly none of his immediate ancestors were born in England, and his blood ties were strongest with France.
@jacksbacksucker But fair enough yes he was also the 4 x great grandson of Malcom III of Scotland 1058–1093, of latter Shakespearean 'Macbeth' fame! Not sure how many Scots would like to admit that though....
@jacksbacksucker You seem to have missed my point in my brief rebuff. which was that MrRobertson claims Edward 2nd was German, I'm sure he was actually talking about George 2nd, but the man (if indeed he is actually older then his 20's) Spouts alot of misinformed crap and outright lies and fabrications. Youtube doesnt allow for detailed long comments, nor does it allow for internet links or I could give quick backups to everything I have written. thnks for the good input on Ed's heritage
@hitmann2300 Fair enough, I think I have the wrong fellow too, Edward I, Longshanks, you were talking of the son Edward II. He was in any case the same mix of French and Spanish Aristos, through his ma too!
@Ranjeeb The only good book I know is written in a very old dialect. Walter Scot wrote Romantics, politicians write lies. The Irish wore the belted plaid blanket over a tunic 2000 years ago. Dal Riata (western Scotland)) was ruled by Gaelic Picts, until Vikings and Irish immigrants settled there 1000 years later and created the Kingdom of the Isles. This restricted the Picts to the highlands and lowlands of the centre and east. The highlands adopted the kilt after later climate cooling (1400?).
@Ranjeeb There are no good books, except one written in a very old dialect. Roman histories have the Irish wearing a belted plaid blanket on top of a tunic 2000 years ago. A 1000 years later, some Irish immigrated north to Scotland's western islands, following a warming of the climate, and took this kilt with them. Together with mainly Viking invaders, they created the now defunct Kingdom of the Isles. I think the Picts were further south, but in any event the highlands were fairly Pictish.
@alarchdu Kilts did not exist before the 1500's That is a FACT! Before that time, People in Ireland, and Scotland wore léine' s Tartans were woven capes that the wealthy could afford
@hitmann2300 One source says the first direct written record of the Great Kilt of the highlanders was in the 1500's, but it had been known earlier. That is a fact. But other sources mention verbal reports of the Great Kilt as early as the 1200's. That is a fact. The Irish peasantry were recorded in Roman times as wearing a belted blanket (which is the Great Kilt). That is a fact. I know the Wikipaedia article from which you make your assertion. That is vanity press. Just enjoy the song.
@alarchdu Ya know, making assumptions is a rather ignorant thing to do. Happily I never use Wikipedia for anything. I teach History, and I also take part in Archeology studies as well, often in Britain in Ireland, believe me, the Kilt was not worn as a "Kilt" before the 1500's
I know that since the movie Braveheart, everyone wants to think the Kilt is an ancient garment, it isnt! You need to get away from all the Nationalistic Hype and History twisting going on these days.
@hitmann2300 You show your ignorance (not knowing, knowing you do not know, and not caring to know). I raise your teaching experience by three in university lecturing in Australia and overseas. I have no barrow to push. The costume designer of Brtaveheart actually did reseach the topic, but did overdo the kilt bit. Why should any believe you when three of four Scottish experts ignore the Kingdom of the Isles completely. Look up the original derivation of this, twittwat. EOD.
@alarchdu LOL Seriously? Jesus, William Wallace did NOT wear a Kilt! He came from a Knighted family, he was also a lowlander, not from the Highlands at all. I read your earlier remarks on there being no books, then you expect people to believe that only one book you read counts as fact! Get a bloody life.
Again, get away from the silly politics, it is one thing to be proud of your heritage, but it becomes another thing all together when you start rewriting History to suit your agenda,
@alarchdu Also, no one I know has ignored anything regarding the Kingdom of the Isles, I know who Somerled is.
But that is hardly what we are talking about here.
Also you are assuming again arent ya, I never stated at what level I teach, since I was not trying to impress, but it seems you are trying pretty hard arent ya?
Glad my comments have been removed as the rest that are left are bitchy and a verbal anger that realy gt on my wick . we are all wrong inthe past . only hindsight gives us 20 20 vision.
@Ranjeeb Son, have you tried reading? It helps. Examine the origins of the kilt and plaid, the dominance of the kingdoms of the western islands, the source of their inhabitants, the effect they had on Scottish politics during their brief tenure. I am not bound to try the impossible and dispel your ignorance. But you can improve your education yourself.
It took me a while to understand the phrasing "..the hills are not highland hills or the island hills...." Stewart is talking about the origins the real Scot: not those from the east and the lowlands, but from the Highlands and the Kingdom of the Isles to the west. Paradoxically, while the Highlanders were the first to wear the kilt/tartan into battle, these came from the settlers from Ireland who originally populated the Kingdom of the Isles.
what the f..k are you going on about the jocks and the irish for if it wasnt for the irish backing up the english and back stabbin the jocks then the jocks would have won culloden ???????
@22minime22 The Irish, mainly as the inhabitants of the Kingdom of the Isles,. were backstabbed by both sides. One Isle ruller, and then his son, were forced to crawl naked to the feet of a Scots (lowland) ruler and beg to swear fealty.
@K3KCT :It took me a while to understand the phrasing "..the hills are not highland hills or the island hills...." Stewart is talking about the origins the real Scot: not those from the east and the lowlands, but from the Highlands and the Kingdom of the Isles to the west. Paradoxically, while the Highlanders were the first to wear the kilt/tartan into battle, these came from the settlers from Ireland who originally populated the Kingdom of the Isles.
okay mrRobertson and Hitman i think that you got boring 100 posts ago. just stop this nonsense ok? we all just want to listen to this great song and read what people think about and maybe comment it yourself. nobody wants to read your private battles here. take it outside to the PMs.
glory to Scotland and Ireland, the 2 lands i care the most besides my own.
@encistx Yes i know but your country and our nation different completly.I see you take Scots and Irish as favourite.Yes irish suffred much alike.Slovenia i dont know.Scots irish i know about .
@MrRobertson52 Actually , you wouldn't know your own name if those English Neighbors that you harp on about so much, didn't yell it at you all day long. :)
historians refer to the American Revolution as being 'a Scottish Rebellion,' or as one historian said, 'John Calvin was the virtual founder of America.'
When the Scots immigrated to America, they brought with them a great passion for liberty. Patrick Henry, of Scottish descent, so eloquently embraced this spirit for freedom in his famous quote, "Give me Liberty or Give me Death." In the American Revolution, more than half of the soldiers of the Colonial Army were Presbyterians and Calvinists, and many historians refer to the American Revolution as being 'a Scottish Rebellion,' or as one historian
The romans built hadrians wall between roman britain and Scotland.They were afraid the picts might attack .The wall was built to seperate the romans from the picts.The romans did go into Scotland but never conquered it.Thats the difference .Your land was conquered england by the romans .The picts never gave up and sent them accross the border.Time after time..Politics about other clans ,im sure a campbell will answer that TO U.You seem to hate everything about Scotland.
@MrRobertson52 For the last time, The Romans WERE LIVING in Scotland too, mostly it was military forts, not civilian, but they did have several large Trading towns setup, and of course, Roman Legionaries would look to the local women for entertainment and companionship. AGAIN, You are ignoring the Antonine wall which was built after Hadrian's wall was started, the second wall pretty much separated the southern lowlands from the highlands. I happen to Love Scotland.
Even the romans could not conquer Scotland .Dont u go calling such a proud race of people .Scots are proud very.The romans were armed to the teeth.The best of everything.Yet the picts faught like warriors ,naked with just the simplest of armoury.You have been watching to much rambo movies.Would u fight a well armed roman .Be like fighting a rhino.As for campbells or such dont take me there ,ive lots of friends by such surnames.U sir provoke.Keep your nose your own country
@MrRobertson52And you are Retarded very. Why do you keep using the same stupid tactic of either avoiding the issue and fact that there were Roman towns and forts father north then Hadrian's wall by making continued silly statements about the wall, which was built only as means to control trade. Of course picts climbed the wall, successfully, it was never fully manned.
OH, and you like Campbells eh, What about all those Jacobite dead at Culloden? and Sherrifmuir? What a double standard you have.
@hitmann2300 The judgement of others does not change who i am ,Quite the opposite is true.It reveals who they are.Im a proud Scot .Never would i say wrong of my nation.All i have said i stand by .No point in arguing with a fool know all.U live in your imaginary land.Tell me one country that hates the Scots .Except one.DONT TALK ABOUT THE BRAVE JACOBITES OF CULLODEN AND ALL OUR SCOTS WHO FAUGHT FOR THERE WEE BIT HILL AND GLEN .U EDUCATE YOURSELF OF YOUR OWN COUNTRY ,U SAY ENGLAND .
@MrRobertson52 No one is saying anything wrong about Scotland, I'm just stating FACTS, you want to corrupt History and twist it to suit your own views. The Jacobites were mostly clansmen, fighting because their Chiefs ordered them to do so and they had little choice about it. Also, again, it was a civil war, not all scots supported the Stuarts. Most of the Lowlanders hated the Stuarts. and half the Hieland clans stayed with german Geordie. I do hope u love the Campbells who fought 4 King George
@MrRobertson52 LOL on your first bit there, about the Judgement of others not changing you, weel there is an old saying "You can't fix STUPID." and I think everyone can see that this saying applies to you in spades there lacky.
@hitmann2300 Words of wisdom from a know all.I personelly think u lack common sense.Scotland goes back thousands of years .And this little nation always faught for independance .Scots were a proud people,and still are .U and your pal chucKles go calling us Scots.Im sure not all americans approve of u .Dont go calling us scots .u and chuckles provoke.Get into the real world.U chose america as your homeland.Lots of Scots were sent there with the highland clearances.They had no option .Neep
@MrRobertson52 Dont call you Scots? What the fuck are ya then? Scotch is a drink, not a people, as a People we are Scots or Scottish. And actually, I didnt have a choice, my parents decided to emigrate here when I was very young. However, I was sent back for long Summer vacations to visit family, so I know Scotland very well thank you, I surely know it better then you do.
@hitmann2300 nOW NOW ,Go take a chill pill .You great history teacher.P.s please dont talk filth ,there is ladys who read this pages .Im very sure all Americans dont act like u ,well god spares i hope not..U go to your doctor and get that temper seen to.Im even feeling sorry for u .Really take it cool .All i have said i stand by.Go have a dram we yer friend chuckles.Celebrate the union ,yer entitled.U would look like laurel and hardy.The truth hurts .Scots are proud very.
@MrRobertson52 LOL So now you want to use Irish Gaelic, what's wrong, ya dont Ken Scot's Gaelic so ya went online to find some Irish Phrase to fling at me ya silly man. I swear, I bet you live in San Francisco, and the closest you have ever really been to Scotland was when you went to the RMS Queen Mary in Long Beach.
U know something ive met people in my life but u take the biscui.U are what i call a tittle tattle child thats never grown upWhats your point .U say i never served in the gordons ,and other regiments iF u think that way u believe it .Your the type thats knows all.U dont even stick up for your own country America.U talk filth .U bring evil hitler into our conversation.And other bad societys .Trying to drag me into the pit u are in .You have done nothing but ,down the Scots
@MrRobertson52 LOL Actually I just dont like YOU. I hate liars and racists with a passion. I hate people who cry and whine not only blaming others for their own shortcomings but going so far as to blame people today for what other people did 100's of years ago. Again, and please get it videod for us all to see, GO TELL A CAMPBELL he ISNT Scottish because his great great great Grampa fought for King George and not for Bonnie stuck up Charlie. Bet the man will knock your bloody teeth out!
Like every place on earth, there have been various migrations of different people through the centuries, but that is not the same as colonization. Colonization implies the systematic resettlement of people from one country to another area as a means of expanding the original country's territory. Nothing like that ever occurred in the land now known as Scotland. The Romans were never able to extend their empire beyond present day
@MrRobertson52 Roman legions come under such a "resettlement" They built towns and other improvements wherever they stopped and fortified for extended periods. Otherwise, you would not have seen bath houses in a suburb of Glasgow
@hitmann2300 The Picts: They occupied the north and northeast of Scotland. They were excellent warriors and the Romans called them “Picti” (The Painted ones) since most of the times they went into battle completely naked to show their tattooed bodies. They were in fact Celts, the ancestors of the people who built the stone circles.
The Picts inherited their rights, their names and property from their mothers
@MrRobertson52 Then explain the Roman towns and forts that have been found far north of the border,? Again you dumb ass, Look up the Antonine Wall, which was actually started AFTER Hadrian's wall.
Get over it. Scotland was occupied by the Romans. They found a Roman fort near Cawdor, which is up near Inverness ya twit! Look up "The Bearsden Roman baths" on the "Undiscovered Scotland" website, which IS a Scottish site. The ruins are in suburb of GLASGOW, which last I heard was North of Hadrian's
"In but too many instances the Highlands have been drained, not of their superfluity of population, but of the whole mass of inhabitants, dispossessed by an unrelenting avarice which will be one day found to be shortsighted as it is unjust and selfish". - Sir Walter Scott
@MrRobertson52 So, did you look up the Antonine Wall yet? You really need to stay on track if you want to at least look credible, instead of going off on tangents when you have been proven wrong. Again, lets stick to your last tall tale about Hadrian's wall. You missed out on Scottish History didn't ya? The Romans did get alot farther north then Hadrian's wall.
You just prove my point again and again that you are a clueless idiot that spouts nonsense.
For so long as one hundred men remain alive, we shall never under any conditions submit to the domination of the English. It is not for glory or riches or honours that we fight but only for liberty, which no good man will consent to lose but with his life!
U have never been in a war situation .I have .Only war u have seen is on your blog playing in the desert we toy guns .I served as a soldier in a number of regiments.Two or more scots regiments faught against the Scots at culloden..The true and loyal Scots to the Stuart cause lost all.Most jacobites were catholic.Its not about hating english.Its scottish pride.Most clans were loyal to the stuart cause.Great clans .They dont forget .Its not hatred .Its pride of a great nation
I am sure not all in america share your oppinions.Do u fly the union jack .iF I GO TO ENGLAND THEY ARE PROUD OF THE sT GEORGES CROSS .Why on earth should i be ashamd of flying my St andrews cross , or rampant lion .Why on news ie its england this england that.Dont dare try and take Scottish history away from this proud nation.Or try and say a man is racist cause i believe in tradition and pride.If people go to countrys they want to see traditions ,ways of life.Not falseness
@MrRobertson52 Your a Racist when you blame an entire people for things that happened over 300 years ago, nevermind that I say again, Scotland did it's own share of invading south, they just didnt win when they did. You said you hate your neighbors because they are English, you seem to be confused in operating your telly, because you only watch English news it seems when there is a BBC Scotland that focuses on things relating to Scotland..... cont.
@hitmann2300 i dont hate my neighbours as such .Just its not there fault they were born south of the border.History man it wasnt 300 yrs ago.It went on long long before.And great history man lasted well into the late 1800,s.Its the way Scotland was treated by the english.Get your facts right .Ive proven u wrong in every single question.Mater edward longshanks .
@MrRobertson52 ..... You then, state pretty much that anyone born IN Scotland, but not living there now isnt Scottish, but then use Scots living in other countries as examples and support of your arguments about Scottish Bravery. No one is questioning that Scots aren't brave, my issue with you is your stupid politics and the hate mongering that you foster. My Family, on both sides of the border have always been proud to be BRITISH. You are using classic Hitlerisms to foster hate. ..... cont.
@hitmann2300 Mr know all .Ive relations in Australia,America,Canada,Ireland all over and proud of there adopted countrys.They dont go blowing about the unionists.Im sure every man is entitled to freedom of speach.Im sure most americans are great people..My hate is not as such as u are trying to drag me into.Everyone knows the world over theres no love lost between Scots and english.Times have changed.But never will our great wee nation ever forget ..Oor hero,s Wallace ,Bruce ,etc
@MrRobertson52 ..... Instead of the Jews, you blame anything you think is bad in Scotland on the English, you seethe about "look what they did to us" It is all Ancient History there Lacky, but you want to use it, most probably because you lack the skills to hold any job and want the SNP to hand you a check every month. And I find you highly disrespectful to those Scots who have served in the Scottish Regiments when you try to claim you served when you clearly have NEVER served in the Army.
@hitmann2300 Your trying to drag me into politics about evil hitler again dont go there.I dont like the s n p leader alex salmond .Ive said before.Lockerbie bomber should never have been lat out .LOL about disrespectfull about scots who served in scottish regiments.We were proud of our scottish ancestory.And we all classed ourselves scots.And dam proud of it iIve seen action in a real mans army.P s . OLD SAYING .U HEAR THE WIND BUT DONT SEE IT. IE THE WIND FROM URE MOUTH OR AR??.
@moichzach Oh Really!1 That says nothing. I could pull pictures of Mansions and high priced cars, put them up on Facebook and claim to be Rich. You have to look at how he expresses himself. He never served, based on his own lack of knowledge about the regiment he claimed to be in. Now he says he was in several, where earlier it was only "the Gordons" He needs to learn how to lie better.
Note that when he is proven wrong, like his Hadrian's wall error, he just ignores the point and spouts poetry
@hitmann2300 he really was in the gordons, i have personally met this man,
as for the roman invasion, i was taught at school the romans had settlements as far as ELGIN AREA, INVERNESSHIRE? But due to either non-stop "attacks" attempted attacks by the then local, or poor traiding/communication/ they could not develop?
@moichzach Then either you are highly Gullible or a liar yourself, take yuour pick. For a military man to know nothing of Regimental designations, even to get the motto wrong, and misquote other things pertaining to the Regiment, the man is full of shit. He cant even say where he served.
And by the by, I have served in the military myself, which is why I can see he is a liar. There are times when even if it is a countryman, you have to stand down in defending them, when they are proven false
@moichzach Go back a page or two and you can find it for yourself. He claims the wall was built to keep Scots out, which has been proven false, it was mainly built to control Trade, much in the same way the Great wall of China was built. It was never fully manned. Rome stopped where it did due to being overstretched across their empire. In the end, with attacks elsewhere on the continent Rome Consolidated and withdrew completely from Britain They had several large trading settlements in Scotland
@moichzach His biggest error, is that he claims the Romans never got beyond Hadrian's wall that they stopped there due to the scary Scots.
The Picts were not all that organized, not even as well led as the Gauls had been. The problem was that other parts of the empire were threatened and in the end, Rome felt that Britain was not yielding them very much in return for the cost of fielding Legions that were badly needed elsewhere.
@MrRobertson52 The only person here trying to take Scottish history away from anyone is YOU. The parts that dont agree with what you are comfortable with, you ignore or want to change.
Tradition is great, Pride is great. But the HATE that you spew is shite. I would Love to see you go tell a Campbell that he isnt Scottish, just because his ancestors were shrewd enough to decide and choose to fight for the Hanoverians instead of the Stuarts. 2 o my Ancestors fought for Charlie, 8 wi King George
Hitman we your brain of a cockroach iI can trace my family line back to centurys ago.All faught against the english .In all uprisings .You are trying to take away Scottish pride and history.All Scots are proud of there past.Highlanders and lowlanders.Its what makes us a proud nation.Your living in a fairty tail imaginary world.Every Scot has a right to be proud of there past.Im Scots and dam proud of it.Your i still dont know .VIRTUTIS GLORIA MERCES.
No not in the way the English have been in the south of the island. In full by Romans, Saxons and Normans. Peoples have came and taken a bit of Scotland here and there but in the end they have been taken into the majority or went home or were defeated like proud Edwards army and sent home to think again.
BTW Cromwell had support within Scotland. Queen Anne was a Stuart monarch
@MrRobertson52 LOL But you make no mention of the fact today's scots came from Antrim, nor the fact that danes and Vikings invaded Scotland and settled along her coasts in the early 6th to 8th century. LOL Clan MacDonald proudly points to this fact when speaking of their Ancestor Somerled a half Scot- Half Dane who fought to claim possession of the western Scottish Isles, from the Isle of Man to the Hebrides, and won in around 1156 taking the title King (later just Lord) of the Isles.
@MrRobertson52 ..... But please go on with your Nazi style arguments. You do realize that Hitler pretty much said all the ame things about Germans that you are saying now about Scots right? HE made the same kinds of silly ethnic purity excuses that you are making about Scots.
You really need to give this up and just listen to the damn song. Andy Stewerts version of this, while one that I often listened to with my Grandfather as a child, is actually a terrible version to hear now.
no many of them dieing now for any british or american soldier is sad but most of all is the scottish as im scottish i care most of all for us scots
TheArsenal2004 10 hours ago
arent we all just humans...at least scottishness is a culture...not a corporation called UK
3tangle3 5 days ago
@3tangle3 Where do you get your ideas that scottishness is a culture but the UK is a corporation? I am Scottish, I was a soldier, I swore an oath whilst serving as do all of the armed forces. I joined the army because I wanted to see the world & came from a poor backround & I got to see some beautiful places. I also had to do my job as a soldier. This song is about a dying soldier, not an independance campaign or a humanist ideaology. Can't you just appreciate the song as it is?
andy81andy007 1 day ago
A fine rendition this tune is..
segano1 1 week ago
@OffyDoavy
Must huv been old days if youse acually caught on Loch Leven.
ReubenM882 1 week ago
I salute you Andy, both of you. I remember me and oor Wullie playing this on a juke box, back in the sixties, We were just bairns, back fae a days fishing wi the auld man on Loch Leven.
OffyDoavy 3 weeks ago
Thanks for posting. this meant a lot to dad in his lifetime, even though he made it "home" from the war.
iangordoncraig 1 month ago
Excellent song sung for Scottish soldiers.. The song was never intended for an independence campaign so "dislike" the end credit,, You suck uploader!!
I'm an ex soldier & we swear an oath to the crown & whilst a few disagree, none would ever risk their lives to save one over the other based on where they were born or their beliefs!!
PICK ANOTHER INDEPENDANCE SONG!!!!
andy81andy007 1 month ago
@andy81andy007 why do you swear an oath to a queen who takes your taxes while old people die of fuel poverty.....are you sick........the army is a great place to be brainwashed.....please wake up :)
3tangle3 5 days ago
@3tangle3 Will do mate!! Song does'nt mention fuel poverty or the crown (& the 2 have no connection btw) so, yeah,, whatever!!
andy81andy007 5 days ago
Grandfathers funeral today,this was his favorite song,now I'll never be able to see him smile and listen to it,you were a brave Soldier Grandpa,R.I.P.
XshadowDR4G0N 1 month ago
My grandma use to sing this to me to day its her 1 year of passing im laying in bed and no luck sleeoing :/ its so hard
14Teenangel 1 month ago
A song in my memory from many years ago. Many. Always stayed with me . Thanks for posting. From the old Aussie.
Kingmick58 2 months ago
MA Bonnie Scotland
lostlaces 2 months ago
This record (Warwick 627) -- which consisted of Andy's new lyrics added to the traditional tune "Green Hills of Tyrol" -- debuted in the USA the week of April 3, 1961 and charted for five weeks, peaking at #69. His only other U.S. chart entry, "Donald, Where's Your Troosers? (Warwick 665), charted for four weeks starting August 21, 1961 and peaked at #77.
horarwgt 4 months ago
This was such a part of my childhood..my dad had a 45 recording of it,and when he would play it,he and I would sit with tears streaming down our faces..here I sit,45 yrs later,still crying- thank you so much for posting this..( and I am English and Welsh, American but always proud of my heritage).
RoninAvenger 4 months ago
@RoninAvenger my mum had this 45 as well and i still listen to it as i grew up with this as well ... its one of the tracks that reminds me of childhood and how i feel about being scottish.proud and loud even as i stay in england now.mum passed away 2 years oct 17 2009 and i still listen knowing mums listening too and shes there in my memories..
troop107 3 months ago
beautiful song
pmcneil11 4 months ago
:)
I love this song.
I listen to it all the time.
Thanks for posting!
lcrs5050 6 months ago
Thanks so much for posting such a glorious heartfelt classic, as only Mr Stewart could give us! Bless him!
rockyspace 6 months ago
This brings back so many memories, my Grandfather used to sing this all the time, it makes you proud to be Scots and to have served our country. I only wish he had seen my passing out parade.
FatboyfromIIPara 6 months ago
Traitors who never mobilized in Scotland's national interest. I care not for mercenaries who put my country in harms way for pay from a corrupt foreign empire? Better that 10,000 of these quislings be killed than any civilian in the lands they invade. Indeed, Better that 10,000 of these quislings be killed than any resistance fighter in the lands they invade. No more bloody corrupt imperialism! No more army scum recruiting in Scottish schools! Victory to the sottish resistance!
cosmicviper 6 months ago
@cosmicviper
I just pray to God you are not a teacher, our kids are getting enough, self hatred drummed into them by the New 'doctored' History, the Nationalists and Tom Devine, have imposed on our educational system. Without lunatics like you making it worse.
Ayeyuya 6 months ago 3
@Ayeyuya tend to agree with you on that one Ayeyuya.
ianamacl 6 months ago
Absolutely beautiful Song
nlblood 7 months ago
I am an ex scottish soldier. I spend most of my time hiding from my wife and kids because I am scared shitless, give me a fight, I'll be fine
hawickman 7 months ago
I done a 7. Getting scared
hawickman 7 months ago
i'm 1600 miles away from Scotland, but u guys have the best song ever made!
dojadoi 7 months ago
I think of my grandad when I play this. Canada became his home...but Scotland remained in his heart his entire life. I inherited his love of the people, land and language.
Wonderful stuff -- keep it coming
bb3ca201 7 months ago
This was the first song I remember hearing on the radio when i was a small child. I'm not Scottish- but I loved it then and I love it now.
jilligong 8 months ago
@LastCRUSADER123
Good on ya Mate, I'd be up from the deep south pacific, further south than aussie, those Scots and Irish are crazy, just like us
ps Its Whisky
ac130ugunship 8 months ago
I'm Irish.........but I love this song. Something that makes the heart tick faster. Beautiful ♪♫ ♥
clarebannerman 8 months ago
Thumbs up for all the Scottish soldiers who have lost their lives fighting for our country.
Witheraf 8 months ago 37
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@Witheraf - and which country would that be?
sobr21azzaro 5 months ago
@Witheraf like my big brother :(
carapops1 3 months ago
@carapops1 :(
Pal your comment makes me pure sad :(
Jist know he's in a better place :')
GoodyWillPwnJ00 3 months ago
@Witheraf Thumbs up from me too;I am English and have visited Scotland it is a beautiful country. Rest in peace those Scottish soldiers who died defending this beautiful country.
mrsmarmite 2 weeks ago
From Canada--hats off!!
PlainzRyder 9 months ago 2
THIS SONG IS GREAT. am scottish but most brittish @ live in england @ wallsy2111 a would do the same
rabblue 9 months ago
I am a Scotsman ling in England, but this song takes me back to 7 years and the friends i lost
hawickman 9 months ago
Always think of my grand father when i hear this song he was in Kings Own Scottish Borderers
TheGERSLAD 9 months ago
Always think of my grand father when i hear this song
TheGERSLAD 9 months ago
@LastCRUSADER123 You do know that the British name is not exclusive to England?
It's not a nation or a race, it's merely a current union state of 3 nations and a term of citizenship of 4 nations, either way I couldn't care less any more as I want Scottish independence, and the fact so many people around the world (particularly those from America) equate the British as being the English only serves us well for the future as an independent nation again for the first time since 1707.
Englanistan 9 months ago
Its expected to see Browns, Smiths, Thomsons and such dying for Britain, getting wood while listening to Rule Britannia and loving the Crown, but seeing Powells, Mcs and O´anythings serving in the british forces just make one want to puke on their graves, what a disgrace to their respective races.
juliusheide88 10 months ago
@juliusheide88 get a life.
gartnait1 10 months ago
@juliusheide88 Did you read through that before posting, can understand gross insult! the depth of your depravity, take down this comment now. ask for forgiveness, do it publicly, seek help for the sake of your soul. One day you be will be asked to account and this does not look good for you... take it down.
displexiaTNO 9 months ago
@juliusheide88.. YOU ARE A PROPER TIT YOU NUMPTY....our brave Scottish soldiers are the elite of the army best in the world,,when the situation was extremely dangerous who did they put in the front lines? the proud Scots that's who,who could stand against the highlanders with the kilts swirling bagpipes playing you had a simple choice of RUN, SURRENDER OR FOOKING DIE,either way you were fooked.the British empire was won by Scottish soldiers oh and lets not forget the other 3nations brave troops
millwalldave467 7 months ago 5
@millwalldave467
Well said, My part of my country was settled mainly by the Scot and we hold our Scottish hertiage in high regard, It is part of who we are
ac130ugunship 7 months ago
@millwalldave467 I am an ex arsehole. Done my time, lost a couple of mates. Scotsman who followed my family. We call it duty and honour. Call me back snd I train and enlighten you. Being British or Scottish is something to be proud of.
hawickman 7 months ago 3
@juliusheide88 Get over it fucking waste of space, Ill dance on your head and piss on your grave before you even get the chance to go near anyone elses grave you dirty cunt ! People like you shouldnt be allowed to live in our country nevermind our planet ! Now fuck off and crawl back under your rock
Scotland the Brave !
TheTorlay 7 months ago
@LastCRUSADER123 Much love mate from a scotsman we would do the same anytime!!!!!!!!!!!
MrFannybaas 10 months ago
INDEPENDENCE!
scottishrebal95 10 months ago 4
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I <3 this Song!!!!
LenaherzLena 10 months ago
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I used to play this record as 5-6 year old - probably wore it out - brings back memories of my grandparent's house & the farm.....I'm not Scottish - just part Irish, part English & part South African - but I love it. So please all of those of you clambering for Scottish UDI, let the rest of us enjoy a beautiful song - OK?
randburg100 11 months ago
Campbell is a 71 year old Scot originally from Glasgow,Scotland.....he recorded this great Scottish song on his home computer
xxwellfieldxx 11 months ago
My Grandad was that Scottissh Soldier
hawickman 11 months ago
thank you for uploading this video- means a lot to me.
SPKBNTR 11 months ago
GOOD
NOVAINVICTA7 11 months ago
i am english, but most of all i am british,and if the scottish were in trouble i would fight for them
wallsy2111 11 months ago 46
@wallsy2111 your a english guy who understands we have fought won and battle cryed together sinse 1707 together we signed the act of union both england made a new nation a nation to be the powerfulest of the world glory to Scotland and her followers Britannia!!
forget1me14 11 months ago
@wallsy2111 your a english guy who understands we have fought won and battle cryed together sinse 1707 together we signed the act of union both england and scotland made a new nation a nation to be the powerfulest of the world glory to Scotland and her followers Britannia!!
forget1me14 11 months ago 4
@forget1me14 Actually the Scots didn't want the union, it was unelected and forced on them, hence why there was rioting all over Scotland for nearly 3 years after the act of union.
Calengela 10 months ago
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tony13a 11 months ago
@wallsy2111 Until Scotland regains it's sovereignty that it...
Calengela 10 months ago
@wallsy2111 awww cheers bud =p
flurpleparrot 9 months ago
@wallsy2111 Theres no one brave enough to take us on
MrFannybaas 9 months ago
@wallsy2111 My mum liked this one and it rubbed off on me,I remember listening to this before we left Scotland in 1963
Joey1983FJ45 8 months ago
@wallsy2111 i should bloody think so we have backed england up in many a conflict you had no cause to be in Scotland doesnt go looking for trouble but many of our lads and lassies have died aside the english where they had no cause in being there in the first place Scotland forever
BarbedHook 7 months ago 5
@wallsy2111
fair play, not many English would most forget we fight for you too.
But you have. or seem to have, the right view. Good on you.
mattymatt1987 6 months ago
@wallsy2111 the scots are in trouble because of the english lol
JamesArranMcGregor 5 months ago
@wallsy2111 the original brits were people who spoke languages like welsh..amny english have these ancestors but think they are "british" in the state sense....modern britain is a 1707 state construct
Apemanwithcalculator 2 months ago
@Apemanwithcalculator as I remember original Brits - that were Celts leaving in Wales / scotland, who loosed war / land against Saxon; who loosed war / land against Normans.
correct?
greetings from Poland.
misiekszuper 2 months ago
@wallsy2111 you yes YOU are the Englishmen who understand were British not English not Scottish BRITISH
lostlaces 2 months ago
@wallsy2111 Hazaaa
mikeyT1413 2 weeks ago
God save the Queen, long live the queen, long live the UNION... Together we stand divided we FALL.
Great song you do not have to be a Nationalist to enjoy it.
johnm76utube 1 year ago 2
who gives a s**t all i know it was, 1 of the first records i bought a along side elvis and buddy holly and they dont stir my heart like this does and yes i did go into the asmy
sancov 1 year ago
i grew up with this song, i remember signing it in school yesterday and everyone just stared since its an english school i go to.
but it is a great song ^_^
666darkhawk 1 year ago 3
@666darkhawk g8 sang
9missClaire 11 months ago
Scottish Independence!
Alba Gu Brath!
Alba12349 1 year ago
if bruce had supported wallace.we might be happily agreeing for once in our futile lifes.
gartnait1 1 year ago
Your back at it.Go to ghosts of culloden isla grant .You have a serious problem ,very bad indeed.Do i like the english , not really .But i live my life as i want.Different race of people.Know alls.Even though they are neighbours i get on with my life.Theres fact and fiction.You madame are living in fiction.U do nothing but drag Scots down .William wallace was a man among men .True saying u always get one.You are such.Dont go calling Scottish national hero.Scots are proud .
MrRobertson52 1 year ago
@hammerandsicle The point is that all facts are important when studying History, not just picking and choosing the things you want to believe in.
hitmann2300 1 year ago
@hammerandsicle First off, for someone who "Claims" to have read about him, he was not knighted by the barons, but was made "protector of Scotland" by the barons, and many of them would later betray him. His father is recorded in official documents as being a knight, his Mother was a Lady Margaret Crawford. They were not a family with broad estates, but did own some land in Ayr. Margret's father was the Sheriff of Ayr for a time. I have read many books myself on the man, Since I am a Crawford
hitmann2300 1 year ago
@Ranjeeb Lang may yer lum reek .Happy 2011
MrRobertson52 1 year ago
@Ranjeeb Explain .Edward the 2 was a german.The stuarts were the rightfull kings .U must be a king billy man.
MrRobertson52 1 year ago
@MrRobertson52 Please stop trying to act like you know History, You are still a clueless cunt. Edward the 2nd was of French decent from the House of Plantagenet, created by the marriage of Matilda, the granddaughter of William The Conqueror, to , Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou. Edward also, like his father was related to the Scottish Kings through Matilda of Scotland, his Maternal Grandmother, who was the daughter of Malcolm the 3rd.
hitmann2300 1 year ago
@hitmann2300 Five out of Edward I's Eight Great grandparents were born in what is now France, two in Spain, one in Switzerland. Of course the aristocracy were an intermarrying breed across Europe, decended from the Germanic tribes who had ended the Roman Empire 1,000 years before, so trying to pin a single ethnicity or nationality on them is pointless. But certainly none of his immediate ancestors were born in England, and his blood ties were strongest with France.
jacksbacksucker 1 year ago
@jacksbacksucker But fair enough yes he was also the 4 x great grandson of Malcom III of Scotland 1058–1093, of latter Shakespearean 'Macbeth' fame! Not sure how many Scots would like to admit that though....
jacksbacksucker 1 year ago
@jacksbacksucker Well, I'm a Scot and just admitted it! :)
hitmann2300 1 year ago
@jacksbacksucker You seem to have missed my point in my brief rebuff. which was that MrRobertson claims Edward 2nd was German, I'm sure he was actually talking about George 2nd, but the man (if indeed he is actually older then his 20's) Spouts alot of misinformed crap and outright lies and fabrications. Youtube doesnt allow for detailed long comments, nor does it allow for internet links or I could give quick backups to everything I have written. thnks for the good input on Ed's heritage
hitmann2300 1 year ago
@hitmann2300 Fair enough, I think I have the wrong fellow too, Edward I, Longshanks, you were talking of the son Edward II. He was in any case the same mix of French and Spanish Aristos, through his ma too!
jacksbacksucker 1 year ago
@jacksbacksucker Nae worries :) You have it right!!
Cheers
hitmann2300 1 year ago
@Ranjeeb The only good book I know is written in a very old dialect. Walter Scot wrote Romantics, politicians write lies. The Irish wore the belted plaid blanket over a tunic 2000 years ago. Dal Riata (western Scotland)) was ruled by Gaelic Picts, until Vikings and Irish immigrants settled there 1000 years later and created the Kingdom of the Isles. This restricted the Picts to the highlands and lowlands of the centre and east. The highlands adopted the kilt after later climate cooling (1400?).
alarchdu 1 year ago
@Ranjeeb There are no good books, except one written in a very old dialect. Roman histories have the Irish wearing a belted plaid blanket on top of a tunic 2000 years ago. A 1000 years later, some Irish immigrated north to Scotland's western islands, following a warming of the climate, and took this kilt with them. Together with mainly Viking invaders, they created the now defunct Kingdom of the Isles. I think the Picts were further south, but in any event the highlands were fairly Pictish.
alarchdu 1 year ago
@alarchdu Kilts did not exist before the 1500's That is a FACT! Before that time, People in Ireland, and Scotland wore léine' s Tartans were woven capes that the wealthy could afford
hitmann2300 1 year ago
@hitmann2300 One source says the first direct written record of the Great Kilt of the highlanders was in the 1500's, but it had been known earlier. That is a fact. But other sources mention verbal reports of the Great Kilt as early as the 1200's. That is a fact. The Irish peasantry were recorded in Roman times as wearing a belted blanket (which is the Great Kilt). That is a fact. I know the Wikipaedia article from which you make your assertion. That is vanity press. Just enjoy the song.
alarchdu 1 year ago
@alarchdu Ya know, making assumptions is a rather ignorant thing to do. Happily I never use Wikipedia for anything. I teach History, and I also take part in Archeology studies as well, often in Britain in Ireland, believe me, the Kilt was not worn as a "Kilt" before the 1500's
I know that since the movie Braveheart, everyone wants to think the Kilt is an ancient garment, it isnt! You need to get away from all the Nationalistic Hype and History twisting going on these days.
hitmann2300 1 year ago
@hitmann2300 You show your ignorance (not knowing, knowing you do not know, and not caring to know). I raise your teaching experience by three in university lecturing in Australia and overseas. I have no barrow to push. The costume designer of Brtaveheart actually did reseach the topic, but did overdo the kilt bit. Why should any believe you when three of four Scottish experts ignore the Kingdom of the Isles completely. Look up the original derivation of this, twittwat. EOD.
alarchdu 1 year ago
@alarchdu LOL Seriously? Jesus, William Wallace did NOT wear a Kilt! He came from a Knighted family, he was also a lowlander, not from the Highlands at all. I read your earlier remarks on there being no books, then you expect people to believe that only one book you read counts as fact! Get a bloody life.
Again, get away from the silly politics, it is one thing to be proud of your heritage, but it becomes another thing all together when you start rewriting History to suit your agenda,
hitmann2300 1 year ago
@hitmann2300 Was meant for lady hitmam ,Mr know all .
MrRobertson52 1 year ago
@alarchdu Also, no one I know has ignored anything regarding the Kingdom of the Isles, I know who Somerled is.
But that is hardly what we are talking about here.
Also you are assuming again arent ya, I never stated at what level I teach, since I was not trying to impress, but it seems you are trying pretty hard arent ya?
hitmann2300 1 year ago
Glad my comments have been removed as the rest that are left are bitchy and a verbal anger that realy gt on my wick . we are all wrong inthe past . only hindsight gives us 20 20 vision.
Wanch1e1ady 1 year ago
@Ranjeeb Son, have you tried reading? It helps. Examine the origins of the kilt and plaid, the dominance of the kingdoms of the western islands, the source of their inhabitants, the effect they had on Scottish politics during their brief tenure. I am not bound to try the impossible and dispel your ignorance. But you can improve your education yourself.
alarchdu 1 year ago
It took me a while to understand the phrasing "..the hills are not highland hills or the island hills...." Stewart is talking about the origins the real Scot: not those from the east and the lowlands, but from the Highlands and the Kingdom of the Isles to the west. Paradoxically, while the Highlanders were the first to wear the kilt/tartan into battle, these came from the settlers from Ireland who originally populated the Kingdom of the Isles.
alarchdu 1 year ago
We're all brothers under the sun.
Just us Scots are the BIG brothers...
barnowl01292 1 year ago
what the f..k are you going on about the jocks and the irish for if it wasnt for the irish backing up the english and back stabbin the jocks then the jocks would have won culloden ???????
22minime22 1 year ago
@22minime22 The Irish, mainly as the inhabitants of the Kingdom of the Isles,. were backstabbed by both sides. One Isle ruller, and then his son, were forced to crawl naked to the feet of a Scots (lowland) ruler and beg to swear fealty.
alarchdu 1 year ago
@22minime22 you do know culloden was not against the english?
TheAppleturnovers 1 year ago
Phew! This had me filling-up, bursting with Scottish pride.
Good-old Andy Stewart; gaun yersel!
K3KCT 1 year ago
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@K3KCT :It took me a while to understand the phrasing "..the hills are not highland hills or the island hills...." Stewart is talking about the origins the real Scot: not those from the east and the lowlands, but from the Highlands and the Kingdom of the Isles to the west. Paradoxically, while the Highlanders were the first to wear the kilt/tartan into battle, these came from the settlers from Ireland who originally populated the Kingdom of the Isles.
alarchdu 1 year ago
okay mrRobertson and Hitman i think that you got boring 100 posts ago. just stop this nonsense ok? we all just want to listen to this great song and read what people think about and maybe comment it yourself. nobody wants to read your private battles here. take it outside to the PMs.
glory to Scotland and Ireland, the 2 lands i care the most besides my own.
regards from Slovenia.
encistx 1 year ago
@encistx Yes i know but your country and our nation different completly.I see you take Scots and Irish as favourite.Yes irish suffred much alike.Slovenia i dont know.Scots irish i know about .
MrRobertson52 1 year ago
@MrRobertson52 Actually , you wouldn't know your own name if those English Neighbors that you harp on about so much, didn't yell it at you all day long. :)
hitmann2300 1 year ago
The aftermath of Culloden exacted penalties
which were to leave a permanent scar on the
Highlands of Scotland in the deliberate extinction
of the Celtic way of life - by killing, destruction,
confiscation and deportation. A tragic time,
unequalled by any other in Scottish history.
MrRobertson52 1 year ago
We look to Scotland for all our ideas of civilisation
MrRobertson52 1 year ago
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Scottish by birth, British by law,
Highlander by the grace of God.
MrRobertson52 1 year ago
Scottish by birth, British by law,
Highlander by the grace of God.
MrRobertson52 1 year ago
Better be ill spoken of by one before all than by all before one
MrRobertson52 1 year ago
historians refer to the American Revolution as being 'a Scottish Rebellion,' or as one historian said, 'John Calvin was the virtual founder of America.'
MrRobertson52 1 year ago
Great Americans of Scottish Descent
When the Scots immigrated to America, they brought with them a great passion for liberty. Patrick Henry, of Scottish descent, so eloquently embraced this spirit for freedom in his famous quote, "Give me Liberty or Give me Death." In the American Revolution, more than half of the soldiers of the Colonial Army were Presbyterians and Calvinists, and many historians refer to the American Revolution as being 'a Scottish Rebellion,' or as one historian
MrRobertson52 1 year ago
The romans built hadrians wall between roman britain and Scotland.They were afraid the picts might attack .The wall was built to seperate the romans from the picts.The romans did go into Scotland but never conquered it.Thats the difference .Your land was conquered england by the romans .The picts never gave up and sent them accross the border.Time after time..Politics about other clans ,im sure a campbell will answer that TO U.You seem to hate everything about Scotland.
MrRobertson52 1 year ago
@MrRobertson52 For the last time, The Romans WERE LIVING in Scotland too, mostly it was military forts, not civilian, but they did have several large Trading towns setup, and of course, Roman Legionaries would look to the local women for entertainment and companionship. AGAIN, You are ignoring the Antonine wall which was built after Hadrian's wall was started, the second wall pretty much separated the southern lowlands from the highlands. I happen to Love Scotland.
hitmann2300 1 year ago
Even the romans could not conquer Scotland .Dont u go calling such a proud race of people .Scots are proud very.The romans were armed to the teeth.The best of everything.Yet the picts faught like warriors ,naked with just the simplest of armoury.You have been watching to much rambo movies.Would u fight a well armed roman .Be like fighting a rhino.As for campbells or such dont take me there ,ive lots of friends by such surnames.U sir provoke.Keep your nose your own country
MrRobertson52 1 year ago
@MrRobertson52And you are Retarded very. Why do you keep using the same stupid tactic of either avoiding the issue and fact that there were Roman towns and forts father north then Hadrian's wall by making continued silly statements about the wall, which was built only as means to control trade. Of course picts climbed the wall, successfully, it was never fully manned.
OH, and you like Campbells eh, What about all those Jacobite dead at Culloden? and Sherrifmuir? What a double standard you have.
hitmann2300 1 year ago
@hitmann2300 The judgement of others does not change who i am ,Quite the opposite is true.It reveals who they are.Im a proud Scot .Never would i say wrong of my nation.All i have said i stand by .No point in arguing with a fool know all.U live in your imaginary land.Tell me one country that hates the Scots .Except one.DONT TALK ABOUT THE BRAVE JACOBITES OF CULLODEN AND ALL OUR SCOTS WHO FAUGHT FOR THERE WEE BIT HILL AND GLEN .U EDUCATE YOURSELF OF YOUR OWN COUNTRY ,U SAY ENGLAND .
MrRobertson52 1 year ago
@MrRobertson52 No one is saying anything wrong about Scotland, I'm just stating FACTS, you want to corrupt History and twist it to suit your own views. The Jacobites were mostly clansmen, fighting because their Chiefs ordered them to do so and they had little choice about it. Also, again, it was a civil war, not all scots supported the Stuarts. Most of the Lowlanders hated the Stuarts. and half the Hieland clans stayed with german Geordie. I do hope u love the Campbells who fought 4 King George
hitmann2300 1 year ago
@MrRobertson52 LOL on your first bit there, about the Judgement of others not changing you, weel there is an old saying "You can't fix STUPID." and I think everyone can see that this saying applies to you in spades there lacky.
hitmann2300 1 year ago
@hitmann2300 Words of wisdom from a know all.I personelly think u lack common sense.Scotland goes back thousands of years .And this little nation always faught for independance .Scots were a proud people,and still are .U and your pal chucKles go calling us Scots.Im sure not all americans approve of u .Dont go calling us scots .u and chuckles provoke.Get into the real world.U chose america as your homeland.Lots of Scots were sent there with the highland clearances.They had no option .Neep
MrRobertson52 1 year ago
@MrRobertson52 Dont call you Scots? What the fuck are ya then? Scotch is a drink, not a people, as a People we are Scots or Scottish. And actually, I didnt have a choice, my parents decided to emigrate here when I was very young. However, I was sent back for long Summer vacations to visit family, so I know Scotland very well thank you, I surely know it better then you do.
hitmann2300 1 year ago
@hitmann2300 nOW NOW ,Go take a chill pill .You great history teacher.P.s please dont talk filth ,there is ladys who read this pages .Im very sure all Americans dont act like u ,well god spares i hope not..U go to your doctor and get that temper seen to.Im even feeling sorry for u .Really take it cool .All i have said i stand by.Go have a dram we yer friend chuckles.Celebrate the union ,yer entitled.U would look like laurel and hardy.The truth hurts .Scots are proud very.
MrRobertson52 1 year ago
9 English people have watched this video :)
weetecguy97 1 year ago
Dun do Bheal, hit man
MrRobertson52 1 year ago
@MrRobertson52 LOL So now you want to use Irish Gaelic, what's wrong, ya dont Ken Scot's Gaelic so ya went online to find some Irish Phrase to fling at me ya silly man. I swear, I bet you live in San Francisco, and the closest you have ever really been to Scotland was when you went to the RMS Queen Mary in Long Beach.
hitmann2300 1 year ago
@hitmann2300 But even this great wall did not keep back the Cale
donians. They broke through it or sailed round the ends
of it in their little boats made of wickerwork covered
with the skins of animals. Some years later another
Roman Emperor called Antonine came to Britain. He
drove the Caledonians back again beyond Agricola’s forts,
and there he built a wall which is still called by his name
MrRobertson52 1 year ago
U know something ive met people in my life but u take the biscui.U are what i call a tittle tattle child thats never grown upWhats your point .U say i never served in the gordons ,and other regiments iF u think that way u believe it .Your the type thats knows all.U dont even stick up for your own country America.U talk filth .U bring evil hitler into our conversation.And other bad societys .Trying to drag me into the pit u are in .You have done nothing but ,down the Scots
MrRobertson52 1 year ago
@MrRobertson52 LOL Actually I just dont like YOU. I hate liars and racists with a passion. I hate people who cry and whine not only blaming others for their own shortcomings but going so far as to blame people today for what other people did 100's of years ago. Again, and please get it videod for us all to see, GO TELL A CAMPBELL he ISNT Scottish because his great great great Grampa fought for King George and not for Bonnie stuck up Charlie. Bet the man will knock your bloody teeth out!
hitmann2300 1 year ago
Like every place on earth, there have been various migrations of different people through the centuries, but that is not the same as colonization. Colonization implies the systematic resettlement of people from one country to another area as a means of expanding the original country's territory. Nothing like that ever occurred in the land now known as Scotland. The Romans were never able to extend their empire beyond present day
MrRobertson52 1 year ago
@MrRobertson52 Roman legions come under such a "resettlement" They built towns and other improvements wherever they stopped and fortified for extended periods. Otherwise, you would not have seen bath houses in a suburb of Glasgow
hitmann2300 1 year ago
@hitmann2300 The Picts: They occupied the north and northeast of Scotland. They were excellent warriors and the Romans called them “Picti” (The Painted ones) since most of the times they went into battle completely naked to show their tattooed bodies. They were in fact Celts, the ancestors of the people who built the stone circles.
The Picts inherited their rights, their names and property from their mothers
MrRobertson52 1 year ago
@hitmann2300 Later on a Roman Emperor called Hadrian came to
Britain, and he built a wall from the Tyne to the Solway.
This wall ran straight across the country from sea to sea
over hills and valleys, and it was so strong, and so well
built, that although hundreds of years have passed since
then it may still be seen to this day.
MrRobertson52 1 year ago
@hitmann2300 THE MARCH OF THE ROMANS
Although the Caledonians had been defeated, they were
not subdued, and they continued to fight so fiercely that
the Romans gave up trying to keep the forts which
Agricola had built.
MrRobertson52 1 year ago
@hitmann2300 The Caledonians followed their march, dashing out
upon them unawares, swooping down upon and killing
those who lagged behind or who strayed too far ahead.
In this way many were killed, many too died of cold,
hunger, and weariness ; still on and on, over hill and
valley, swept the mighty host, to the very north of
Scotland. There they turned and marched back again,
and at last they reached the border and crossed beyond
the wall, leaving fifty thousand of their num
MrRobertson52 1 year ago
@MrRobertson52 number dead in
the hills and valleys of the north.
No wonder that brave old Severus gave up the task
as hopeless, and instead of trying to fight any more, he
strengthened and repaired the wall which Hadrian had
built so many years before.
MrRobertson52 1 year ago
The Romans built it because they were afraid that the people of the north might attack them. The wall was built between Roman Britain and Scotland.
MrRobertson52 1 year ago
@MrRobertson52 Then explain the Roman towns and forts that have been found far north of the border,? Again you dumb ass, Look up the Antonine Wall, which was actually started AFTER Hadrian's wall.
Get over it. Scotland was occupied by the Romans. They found a Roman fort near Cawdor, which is up near Inverness ya twit! Look up "The Bearsden Roman baths" on the "Undiscovered Scotland" website, which IS a Scottish site. The ruins are in suburb of GLASGOW, which last I heard was North of Hadrian's
hitmann2300 1 year ago
@hitmann2300 But the Caledonians broke through or climbed over
this wall too. The first man who leaped over the wall was
called Graham, and the ruins of that part of the wall are
called Graham’s Dyke to this day. Dyke is a Scottish
word for wall
Many years passed. The Romans called Britain a
Roman province, but the wild people of the north not
only remained unconquered but they became ever more
MrRobertson52 1 year ago
"In but too many instances the Highlands have been drained, not of their superfluity of population, but of the whole mass of inhabitants, dispossessed by an unrelenting avarice which will be one day found to be shortsighted as it is unjust and selfish". - Sir Walter Scott
MrRobertson52 1 year ago
@MrRobertson52 So, did you look up the Antonine Wall yet? You really need to stay on track if you want to at least look credible, instead of going off on tangents when you have been proven wrong. Again, lets stick to your last tall tale about Hadrian's wall. You missed out on Scottish History didn't ya? The Romans did get alot farther north then Hadrian's wall.
You just prove my point again and again that you are a clueless idiot that spouts nonsense.
hitmann2300 1 year ago
For so long as one hundred men remain alive, we shall never under any conditions submit to the domination of the English. It is not for glory or riches or honours that we fight but only for liberty, which no good man will consent to lose but with his life!
MrRobertson52 1 year ago
'Their winding-sheet the bluidy clay, Their graves are growing green to see;
And by them lies the dearest lad That ever blest a woman's e'e!
Now wae to thee, thou cruel lord, A bluidy man I trow thou be;
For monie a heart thou hast made sair, That ne'er did wrang to thine or thee.'
MrRobertson52 1 year ago
THE lovely lass o' Inverness, Nae joy nor pleasure can she see;
For e'en and morn she cries, 'Alas!' And aye the saut tear blin's her e'e:
'Drumossie moor, Drumossie day, A waefu' day it was to me!
For there I lost my father dear, My father dear and brethren three.
MrRobertson52 1 year ago
U have never been in a war situation .I have .Only war u have seen is on your blog playing in the desert we toy guns .I served as a soldier in a number of regiments.Two or more scots regiments faught against the Scots at culloden..The true and loyal Scots to the Stuart cause lost all.Most jacobites were catholic.Its not about hating english.Its scottish pride.Most clans were loyal to the stuart cause.Great clans .They dont forget .Its not hatred .Its pride of a great nation
MrRobertson52 1 year ago
I am sure not all in america share your oppinions.Do u fly the union jack .iF I GO TO ENGLAND THEY ARE PROUD OF THE sT GEORGES CROSS .Why on earth should i be ashamd of flying my St andrews cross , or rampant lion .Why on news ie its england this england that.Dont dare try and take Scottish history away from this proud nation.Or try and say a man is racist cause i believe in tradition and pride.If people go to countrys they want to see traditions ,ways of life.Not falseness
MrRobertson52 1 year ago
@MrRobertson52 Your a Racist when you blame an entire people for things that happened over 300 years ago, nevermind that I say again, Scotland did it's own share of invading south, they just didnt win when they did. You said you hate your neighbors because they are English, you seem to be confused in operating your telly, because you only watch English news it seems when there is a BBC Scotland that focuses on things relating to Scotland..... cont.
hitmann2300 1 year ago
@hitmann2300 i dont hate my neighbours as such .Just its not there fault they were born south of the border.History man it wasnt 300 yrs ago.It went on long long before.And great history man lasted well into the late 1800,s.Its the way Scotland was treated by the english.Get your facts right .Ive proven u wrong in every single question.Mater edward longshanks .
MrRobertson52 1 year ago
@MrRobertson52 ..... You then, state pretty much that anyone born IN Scotland, but not living there now isnt Scottish, but then use Scots living in other countries as examples and support of your arguments about Scottish Bravery. No one is questioning that Scots aren't brave, my issue with you is your stupid politics and the hate mongering that you foster. My Family, on both sides of the border have always been proud to be BRITISH. You are using classic Hitlerisms to foster hate. ..... cont.
hitmann2300 1 year ago
@hitmann2300 Mr know all .Ive relations in Australia,America,Canada,Ireland all over and proud of there adopted countrys.They dont go blowing about the unionists.Im sure every man is entitled to freedom of speach.Im sure most americans are great people..My hate is not as such as u are trying to drag me into.Everyone knows the world over theres no love lost between Scots and english.Times have changed.But never will our great wee nation ever forget ..Oor hero,s Wallace ,Bruce ,etc
MrRobertson52 1 year ago
@MrRobertson52 ..... Instead of the Jews, you blame anything you think is bad in Scotland on the English, you seethe about "look what they did to us" It is all Ancient History there Lacky, but you want to use it, most probably because you lack the skills to hold any job and want the SNP to hand you a check every month. And I find you highly disrespectful to those Scots who have served in the Scottish Regiments when you try to claim you served when you clearly have NEVER served in the Army.
hitmann2300 1 year ago
@hitmann2300 Your trying to drag me into politics about evil hitler again dont go there.I dont like the s n p leader alex salmond .Ive said before.Lockerbie bomber should never have been lat out .LOL about disrespectfull about scots who served in scottish regiments.We were proud of our scottish ancestory.And we all classed ourselves scots.And dam proud of it iIve seen action in a real mans army.P s . OLD SAYING .U HEAR THE WIND BUT DONT SEE IT. IE THE WIND FROM URE MOUTH OR AR??.
MrRobertson52 1 year ago
@hitmann2300 look at his facebook page hitmann, you will se plenty photographs of him, in his army days
moichzach 1 year ago
@moichzach Oh Really!1 That says nothing. I could pull pictures of Mansions and high priced cars, put them up on Facebook and claim to be Rich. You have to look at how he expresses himself. He never served, based on his own lack of knowledge about the regiment he claimed to be in. Now he says he was in several, where earlier it was only "the Gordons" He needs to learn how to lie better.
Note that when he is proven wrong, like his Hadrian's wall error, he just ignores the point and spouts poetry
hitmann2300 1 year ago
@hitmann2300 he really was in the gordons, i have personally met this man,
as for the roman invasion, i was taught at school the romans had settlements as far as ELGIN AREA, INVERNESSHIRE? But due to either non-stop "attacks" attempted attacks by the then local, or poor traiding/communication/ they could not develop?
moichzach 1 year ago
@moichzach Then either you are highly Gullible or a liar yourself, take yuour pick. For a military man to know nothing of Regimental designations, even to get the motto wrong, and misquote other things pertaining to the Regiment, the man is full of shit. He cant even say where he served.
And by the by, I have served in the military myself, which is why I can see he is a liar. There are times when even if it is a countryman, you have to stand down in defending them, when they are proven false
hitmann2300 1 year ago
@hitmann2300 what was his error in hadrians wall? i missed it, it was built as a show of roman power? or to keep us scots out?
moichzach 1 year ago
@moichzach Go back a page or two and you can find it for yourself. He claims the wall was built to keep Scots out, which has been proven false, it was mainly built to control Trade, much in the same way the Great wall of China was built. It was never fully manned. Rome stopped where it did due to being overstretched across their empire. In the end, with attacks elsewhere on the continent Rome Consolidated and withdrew completely from Britain They had several large trading settlements in Scotland
hitmann2300 1 year ago
@moichzach His biggest error, is that he claims the Romans never got beyond Hadrian's wall that they stopped there due to the scary Scots.
The Picts were not all that organized, not even as well led as the Gauls had been. The problem was that other parts of the empire were threatened and in the end, Rome felt that Britain was not yielding them very much in return for the cost of fielding Legions that were badly needed elsewhere.
hitmann2300 1 year ago
@MrRobertson52 The only person here trying to take Scottish history away from anyone is YOU. The parts that dont agree with what you are comfortable with, you ignore or want to change.
Tradition is great, Pride is great. But the HATE that you spew is shite. I would Love to see you go tell a Campbell that he isnt Scottish, just because his ancestors were shrewd enough to decide and choose to fight for the Hanoverians instead of the Stuarts. 2 o my Ancestors fought for Charlie, 8 wi King George
hitmann2300 1 year ago
Hitman we your brain of a cockroach iI can trace my family line back to centurys ago.All faught against the english .In all uprisings .You are trying to take away Scottish pride and history.All Scots are proud of there past.Highlanders and lowlanders.Its what makes us a proud nation.Your living in a fairty tail imaginary world.Every Scot has a right to be proud of there past.Im Scots and dam proud of it.Your i still dont know .VIRTUTIS GLORIA MERCES.
MrRobertson52 1 year ago
No not in the way the English have been in the south of the island. In full by Romans, Saxons and Normans. Peoples have came and taken a bit of Scotland here and there but in the end they have been taken into the majority or went home or were defeated like proud Edwards army and sent home to think again.
BTW Cromwell had support within Scotland. Queen Anne was a Stuart monarch
MrRobertson52 1 year ago
@MrRobertson52 LOL But you make no mention of the fact today's scots came from Antrim, nor the fact that danes and Vikings invaded Scotland and settled along her coasts in the early 6th to 8th century. LOL Clan MacDonald proudly points to this fact when speaking of their Ancestor Somerled a half Scot- Half Dane who fought to claim possession of the western Scottish Isles, from the Isle of Man to the Hebrides, and won in around 1156 taking the title King (later just Lord) of the Isles.
hitmann2300 1 year ago
@MrRobertson52 ..... But please go on with your Nazi style arguments. You do realize that Hitler pretty much said all the ame things about Germans that you are saying now about Scots right? HE made the same kinds of silly ethnic purity excuses that you are making about Scots.
You really need to give this up and just listen to the damn song. Andy Stewerts version of this, while one that I often listened to with my Grandfather as a child, is actually a terrible version to hear now.
hitmann2300 1 year ago